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Many girls tend to look perfect, so every time they improve themselves and their appearance. Well-groomed nails and good manicure are an integral feature of a beautiful woman. For a high-quality design, it is easy to turn to specialists in a beauty salon, but if you decide to perform this procedure at home, then there is nothing complicated. In the article we will tell: how to paint nails in Chinese technique, what are the ways to make art drawings or images in the Japanese style.

Chinese Nail Art for Beginners

Chinese painting involves the creation of any patterns on the nails - flowers, panoramas, landscapes, but with the help of a certain technique. The essence of this process is to draw a separate part of the design with one movement of the brush. Here you don’t have to paint the nail in several layers, you need to put the right colors on the tool, mix them and hold on the nail.

• Acrylic paint is the main component. The material has excellent viscosity and the desired consistency, so that the picture is perfectly applied to the nail. A good choice would be water-based acrylic paints with the addition of silicone. This material is easy to buy in any store with an office or accessories for creativity.
• Brushes. This tool made of natural wool is chosen by real craftsmen, because it is durable and easy to clean. For beginners, artificial brushes are suitable for the first time, they are cheaper, more practical. In the arsenal of the master there should be several types of such tools:
  • flat - for applying smooth patterns;
  • brushes - to give texture to the drawings;
  • liners - for drawing contours, straight lines, thin elements;
  • fan - to create a background, monophonic fill;
  • beveled - for drawing small elements of an elliptical shape.
• Skewers of different diameters for drawing dots, circles.
• Capacity for water.

Stages of execution

First of all, it is worth preparing all the tools and materials that will be required to work. It is worth taking care of the nails, they should already be with good manicure. For test execution of drawings with Chinese painting, it is allowed to take artificial false nails, which are long. The first images are recommended to be copied from ready-made pictures in order to analyze the correctness of the design, its similarity with the original. If you need to make a blooming rose in Chinese technology, then the steps for its implementation will be as follows:

• We take white, red, black acrylic paint and a wide brush. Dip the tool in the first two colors, shade a little on a piece of glass, in a plastic plate or other container.
• We apply the first round smear on the nail, it should turn out to be convex at the highest point. We make the width of the future petal minimal, and its left edge should be lower than the right side.
• We do the second stroke in the same way, but its end should be located higher than the initial one.
• The next two movements will be similar to the previous ones, but in a symmetrical reflection. The first strokes should look a little smaller and close later.
• Add a few more petals using similar brush movements, performing wave-like movements (up and down).
• We apply black acrylic paint to a thin brush and draw all the contours that we want to see on a blossoming rose. The same color and tool is allowed to make several closed buds, leaves.

Art painting of nails with acrylic paints

Acrylic paints are the most popular material for painting nails, although this design can be done with varnishes, gels. The positive qualities of such a material are not only the presence of a wide palette of colors, the correct consistency. The main advantage of acrylic paint is its drying speed, ease of correction of the image with water and the inability of the paint to crack, lose its color.

Necessary materials and tools

To decorate nails with artistic drawings, any master needs a set of different brushes, a wide palette of acrylic paints, water and a place where to apply a new design. For beginners, it is also recommended to take an example of the necessary image in order to be able to step by step study the process of creating a picture, and then play it on the nails. Do not worry about the incorrectly applied smear, it is easy to fix it with a thin brush moistened with water.

Stages of execution

The first thing to create a beautiful design on the nails is to draw a background. To do this, it is better to take a classic, matt pastel shade varnish. A bright color can be used here, but in this case the whole picture should be contrasted. Consider the stages of performing artistic painting with an abstract pattern on female short nails:

• We clean the nail hole from the cuticle, give the nails with the help of a nail file the desired shape.
• We polish the plate with a special nail file, degrease the nails with a special tool or nail polish remover, so that the drawing lasts a long time.
• We apply a colorless base so that the nails do not absorb the color of the varnish.
• Paint the plate with any bright varnish.
• We wait for complete drying, prepare acrylic paints, brushes, water, napkins.
• We begin the art painting with a nail on the ring finger. Here the picture should be the most saturated: with white acrylic we follow the contours of the butterfly, put a number of dots, several wavy lines.
• On other nails we draw similar elements, but not exactly the same as on the first nail. The little finger and the big one should be decorated only with wavy lines, dots, without butterflies.
• We take a bright shade of acrylic paint, adjacent to the background (if the base is pale yellow, then we will prepare a bright lemon color, etc.) and apply several strokes that create the appearance of flower leaves.
• We cover the nails with clear varnish or a special fixative.

