How to just draw a beautiful dragonfly on the nails?

Often our attention is attracted by the special design of the manicure, which makes you want to decorate your nails in a special way. In fact, this task is quite feasible for every woman, given the fact that today we have all the methods and the necessary raw materials for performing fashionable art at home.

Taking the theme of summer insects, let's consider how to draw a beautiful dragonfly on accent nails, how difficult it is. In addition, we propose to study the nuances of such a design and its relevance in one way or another.

If you are going to decorate the nails of hands in the summer theme, you need to take into account a few nuances of design mood. You need to understand that in this case not only the colors of the base will be important, but first and foremost the shape of the nail plate, since the pattern on it should look beautiful. Therefore, it is necessary to take into account not only the nuances of drawing, but also the size of the dragonfly, since it must fit on the nail almost completely.

If the nail plates are short, you will have to decorate them with very small drawings. In this case, it is worth paying attention to the shape of the saw cut: dragonflies look better when the upper edge of the nail is more rounded. Straight cuts or sharp nail shape will change the perception of the pattern is not for the better. On long and sharp nails, the pattern will be wrapped on the sides. It is better to have a moderate length and an oval or almond-shaped cut.

For example, small dragonflies without drawing can be repeated on two nails of one hand. It will not look ugly.

However, if the design provides for complex drawing and the presence of rhinestones, then such a dragonfly should be one: there should be no cloning of such stylish decor in the design. If you do not take into account this fact, a manicure can lose expressiveness and a special status.

Of course, the best way to draw dragonflies on a light background. Firstly, it looks easier and fresh in summer. Secondly, so insects are better visible. Light and pastel palettes are not so demanding on the choice of contrasts, and therefore You can draw a dragonfly on the background of the following shades:

• nude;
• peach;
• pistachio;
• mint;
• light turquoise;
• creamy;
• blue;
• lilac;
• pink;
• greyish pink;
• greenish;
• yellow.

In addition to pastel colors, the appropriate design solutions will be saturated pigments for the main coating. Dragonflies will look good on a white accent nail if the other nails are painted in the following colors:

• blue;
• fuchsia;
• Orange;
• terracotta;
• coral.

For a start it is worth preparing an ideal base, because even small irregularities or roughness of the nail can affect the quality of the pattern and the thickness of the lines. After the nails get rid of the cuticle and pterygium and give them shape, they are subjected to easy polishing.

This is necessary to enhance the adhesion of the working surface with all subsequent applied varnishes.

And when the residual sawdust is removed from the nail and treated with a primer, a base coat is applied to the accent surface. This should be done in a thin layer so that the material does not numb beyond the limits of the nail and better keep the pigmented varnish.

The base is dried in a special UV or LED type drying device (on average, from 1 to 2 minutes, depending on the type of varnish used and the lamp itself). When the base is strong, nail paint.

After 30–60 seconds, the lacquer is dried, then another layer of pigment is applied, ensuring complete overlapping of the natural nail. The coating is dried again, sticking fingers into the lamp.

Starting drawing, in advance prepare a thin brush, acrylic gel-paints and dots.

Some masters, in addition to brushes, prefer to use special manicure pens, because they believe that they are more economical and easy to work. To make the design more interesting and realistic, you can take a few related colors for the wings or prepare a palette of foil for mixing colors.

In the middle of the nail dot the mint color, which will be the guideline of the work. Up and down through it they draw a straight line - the future of the little dragonfly. The abdomen, which comes from above, is made thicker, giving it a slightly rectangular shape. Lower tail is painted over with turquoise paint. In this case, the tail should be narrowed down.

Having typed a brown pigment, from above draw two uneven circles which will be eyes of a dragonfly. To make the eyes look volumetric, you can add a bit of black paint in the middle of the circles and lightly shade it. To make the wings seem more airy, you can use a shimmer gel polish or a glitter coating in your work. On each side of the body of the insect draw two elongated wings.

So that the paints do not combine with further drawing, the base can be dried in the lamp. Then you need to arm yourself with black paint, a thin brush and begin to stroke the contours of the wings and calf. Eyes do not need to encircle, it will simplify the design. Between them put a point - it will be the proboscis.

When the dragonfly is circled, you need to put a few lines on the wings, giving them a more realistic look. After that you need to draw the legs, making it intermittent movements of the brush. Two of the legs will be located on top on either side of the eyes, the lower two will go from the end of the body. The body itself should be divided into two parts by an arched line using sulfur paint.

Taking a little blue paint, dragonfly add volume. She emphasizes the body, as well as the wings and tail. It is important not to overdo it with the blue color so as not to obscure the tone of the base pattern. After the drawing is finished, the drawing is dried in the lamp and sealed with a layer of finishing coating with mandatory drying.

Since rhinestones today make it possible to give elegance to many types of design, you can also use them for hand-painted. If they are not there, sparkles, bouillons (microscopic beads) or even kamifubuki will become an excellent alternative to them.

It is necessary to glue the decor to the layer of top stamped, which has not yet been in the lamp. You can start to arrange tiny rhinestones or sparkles on the edges of the upper and lower wings. The colors are preferable to take in the related wings.

Then it is better to create a glare effect, for which you can glue bouillons onto the proboscis or the edges of the wings.You can decorate the belly with two rhinestones, and in order to make it look more interesting, it is better to choose crystals of different sizes.

Volumetric decor will cling to everything. This may cause it to break away from the substrate. To extend the manicure and strengthen it, you can cover the finished design with a top without a sticky layer. But at the same time it is impossible to cover a brilliant decor, blocking it layer by layer. This will reduce the brilliance, and the design itself will look worse.

In this case, you should try to apply the material so that it does not go beyond the pasted decor. In the future, the nail with the decor is also covered with a layer of top and dried in the lamp. According to this method, you can perform drawings of different types. By the way, the gel can replace rhinestones, while the wings will look volume and beautiful.

Dragonfly manicure can be made on the basis of different design techniques.

For example, it looks great on a monotonous accent finger, when all the others are painted with a French jacket or a variation with holes. In this case, the wells can be painted with white gel polish, as well as the very basis of the accent nail plate. To more effectively, but subtly emphasize the design of all the nails, you can separate the pigment and the white holes with an unpainted shackle.

This technique, in fact, is a technique of negative space, in which some part of the nail is painted only with a transparent coating. Made in soft colors of pastel gamut, it will look incredibly tender and elegant.

According to this principle, you can perform a French manicure, leaving between the traditional smile of white color a smooth unpainted arc.

Elegant can look dragonfly as an accent design gradient. However, in order for it to stand out against the background of smooth stretch marks of different shades, it is better to use not contrasting colors, but related colors of the same color, chosen for all marigolds in addition to the accent.

To give such a basis a more interesting effect, you can lightly spray them with a rubbing effect. However, the nail with a print is better not to expose such processing.

For example, it can be a velvety base or a satin version, as well as suede. If there is no matte varnish at home, a top with a matting effect will do.

Nail decoration with a dragonfly can look no less stylish if applied to decorate acrylic powder. In this case, it can be used both for a monochromatic coating, and for creating a three-dimensional pattern.

A manicure with a dragonfly on a reverse jacket will look great. To make the insect look as natural as possible, you need to “sit it down” on an almost transparent nail. It is better to draw its details: so the manicure will increase the status and relevance in different styles.

Pictures without drawing on a contrasting background sometimes look even easier. Often they are not drawn out and the noble texture of the varnish used.

One of the ways to quickly and beautifully paint a dragonfly on the nails is presented in this video.