Learning to create a pattern on the nails for beginners and increasing the status of the master, and a useful skill. Even experienced nail artists resort to the simplest design techniques, since in many ways they remain basic. Sometimes it is useful to remember the undeservedly forgotten simple drawings that turn out to be very effective in the performance of gel polish.
The first fashion for drawings in manicure appeared in the eighties of the last century. Gel nail extensions have just appeared and drawings have gained great popularity. The patterns were printed in women's magazines, and every fashionista could flaunt the designs.
In the nineties, the fashion for naturalness came, and drawings receded into the background. But with the advent of gel polish, the old techniques again became in demand, the new century brought a lot of materials for decorating nails and, in the end, a new art appeared - nail art.
Pattern tools
How to make patterns on the nails so that the lines are thin and graceful? Masters use a synthetic hair brush, its number is 00,length - number 5. Synthetic brushes can often be washed in any solvents, natural ones will not withstand this and will break off. In order to get a beautiful thin line, the brush is well saturated with varnish, squeezed in a circular motion and take a little material on the tip.
To draw round lines and monograms, the brush is held perpendicular to the surface of the drawing. Do not try to draw a full circle, not even all masters can do it. Combine the semicircles into a pattern and you will see how easy it is.
To draw long straight lines (grid, lattice, squares, abstraction), a long hair or liner is suitable. It is used by laying on the surface almost horizontally. To create a gradient, a fan brush is suitable. It is also used for applying sparkles.
There are dots for setting clear points. This is a metal tool with a ball on the end. Dots come in several sizes, the smallest, largest and one of the medium ones are required.
What are the patterns on the nails
In nail design, there are many techniques that came from arts and crafts. Monograms are used in Khokhloma painting, the use of foil is a technique for decorating products with potal. Nesting dolls with golden kokoshniks - that's where the foil came from. Marble-like surface painting has long been used in alfrey painting works (in Peterhof, wooden columns are decorated in this way). The talented master Ekaterina Miroshnichenko discovered several techniques: liquid stones, casting, reptile skin, fabric and lace.
But even a novice nail artist can do some pretty nail designs. They will be discussed. First of all, the patterns are characterized by the repeatability of the motif, and the motif itself (element of the pattern) can be very simple. Mesh, frills, lacing, peas, abstract lines and rings look interesting. These drawings are made on a dry background.
A chain of hearts, peacock feathers, cock tails, flowers and bouquets, car tread prints are made using the “wet varnish” technique. Previously, they made patterns on the nails with a needle, an ordinary sewing needle, mixing drops on the nail. Now there is a dots tool for this. In this technique, you can perform a dancing ballerina, the Eiffel Tower, a girl entering the sea, a sailboat, dolphins and much more.
What to choose for beginners
While the hand is not set, it is better not to take on thin lines, but to limit yourself to simple patterns on the nails. Everyone loves to collect puzzles. Here they can be depicted. This design is done on a dry background. That is, the varnish should lie down on a dry surface. The more contrast the tones are chosen, the more effective the pattern will turn out. The surface of the nail is varnished in a lighter tone. Then it is mentally divided into four squares and two diagonally lying ones are varnished with a darker color. Then a dots with a large number is taken and dots of the corresponding color are placed. This motif can be repeated: on nails of sufficient length, perform twice.
In wet technique, a favorite technique is a drop in a drop. Patterns with nail polish are done very quickly so that the drops are not strongspread. They put a few drops of the same color, add a different color to each, take a needle or the smallest dots and draw a line through the drops. At the entry point of the dots, a separation is obtained, at the exit point - a narrow cape. It looks like a heart.
You can draw two hearts: one is white with a red middle, the other is red with a white middle, draw a line so that the capes turn out side by side. This is one of the classic wedding designs. Or you can make a chain of hearts.
Lacquer technique
This drawing method got its name even before the advent of gel polish. The meaning of the lacquer technique is to change the drop. Lacquer has the ability to make thin lines when drawn drop by drop with a needle. It is used in leaves, petals, curls. If the needle is directed to the center of the drop, the varnish surrounding the drop immediately occupies the trace of the needle, a beautiful concave line is obtained. This technique is used to create beautiful patterns on nails: six-leaf flowers, hearts, it is used in separating the main color with a thin line and in drawing the veins of leaves and petals.
Principles of lacquer technique:
- Never draw on a dry background.
- Work fast before the polish sets.
The same principles apply when working with gel polishes and bitogels.
How to apply the varnish technique in gel polish
Principles of gel polish technique:
- Also don't paint over dry background.
- Work quickly until the pattern runs out.
- Cure drawings one finger at a time.
The possibilities of gel polish allow several timespolymerize the drawing by applying layered designs. It can be the “Double Stroke” technique, in which roses, peonies, irises, a gradient are drawn.
Patterns on nails at home
The "wet polish" technique allows you to make unique designs on each nail. They will all be different, but in the same style. When running a dots over drops of varnish (or gel polish), it is important not to repeat the same movement twice. Even if it didn't work out, you shouldn't try to fix the line.
Frost draws very beautiful patterns on glass. They are obtained due to the currents of warm and cold air. In the process of drawing patterns on glass, frost, figuratively speaking, does not erase those that he did not like. This is important to remember and apply. Here are some winter nail patterns for beginners recommended by a nail studio instructor.
To prevent the pattern from turning into an artist's palette that resembles an explosion in a colorful factory, it is very important to repeat the motifs. It is better to stop in time than to redo it later.
This design is done with gel polish. Even a novice master can now afford to purchase the necessary kit: a UV lamp, a rubber base, a hard top and several colors of gel polishes. But then he will open up many options for light patterns on the nails. For example, "reptile skin".