Lesson of Japanese painting of nails for beginners

Drawings in the Japanese style are very popular among young girls, because they combine notes of tenderness and a certain severity. Such painting can be done with any paints, but for beginners it is recommended to take acrylic, as it is very easy to use and apply. In the first stages of learning nail art, it is better to give preference to simple options for sakura, light hieroglyphs.

Necessary materials and tools

• Acrylic colors of violet, pink, white, black, green, yellow.
• Clear varnish and light enamel.
• Brushes, wipes, water.

Stages of execution

1. We prepare the nails for coating, for this we do cosmetic manicure, polish the plate with a soft nail file, degrease the surface.
2. Apply a transparent layer or any other fixative. After that, we cover the nails with soft pink varnish.
3. We breed violet acrylic in water and apply it with uneven, rare lines on the nail. In this case, the strips can be short and long, wide and narrow.
4. Dip the brush in water, blend the applied purple lines to get a beautiful background.
5. Using a thin brush, apply black paint, removing the branches of sakura. To make the picture look organic, the beginning of the lines should be thicker than the end. It is worth imagining what a tree branch looks like in order to portray it correctly.
6. On each edge of the branches we draw sakura inflorescences with soft pink acrylic, for this we put 6-7 points depicting the petals. Some flowers may not bloom, in buds, it is better to depict them simply as a pink dot.
7. We draw the contours of sakura flowers with white acrylic, giving tenderness to the petals.
8. We take a brighter pink shade and bring the middle of the flower in small strokes from the center to the edges. In this case, you do not need to add a lot of this color, it is more correct to use it in a small amount.
9. We put the yellow center in the center of the sakura flowers. This is not worth doing in the buds.
10. On some branches we draw green leaves, while you can mix this shade with white acrylic.
11. The outlines of some large flowers are outlined with a thin black line to express them.
12. On an empty background, it is possible to add a decoration in the form of white drops, for the effect of the picture.
13. We cover our nails with a transparent varnish-fixer, and admire them every day.

Training cards for painting nails

Many nail service masters are not ideal artists, but still they get beautiful and exquisite designs. Learning to paint nails is not so easy, but with training cards is much easier. Such auxiliary material helps to fill your hand on paper, and after that it is possible to easily perform similar sketches. There are different training cards: with flowers, monograms, insects, abstract images.

The principle of their work is to create an idea in the master’s head: how to draw a line correctly. Training cards for painting nails can be similar to children's coloring, only classic acrylic or varnishes are used to complete them. Here, gel polish can also be taken at will, but this practice will be expensive. For the first works, it is allowed to take a needle and use it to draw beautiful patterns along the contours.

Video tutorial on painting nails with gel polish

Novice neil art masters should study a lot of literature before embarking on their own design. Various workshops and training videos in which experienced specialists discover the secrets of this art will be very useful. We offer you to watch a video tutorial on painting nails with gel polish from a good manicurist:

To discuss

Painting nails for beginners step by step with a photo

Want to make a list of nails and be in trend? Apply a floral or openwork pattern on one or a maximum of two fingers. I like gentle manicure - choose the basis in pastels, and beige, and for lovers of bright design, a rich dark palette in blue, purple, black and red colors is suitable.

Nail Painting 2018

In the new season, manicure painting on nails is considered to be hit, in which it is made in the spirit of minimalism with an emphasis on mix patterns that combine ethno and futurism. Classic and modified Greek and Latin American ornaments returned, Slavic motifs and Chinese-style art nails on takeoff, all kinds of monograms and bitmaps, cosmic and geometric abstract plots.

