Introduction: Wintertime Penguin Hand Art

About: I am a conceptual artist, and my DIY projects are mostly inspired by pop culture (movies, music, sports, TV). I mostly specialize in painting, graphic design, drawing, digital photography, performance art, and…

This cute little penguin truly is enjoying the winter wonderland! Now, you can enjoy it too with this wintry hand art design inspired by a nail art design by British nail artist Sophie Harris-Greenslade!

Step 1: Sketch It Out

I started out with a light sketch with my white eyeliner pencil. At this point, it looks ugly, but you will definitely love the end result as soon as I layer on the colors!

Step 2: White

Now, for the white parts, I filled in the penguin's inner part of his face, as well as his belly.

Step 3: Orange Beak

Then, I added an orange beak.

Step 4: Black

Then, I added black wings, black eyes, the black outer part of the penguin's face, and started to provide a few outlines to his body and beak. Notice that I left some part of the penguin blank; this is because I am now going to move on to painting his scarf.

Step 5: Red Scarf

I now added some red to the empty space to give the penguin his scarf!

Step 6: Winter Background

Finally, I added my winter background. First, I carefully outlined some light blue outside the penguin, then blended in some dark blue to make the winter night sky. Then, I added several dots of white all over to make the snow!

Also, I used more white to give highlights to the penguin's beak, eyes, and scarf.

Step 7: Walking in a Winter Wonderland

I would love to give a big shout-out to Sophie Harris-Greenslade for providing some great inspiration that can be adapted in face and hand art, especially for the holidays!

Halloween Contest 2017

Participated in the
Halloween Contest 2017

Epilog Contest 8

Participated in the
Epilog Contest 8