Today, acrylic paints are quite popular in creating nail art. They do not affect he alth in any way, and are also convenient for drawing, because they dissolve in water. Drawings on the nails with acrylic paints 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, artistic design, classic jacket, 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.
Execution Benefitsmanicure with acrylic paints
The popularity of acrylic paints in nail art is accompanied by the following pluses:
- wide color spectrum, the ability to mix different colors and get halftones;
- accessibility and ease of use, suitable for beginners;
- possibility of drawing on native and extended nails;
- using water as a solvent, no hazardous chemicals;
- no need to buy special paint remover, just use regular nail polish remover;
- fast paint drying and beautiful results;
- little paint consumption;
- when using the starter kit for manicure, simple and original patterns are created.
Necessary tools for the job
Learning how to perform step by step drawings on nails with acrylic paints is not so difficult. You can become your own nail designer. It is enough to read some instructions on the technique of using paints and follow the instructions. To perform a manicure with acrylic paints, you will need the following tools:
- manicure set;
- tubes of acrylic paint in desired shades;
- dishes with water;
- tassels of different widths;
- heavy paper and foil for palette preparation:
- base, base and finish coats.
Acrylic painting method
Acrylic drawingson nails for beginners, it is not so difficult to perform. To get started, purchase a pack of paints online or from a specialized store. It will cost you about 500 rubles. This purchase will last you a long time. So, the plan for your further actions is as follows:
- Prepare your nails for paint application. Use different nail files. Take a vitamin bath, remove or push back the cuticle, give the nails the desired shape.
- Clean off old nail polish if you have any.
- To apply an even layer of paint, carefully sand the plates, apply the base.
- Choose your background polish, apply two coats to your nails and dry.
- Think about what pattern you will apply, it may not be on every nail. Run the selected pattern and dry it so that the paint does not spread, you can under the lamp.
- Fix the design with a clear topcoat.
Most Popular Floral Pattern
There are a lot of options for making drawings with acrylic paints on nails. The most common is the flower pattern. Many novice craftsmen make simple five-petal flowers at first. Then they move on to daisies, roses, orchids, mimosas. Spring holidays require drawing tulips, crocuses, snowdrops, flowering branches of apple trees, sakura, mimosa, magnolia. In the summer they draw poppies, cornflowers, pansies. Everyone has their favorite flowers.
You can start with regular chamomile. Put a small dot of yellow paint in the middle of the nail. This will be the core. Around it with white paint, draw semicircular lines in the form of petals. Their number can be arbitrary.
Draw a rose is also not very difficult. To begin with, use the paints of two colors - white and red. With a thin brush, put two dots 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 some green leaves to them. To get a lighter tone, any paint can be diluted with white.
Animals and comics on nails
Cute animals and cartoon characters are popular designs. Often, cats or their paws, ladybugs, bears are depicted on the nails. Young girls love to draw various comic book characters. It could be Batman or Superman. Some people like funny minions or original emoticons. Young fashionistas even manage to draw smiling dragons.
The manicure in pastel colors with a smiling bunny looks beautiful, which is complemented by rhinestones. Some prefer to portray a wise owl or a graceful flamingo. The drawing of a peacock with its colorful tail looks original. In the autumn theme, it is quite appropriate to draw a hedgehog or a red fox. The black and white panda on the nails looks cute. Brave girls choose the image of an eagle or a lion. True, such drawings are already more difficult to perform.
French spattern
A French manicure made with acrylic paints can look like a real work of art. 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, a petal or some kind of geometric figure. It is also appropriate to decorate a delicate jacket with original monograms, as can be seen in the photo above. Often the drawing is done on only one ring finger, and on all the others they make a French design.
Ethnic patterns, leopard and tiger style
Ethnics is considered an unusual trend. It is fashionable to perform African and Scandinavian motifs. Making ethnic patterns is quite simple. You can use the drawing of uneven spirals, dots, dashes, circles. It is better to use natural natural shades like earth, plants, clay for this. Ethnic drawings have a carelessness similar to rock art.
The animal color also looks quite attractive on the nails. After all, it is quite easy to apply zebra or tiger stripes to the plates. The easiest way to make a zebra pattern. First, coat your nails with white base polish. Then make curved black stripes diagonally.
For a leopard or brindle style, go for brownish-reddish tones. You saw for the skin of a leopard, it is covered with peculiar brown-sand spots. The background color for the leopard pattern can be any.
Bright pop art and black and white art
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 nails. It is possible to do this not with one color, but with several. Get 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 cats, paws, notes are drawn on a white background. Sometimes a black and white background is diluted with red. It is appropriate to draw scarlet lips or a heart.
Marine theme, cobwebs, hearts, dots
For holidays, the image on the nails of anchors, dolphins, waves, palm trees, bright sun is great. Some decorate their nails with coral sprigs. Many people like to make a design similar to a sailor's vest.
Hearts are a favorite theme of young coquettes. Some make them with Cupid's arrows. A lot of people like paired hearts, one bigger and one smaller.
Spot manicure is also good to do with acrylic paints. It is best to use dots or invisible hairpin. With the help of dots, you can make whole compositions in the form of shapes or flowers. Black or white dots on a red base look beautiful, or red dots on a black one.
Those who do not have time for a manicure at all, the image of a thin cobweb will do. It is enough to put a small dot in the middle of the nail and draw from itthin rays in different directions.
Fruit themes 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 entire plate. In a similar way, a watermelon or strawberry pattern is performed.
Very often in the summer girls draw butterflies, clouds. In winter, mosaic images or various monograms, bows are drawn with acrylic paints.