For women who prefer original solutions for every day, stylists offer manicures with elements of plants and flowers in delicate colors: blue, pink, cream, not bright yellow and milky white. The laconic design in gray tones with fragments of floral and dot ornaments looks attractive, and gold monograms with a strass frame on a saturated background are a chic option for publication.

Art list of nails

To create patterns, masters use high-tech paints for painting nails, gel and acrylic, ideal for creating drawings and for aquarium design. They are simple, with sparkles, pearlescent and luminous (fluorescent). If you decide to make a manicure yourself, and know how to draw, it is better to choose quick-drying acrylic paints in saturated deep colors that can be applied to ordinary varnishes. The most optimal at home are considered to be pearlescent, they lie perfectly and do not crack.

In the salons, nails are mainly covered with gel polish, shellac or acrylic and colorful drawings are applied on top of it. When creating simple compositions, experts use a variety of modern and stamping, but to make the manicure look perfect, complex plot and delicate patterns are drawn manually. To create a catchy manicure in the disco style, the nails are painted with fluorescent paints that make your hands visible everywhere, especially in bright sunlight and under neon lamps of the club dance floor.

Hand painted on nails

In order to create a beautiful painting of nails with acrylic paints, it is better to use a transparent base coating. Indeed, on any artificial basis, the paint adheres better than on natural nails. What colors, patterns and decor are in trend?

1. Pastel, in favor of blue, pink, pearl, beige and cream. White-blue and tan combinations look harmonious. It perfectly combines coffee with milk with all shades of beige and brown, a gray palette in different compounds and gradient transitions.

1. Tri-color and two-tone combinations of red, never go out of fashion. On take-off, saturated blue, green, violet, Marsala and burgundy, with drawings in bright colors, with "gold" and "silver".
2. Peerless hand-painted nails with small and large plant and animal drawings, hits of the season: poppies and roses, tulips and chrysanthemums, wildflowers and sunflowers, butterflies and predators. Popular: abstraction and space theme, neoclassical ethnic motifs, lace and openwork monograms, a combination of several patterns and directions in one manicure.

1. To give the patterns exquisite sparkle and charm in nail art, diverse rhinestones and pebbles, sparkles, sand and powder, metal figures, sequins and, serving as additional accents, and the shiny, sometimes multi-colored basis of compositions, are used.

Stencils for painting nails

The quality of hand and nail gel polish is not inferior in quality with the help of modern devices. Screen manicure takes much less time than manual drawing, although due to the use of gel paint it is problematic to make it at home if you do not have a special lamp. Stencils are special patterned blanks, they come in two types: adhesive and stamped. The first are fixed on the nail, they are applied gel polish or paint and then removed, and the stamp is stamped reusable prints.

There are special airbrush stickers to create gradients and transitions. A stencil painting of nails will look not only neat, but also stylish if you use a rich base, shine and “gold” with “silver” under it, along with various complex blanks:

• patterned and openwork plates;
• elements of abstraction and geometric shapes;
• fragments of floral, folk and animalistic ornaments;
• inscriptions and stylistic signs (musical and other).

Nail Design - Painting

In order to create an individual nail design, art painting is done manually, regardless of the type of paint. In the classic version it is applied to the entire surface of the nail on all fingers, but in modern nail art the emphasis is on minimalism. The most popular drawings, made both on a rich glossy and matte, and transparent basis: painting with nails and delicate ornaments, plot versatile nails in the style of Futurism and retro, combining different from each other drawings, sustained within the same theme.

New directions in painting: gradient transitions, the use of powder, metal prints and shiny sand to create a pattern, spotting droplets with an airbrush, gel lace sealing, which creates the appearance of volumetric graphics and a relief pattern. For an additional effect, the masters use laconic inclusions of rhinestones or their edging of the main lines of the general pattern with an emphasis on one or two fingers.

Chinese painted manicure

What does modern Chinese nail art look like? His business card is a hand-drawn drawing with flat brushes on a smooth, homogeneous base of exotic flowers in combination with mysterious curlicues and elements of an oriental pattern. Experienced craftsmen use an innovative approach and bring their own unique zest: apply an ornament to Cat's eye gel polish or a smooth gradient, make embossed lines, add shine and mother of pearl, highlight the center of the flower with rhinestones or focus on the moon, or completely lay out volumetric decorations with one nail.

