Today, acrylic paints are quite popular in creating nail art. They do not affect health in any way, and are also convenient for drawing, because they dissolve in water. Acrylic paints on the nails help to emphasize the individuality of the style. A variety of original ideas, shades, texture of these paints make a woman's nails memorable and colorful. Experienced craftsmen can perform the most complex nail design with acrylic paints with drawings. Often, Chinese and Japanese painting, art design, classic French, geometric manicure are used. Nails with this design are simply transformed, because the colors of acrylic paints are very diverse and can be adjusted with water. We invite you to get acquainted with the basic ideas of manicure with such paints and tips for beginners.
The advantages of performing manicure with acrylic paints
The popularity of acrylic paints in nail art is accompanied by the following advantages:
- wide color spectrum, the ability to mix different colors and get half-tones;
- accessibility and ease of use, suitable for novice masters;
- the ability to perform drawing on native and extended nails;
- the use of water as a solvent, the absence of hazardous chemical elements;
- no need to purchase special means for removing paint, just use ordinary liquid to remove varnish;
- quick drying of the paint and a beautiful result;
- low consumption of paints;
- When using the starter kit for manicure, simple and original patterns are created.
The right tools for the job
Learning to perform step-by-step drawings on nails with acrylic paints is not so difficult. You yourself can become a designer of your nails. It is enough to read some instructions on the use of paints and follow the instructions. To perform manicure with acrylic paints, you will need the following devices:
- set for manicure;
- tubes with acrylic paint of the desired shades;
- dishes with water;
- brushes of different widths;
- thick paper and foil for preparing the palette:
- basic, basic and finish coatings.
The method of drawing with acrylic paints
Drawings with acrylic paints on nails for beginners to perform is not so difficult. To get started on the Internet or a specialty store, purchase a package of paints. It will cost you about 500 rubles. This purchase is enough for you for a long period. So, the plan for your further actions is as follows:
- Prepare the nail plates for the application of paint. Use various nail files. Make a vitamin bath, remove or move the cuticle, give the nails the desired shape.
- Clean your nails from old varnish, if any.
- To apply an even layer of paint, carefully sand the plates, apply the base.
- Choose a varnish for the wallpaper, apply it on the nails in two layers and dry.
- Think about what pattern you will apply, maybe it will not be on every nail. Follow the selected pattern and dry so that the paint does not spread, you can under the lamp.
- Fix the pattern with a clear transparent varnish.
The most popular floral ornament
There are many options for making drawings with acrylic paints on nails. The most common is a floral pattern. Many novice masters first make simple flowers of five petals. Then go to daisies, roses, orchids, mimosas. Spring holidays require drawing tulips, crocuses, snowdrops, flowering branches of apple, sakura, mimosa, magnolia. In the summer they draw poppies, cornflowers, pansies. Everyone has their favorite flowers.
You can start with ordinary chamomile. Put a small dot in the middle of the nail with yellow paint. It will be the core. Around it, with white paint, draw semicircular lines in the form of petals. Their number can be arbitrary.
To draw a rose is also not very difficult. To get started, use paints of two colors - white and red. With a thin brush, put two points on the nail plate - red and white. Then make small monograms with a brush, alternating these two shades. It will look like rose petals. You can make a flower, not one, but several. Add to them a few leaves of green color. To get a lighter tone, any paint can be diluted with white.
Animals and Nail Comics
A popular type of design is the image of cute animals and cartoon characters. Often on the nails they depict kittens or their paws, ladybugs, bears. Young girls love to draw different comic book characters. It could be Batman or Superman. Some like funny minions or original emoticons. Young fashionistas even manage to draw smiling little dragons.
Looks beautiful manicure in pastel colors with a smiling bunny, which complement rhinestones. Some prefer to portray a wise owl or graceful flamingos. The drawing of a peacock with its colorful tail looks original. In the autumn theme, it is quite appropriate to draw a hedgehog or red fox. Looks cute black and white panda on the nails. Brave girls choose the image of an eagle or a lion. True, such drawings are already more difficult to complete.
French with a pattern
A real work of art may look like a French manicure made with acrylics. Along the smile, you can simply put down white dots or draw small flowers with dots. The smile line itself can also be painted with white paint, only better in two layers. Such a smile is performed in various forms: in the form of a heart, petal or some kind of geometric figure. It is also appropriate to decorate a delicate jacket with original monograms, as seen in the photo above. Often a drawing is performed on only one ring finger, and on all the others they make a French design.
Ethnic patterns, leopard and tiger style.
An unusual direction is ethnics. Fashionable performance of African and Scandinavian motifs. Performing ethnic patterns is quite simple. You can use the drawing of uneven spirals, dots, dashes, circles. It is better to use natural shades like earth, plants, clay. Ethnic drawings are characterized by negligence similar to cave paintings.
Animal color also looks pretty attractive on the nails. After all, it is quite simple to apply strips of zebra or tiger on the plates. The easiest way to make a zebra pattern. First, cover your nails with white basecoat. Then make the curved black stripes obliquely.
For a leopard or tiger style, take brownish-reddish tones. You saw behind the skin of a leopard, it is covered with peculiar brown-sand spots. The background color for the leopard pattern can be any.
Vibrant pop drawings and black and white images
Young girls choose bright neon shades for design. Such a catchy manicure is suitable for a youth party. The easiest way is to apply bright blots or stains on the white background of the marigolds. It is possible to do this not with one color, but with several. The result is a rainbow effect. The more acidic the color, the more colorful the manicure.
Some girls like to embody the era of black and white cinema on their nails. Black kitties, paws, notes are painted on a white background. Sometimes a black and white background is diluted in red. It is appropriate to draw scarlet lips or a heart.
Marine themes, cobwebs, hearts, dots
For holidays, the image on the nails of anchors, dolphins, waves, palm trees, a bright sun is perfect. Some decorate the nails with sprigs of coral. Many people like to make a design similar to a sailor's vest.
Hearts are a favorite theme of young flirts. Some make them with Cupid's arrows. Many people like paired hearts, one more and the other less.
Spot manicure is also good to do with acrylic paints. It is best to use dots or invisibility, hairpin. Using dots, you can make whole compositions in the form of shapes or colors. Black or white dots on a red base look beautiful, or red dots on black.
For those who have absolutely no time for manicure, the image of a thin web is suitable. It is enough to put a small dot in the middle of the nail and draw thin rays from it in different directions.
Fruit theme and still lifes
Whole fruit still lifes appear on the nails of fashionistas in the summer season. Sometimes they manage with miniature images of strawberries, cherries, raspberries, and sometimes they make a fruit print on the whole plate. Similarly perform a watermelon pattern or strawberry.
Very often in the summer, girls draw butterflies, clouds. In winter, mosaic images or various monograms, bows are drawn with acrylics.