Imitation reptile skin
To make an intricate snake skin pattern, you need to prepare a manicure UV or ICE lamp, light and dark gel polishes (for example, one pale pink, the second raspberry) and, of course, the base and top. After cleansing the nails, polishing with buff 240 is performed.grit, degreasing and treatment with an acid-free primer.
How to make snakeskin nail designs:
- Apply and dry the base (UV - 2 minutes, ICE - 30 seconds).
- Apply two coats of pale pink gel polish, curing each in a lamp. UV is two minutes, LED is thirty seconds.
- Apply a layer of raspberry gel polish, but do not send it to the lamp, but make a design.
- Top with dots put dots on the dry layer of gel polish. They begin to slowly spread over the surface, increasing. The points should be placed in even rows: first in the middle, then on the sides. Drops should be placed side by side. After filling the surface with drops, send a hand into the lamp for two minutes.
- The surface of the nail is once again covered with top and dried.
Short nail patterns
Many people think that a manicure with patterns on short nails looks vulgar. This is not entirely true. Indeed, large contrasting patterns with an abundance of sparkles are contraindicated for such nails. But if you choose calm nude tones, apply a lace pattern only to the very tips and put small diamond rhinestones in the cuticle area - this will be a worthy wedding manicure.
Short nails look good if they are squared and covered with black polish. In this case, beautiful clear lines of nails will make them neat and stylish. In the case of a large length, such nails look too aggressive. On a black tone of gel polish, a cat-eye design and a mirror rub are made. Canrubbing and on the usual black varnish, rubbing it in a semi-dry state.
Now many periodically wear short nails: caring for a baby, doing housework, playing musical instruments do not leave the opportunity to grow long. But this is not a reason to abandon the design. In the case of small nail plates, stamping helps out.
Stamping
First, stickers were invented. They made it possible to replace a freehand drawing with a decal. But their possibilities were limited. There are no thin lines in this technique. They have to be painted by hand, which is not for everyone. And now Konad produces the first sets for stamping. The pattern on the nails for beginners is no longer difficult.
In his paints, Konad uses a super-drying formula, which allows you not to wait for the drawing to dry and immediately cover it with a top coat. In the case of using acrylic paints for painting nails, this was not the case.
Stamping principles:
- Special paint covers the desired pattern on the disc.
- Scrape off excess paint.
- The pattern is transferred to the die with a very fast rolling motion.
- Immediately print a pattern on the nail.
Sometimes it is easier to draw something by hand, especially in those places where it is not possible to print identically on all fingers. An interesting lace pattern technique for beginners, reminiscent of lace, is available even to those who cannot draw. This type of design is done on a dry background.
How to Draw Lace: 8 Steps
The photo shows all eight steps of drawing lace. Contrasting colors are chosen for clarity. Usually this pattern is done with white gel polish, which gives a very thin line and does not spread like gel polish. After the drawing is completed, it is polymerized in a UV or ICE lamp for a minute. The same drawing can be done with a gel pen, but the lines will be thicker. First, apply and dry the background.
Lace, or how to draw patterns on nails:
- Draw an arc line in the area of the hole (you can use a stencil).
- Put a large dot along the dot line, small dots put a small dot above each dot.
- Put the dots of the background color in the center of the big dots with the middle dots.
- Repeat the arc line to shade the bases of the background dots.
- Draw an arc line next to the drawing.
- Apply an arc line at the cuticle.
- Put points between two thin arcs with medium dots.
- Small dots put dots between the protruding parts of the lace.
Manicure ideas for beginners, photo
You can make patterns that will imitate marble. In this case, it becomes possible to combine different colors and achieve amazing results. This technique is called "liquid stones" and allows you to embody all types of ornamental stones. It is not necessary to cover all the nails with a stone pattern, you can make a marble jacket and one ring nail.
How to dopatterns on nails in marble technique:
- Cover the nails with the main background. If you need white marble, then we take white varnish. Dry.
- While the varnish dries, the nail rollers are covered with PVA glue. It is convenient to do this with a brush.
- Drops of basic, transitional and contrasting tones are applied to the nail. For example, white, beige and black. A piece of plastic film is pressed against the wet varnish to mix the colors. Filming.
- Remove the PVA film from the skin with tweezers. The varnish that has fallen on the rollers is removed with a brush dipped in nail polish remover.
- Fix the top coat.
This design is also suitable for gel polish, in this case it is dried in a manicure lamp, and the brush is moistened with alcohol. If desired, you can draw veins. This is done with a thin liner brush and a contrasting color.
Easy Nail Designs: Water Manicure
Beautiful patterns are obtained using the “water manicure” technique. To do this, prepare a wide bowl and fill it with water as full as possible. Varnishes drip onto the surface, trying to get into the center of the previous drop. Several contrasting colors can be used. When a rainbow puddle forms on the surface of the water, the point of an orange stick is passed through all this beauty, and a pattern is formed.
Now one by one the nails are lowered into the bowl, and a varnish film remains on them. In order not to be difficult to wash the nail ridges later, they are covered with a layer of petroleum jelly. Tip: you need to lower your nails in parallel so as not to stain your fingertips. When the original drawing is deformed, the movement is made againwand. She can also collect scattered parts of the puddle for the last fingers.
Here are easy nail designs you can do with nail polish and water.
Conclusion
With all the variety of patterns, only two types can be distinguished: on a wet and on a dry background. Cutting a drop with a needle or inserting a needle into a drop are the main methods of wet technique. Professionals perform many drawings on a dry background, but this is still ahead for beginners. The main thing is to develop your own style, then you will not need to think about how to draw patterns on your nails.