Chinese painted manicure

Zhostovo painting on nails

Another stylish floral design of nails is Zhostovo painting, repeating the elements of folk painting "Zhostovo" in manicure. Its distinguishing feature is the creation of three-dimensional colors with acrylic on any surface. Additional patterns and gold decoration are welcome, but the main attention is paid to colors, both large in a single execution, and several on one nail. The number depends on the length and width of the nail plate, and the most popular ones are peonies, asters, chamomiles and chrysanthemums.

Zhostovo painting on nails

Painting of nails - monograms

The watercolor painting on the nails in the form of intricate flourishes and fuzzy lines looks and attracts glances. Luxurious manicure in dark gold is ideal for festive occasions, and laconic monograms on a delicate basis are a practical choice for every day. Options with the use of matte varnishes are interesting, and modern ideas: painting with lace on the nails on a French and "Hollywood" smile.

Painting of nails - monograms

Gzhel painted nails

Chic paintings on the nails, originally made in white and blue colors in the Russian folk style - the visiting card of the manicure in the Gzhel technique. The pattern is applied to the white tonality with thin brushes or with the use of dots, screen blanks are allowed. The original plot holiday compositions are diluted with “gold”, “silver” and brilliant edging, not only floral, lace and floral ornaments, but also birds, the sun, the moon and stars are in fashion. Such a manicure will be a great addition to smartly-everyday ensembles and wedding dresses.

Gzhel painted nails

Painting "Khokhloma" on the nails

Who decided that the original Russian beautiful painting on the nails is not relevant? At the peak of popularity, an original and complex floral ornament, named after the area in which it originated. "Khokhloma" - manual and painstaking technique of painting nails, if you take the classics of the genre, then in red and black with a "gold" version, where the basis is black. Modern ideas allow the use of greens in various shades of red and mix it with "gold", or add to the dominant three-color range.

Painting "Khokhloma" on the nails

New Year's painting of nails

Festive winter acrylic painting on nails amazes with its variety. In the trend:

• complex plot drawings;
• aquarium design with gel application of whole New Year’s compositions using glitter and rhinestone;
• fragments of a decorated Christmas tree, Christmas paws and toys, fairy-tale characters, Santa Claus and Snow Maiden;

• stylish painting on nails, frosty patterns and snowflakes;

• original abstract frosty motifs.

Nail painting - snowflakes

This season, the painting of snowflakes, both screen and manual, also became favorites. Stamping patterns look original on a dark background: Bordeaux, Marsala, blue, ruby, bottle and black. Its tenderness captivates with winter painting of nails on a light pink, milky white and pearl base, especially with the addition of shine: sand, powder and small sparkles, or painting on iridescent varnishes. Modern manicure - emphasis on several fingers, frosty patterns in white and blue colors look elegant.

Nail painting - snowflakes

The rapidly growing popularity of Chinese nail painting is gaining momentum. Actually, what is it? Chinese painting of nails appeared in the modern world not so long ago, but immediately found its fans. Asian motifs have long attracted Europeans with their mystery and uncharted knowledge, and this happens in all areas of life. It is not surprising that the patterns on the nails in the Chinese style delight the most sophisticated fashionistas, because there is something special in this. Recently, more and more often can be found with painting.

Manicurists perform this technique so masterfully that the painted flowers look very realistic. Well, how can you resist the temptation to create living pictures on your nails?

  Of course, as in everything connected with the East, oriental philosophical motifs are clearly visible in Chinese painting.

Wise Chinese managed to combine all their knowledge and symbols with such a popular phenomenon as manicure. But it’s very interesting to watch how the master draws a thin thread through nail art that connects a person with the outside world, with nature.

It is interesting that in eastern countries, this painting of nails began to be used already in the second half of the 20th century, but only now has reached the peak of its popularity. The image of beautiful delicate flowers on a plain background is the hallmark of Chinese manicure.

It is worth noting that this technique will be available to few, and not even every qualified manicurist is able to create such an art on the nails of a client. However, people with special data in artistic skill should definitely try themselves in this type of creativity. We assure you that the results will surely please you and surprise others.

