It is very easy to create a cute, feminine, childishly naive and airy image with the help of manicure. It is enough to turn your attention to such an image as a bow. This miniature accessory, which adorned doll dresses and hairstyles of little beauties in childhood, has become one of the most popular motifs for nail art today.
So, you decided to make yourself a gentle and beautiful manicure. Bows on the nails have long enjoyed well-deserved respect and constant attention of both young girls and older women. So you will be satisfied with the choice in their favor.
To draw a bow is quite simple. First you need to decide how they will be located. There are several solutions: a bow can occupy the entire area of the nail, can be located on the line of the "smile" or diagonally. The choice of the location of the pattern often depends on the shape of the nail and the type of manicure.
Then you need to decide which finger nails will be decorated with the selected pattern. Small bows can be used to decorate all nails, while large ones are best placed through the finger or on one.
After that, you need to choose a bow design. There can be as many options as you like: from gentle pastel tones to bright solutions with a contrasting stroke. The choice of a particular color scheme depends on what kind of image you want to get as a result, as well as on the age and nature of the client, her individual preferences. An excellent source of inspiration when choosing a nail design can be the Internet, where you can see firsthand how your own nails will turn out.
Having decided on the front of the upcoming work, you should understand the basic techniques of bow image.
We draw a bow: instruction
How to draw a bow on nails? It is pretty simple:
- It is necessary to determine the area of the nail where the bow is planned to be depicted.
- In the middle of the selected area you need to put an end to it. This technique will help visually determine the boundaries of the picture. The dots tool is useful here.
- To the right and left of the point, draw 2 symmetrical triangles. Drawing can be applied both with paint and varnish.
- The area of the triangles should be painted over. In this case, it is desirable to round the corners a little.
- After that, from the bows down you should draw small stripes-ribbons. They also need to be painted inside.
- The middle of the bow can be left as is, or you can select by drawing a circle.
- Completely finished image should be coated with colorless varnish.
Having prepared theoretically, you can begin to practical implementation. Here are some ideas that will surely appeal to those who want to decorate their nails with bows.
Classics of the genre
The combination of French manicure and the bow design has become a real classic of the nail art genre today. Combining white, pastel pink and black colors, this design is feminine and graceful. The bows on the nails in this case are located strictly on the line of "smile".
First, a thin strip is applied with black acrylic paint or varnish over the “smile” line - this will be the ribbon of the future bow. Then, placing the picture on the left side of the nail, draw a miniature bow, consisting of 2 triangles. You can harmoniously complement the image by gluing transparent rhinestones in the middle of the bows.
Princess on the Pea
Quite often, cute bows on nails are complemented with a pea pattern. This design looks great both in delicate and bright colors. A classic example of such a design is, for example, a white manicure with red bows and black peas.
First, the nail is coated with a white monophonic varnish, which will serve as the background. Then, after the background has dried, large red bows are painted on the nails of the middle finger and little finger (up to 30% of the area of the nail). To make the picture look bright and noticeable, a thin black stroke should be made around the bows, highlight the middle, draw the folds at the center. Then it remains only to apply black peas to the background of all nails and fix the picture with colorless varnish.
Little masterpiece
Quite often, bows on nails appear in the form of not just a single-color silhouette, but a real author's drawing. It takes quite a lot of time to depict it, as well as artistic experience. First, on the background of the nail, they draw the outline of a large bow, paint it inside. Then, after waiting for the base of the bow to dry completely, they carefully draw light, shadow and halftone. Thanks to this technique, the bow looks very voluminous.
As a rule, such a manicure provides for the image of one element (for example, on the ring finger), yet the rest of the nails are simply covered with background varnish.
Everything is openwork
It is probably difficult to come up with a more sensual and playful design than miniature bows on the nails, depicted against the background of an openwork mesh. The classic color scheme for such a manicure is a soft pink or peach background color, black mesh rendering, black bow with white rendering.
First, the nail is covered with a background base. Then a bow is depicted. After that, very thin lines draw a lace on the background around the bow, and also highlight the middle of the element and the folds at its center. The openwork of intersecting diagonal lines and lines located strictly vertically and horizontally looks equally good. A great addition to this pattern will be small black rhinestones, which can complement the bow or decorate the grid.
Fantasies on the subject
In addition to the classic image of decorative elements, quite often the design of nails "bows" can be found in a playful interpretation. For example, a tuxedo with a bow tie, a corset lacing with a bow, a gift with a ribbon tied again with a bow can be depicted on a nail. There are also comic images in the form of slippers or cute dresses with bows, as well as kitties playing with bows or wearing them on the tail or neck.
There are a great many variants of the image of such a pattern on the nails, and therefore each beauty will be able to find an option for herself.
"To draw or not to draw bows?" - This question should not even arise. Cute, tender, feminine look bows on the nails. The photos in the article are indisputable proof of this. They definitely need to be drawn!