• Lacquer. Yes, in order to set the basis of manicure, you need a regular nail polish, it is desirable that it is matte. If desired, you can use acrylic paints.
• Medium size and flat shape brush. This brush is needed for drawing flower sheets. It is advisable to find a quality brush for drawing, made of natural hair.
• Manicure liner. Useful at the stage of drawing small elements and thin lines.
• Fan-shaped brush. It is necessary to create chaotic fluffiness when drawing grass.
• Acrylic paints. Perhaps the most important element and their choice should be approached very responsibly. For this type of manicure, it is recommended to use water-based paints with silicone, which create a three-dimensional image effect on the nails.
• Palette. You can use both an art palette and a piece of regular foil. To mix colors, you do not need much space.
• Clean water and napkins. These tools, you guessed it, are necessary so that the brushes are always clean and ready to work.
• Fixing coating for the final coating of manicure.

Chinese painting on nails for beginners

How to paint on nails?

1. Standard preparation of nails for manicure. It is necessary to process the nails and give them the desired shape. Next, thoroughly treat each nail with an antiseptic, and then wipe the surface with a paper towel.

2. The next point is the selection of colors. It is important to determine the pattern from the very beginning, you can even draw it on paper so that later you do not have to rush to improvise.

To paint colors, one primary color will not be enough; you need to select at least two shades of the same color: light and dark. Remember that the background of the picture, as well as the leaves and stems should be combined with the shade of the flower.

3. We proceed directly to work. The first thing to do is apply the main color, the background color. As we have said, you can use varnish, or you can paint. Here, as they say, a matter of taste and habit.

If you are confident in your abilities, then you can try to create not a monophonic background, but a changing one. In this case, you can use only acrylic paints. The background will have to be applied with quick light strokes of various colors, without waiting for the previous layer to dry, so that the applied paint merges and the boundaries between them are not noticeable. You need to use a large number of colors carefully, so that the background does not turn out to be oversaturated and does not overshadow the pattern as a result.

4. And finally, the most interesting is the most creative part of your work. Before you start drawing, place paired colors on the palette. It is important that before starting work on the palette there should be two colors at once, otherwise you run the risk of seeing on the nail not at all what was planned.

How to place paints on a palette

There are several ways you can place the necessary paints on the palette:

1. Build two piles on the palette. To do this, you should take a brush with a flat shape and dip it with different ends in different colors. One corner into light paint, the other into dark. Next, you need to make three even, broad strokes on the palette in different directions, without turning the brush, thereby preventing the paints from mixing. As a result, it turns out that the brush hairs are impregnated with paint and in the middle, between the dark and light corners, mix, forming a new color. This way you get two different colors and a third that creates a transition between them.
2. Two tracks. With this method, you need to draw two strips of different colors on the palette, leaving a distance between them, in width a little wider than these strips. Usually, masters use just this method, because it is believed that with such an arrangement it will be easier to work with a flat brush, which is considered the main one in this painting technique.

So, finally, everything is in place and you can do the first strokes.
  To do this, you just need to put the brush on the surface of the nail, press it, rotate it around the axis and complete the action, returning to the beginning. And here you have the first petal!

How to draw poppies - master class

In this work, you can and should experiment, because with a different angle of inclination and rotation, a new pattern will be obtained. You have to create many, many more petals, and in the end you will master this technique perfectly and will know exactly how to draw exactly the kind of petal that you need.

Do not be afraid that at first the drawings will be slightly different from each other, over time you will learn to subdue the brush.

Some manicure experts advise starting drawing on a piece of paper in order to feel the brush earlier than having to work with the nail. Others, on the contrary, believe that you need to work immediately with the nails, because their surface is very different from paper.

Where to start training is up to you. The main thing is to learn from the very beginning that this manicure technique requires patience and painstakingness from its artist.

The technique of drawing roses

Masters produce not so many strokes and are easy to remember:

• Smooth surface - created without taking the brush off the surface;
• openwork - the smear is uneven, because the brush works up and down;
• half-light - there is a stringing of loops;
• wave - to create this smear you need to make a slight twisting motion with a brush during the drawing process.

Chinese painting of nails is not only fashionable and stylish, it is also refined and elegant. Not every girl can boast of such a manicure, since its implementation will require a large amount of time.

But if you manage to overcome your impatience, then the result will simply stun you! In addition, imbued with the atmosphere of this skill, you can find peace and tranquility in this work.

Painting for beginners videos

Of course, it is impossible to carry such a work of art daily. It will be better if this type of manicure becomes a special, festive option for you, the creation of which you will approach with a special thrill.

And we can assure you that your works will certainly not go unnoticed, the Chinese painting will not only attract attention, but also indicate your refined, incomparable taste.

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From year to year in the trend for manicure remains nail design art painting. Amazing drawings created by professionals are simply amazing and fascinating. In addition, the choice of such a nail design means that your manicure will be absolutely unique, because the drawings are a thing that can not be repeated. No matter how you try to draw an exact copy of the picture you like, the technique will still remain yours individually. So, in this article we will talk about the beautiful painting of nails, magic ideas for her.

If you are just starting to get acquainted with nail painting, then the tips and recommendations below can help you, they will “direct” you to the right path. As a result, your initial abilities will be much higher than the abilities of other novice masters.

Art painting is carried out on the nails with the help of special tools known to everyone - brushes. It was obvious, but it is worth knowing that the brushes should not be ordinary in special stores; you can buy brushes that are suitable for this particular case, with which you will paint in the future. Also, for especially small pictures, special needles can help you.

If you are a beginner, then first you should try the simplest drawings. But if you are confident in yourself and your drawing hand, then calmly draw something more complex, because thanks to the artistic painting, you can recreate any drawings and compositions on the nails that you like.

The painting on the nails can be decorated. Do this with a variety of sparkles, rhinestones and other decorative elements. The decor will add to the nails some charm and a sense of completeness of manicure.

Complex and voluminous drawings do not need to be drawn on all nails at once. Otherwise, the manicure will be overloaded. It is better to draw one or two nails in this way. Then the picture will look appropriate and fit perfectly into the image, without creating a “gravity effect”.

Use water-based paints for drawing. Since it is possible to get a ton of new shades with them (they mix easily with each other), and they are also diluted with water, which is undoubtedly very convenient.

By the way, you can paint absolutely any nails. Increased or natural, on all nails, the art painting will look just amazing. It is also worth knowing that it is completely harmless, that is, it will not harm natural nails in any way if you decide to paint them.

Of course, remember that it is necessary to fix such a painting. For this, a topcoat or. If you paint on simple varnishes, then colorless varnish.

Stylish ideas

Painting nails is not as difficult as it seems at first glance. You can choose the types of drawings according to your own skill level, because there are both very simple options for painting and something more complicated.

1. The first idea is more suitable for beginners in this business. This is a design that is created from the simplest lines. But, despite its simplicity, anyone can like such a design. To create it, you just need to draw a thin brush or needle along the line with your fingernail, so that in the end they form some kind of pattern or ornament. This method will help you to understand how strong you are and to decide how difficult the drawings can be. By the way, as a linear drawing, you can choose anything you want, compose interesting compositions yourself, using your imagination, or take ideas somewhere, the choice is yours.

1. Another idea is to paint flowers. This is also a very interesting painting, which is suitable not only for beginners, but also for professionals, depending on the choice of the colors themselves. You can draw something simpler, you can choose more luxurious flowers. The technique of painting flowers is also very, very much, because this topic has remained fashionable for many years, and designers were able to come up with a huge number of stylish ideas for drawing flowers on nails.

1. There is also a painting option that uses contouring. You only need at the first stage to draw the outline of the desired color with a thin brush. And then fill the outline of the resulting picture with other colors that you need. The method is quite simple and does not include any complex fraud or tools. For a drawing with a contour, you are better off using acrylic paints, so the drawing will turn out to be the most vivid and accurate.

All the above photos show that the art painting on the nails is a very original and original thing. You have the opportunity to recreate any print you like so that the nails fit perfectly into the image. You can use different colors and styles to achieve the desired effect.