How to draw a butterfly on the nails?

Manicure with butterflies looks beautiful and gentle. This design today is considered one of the best options for summer design. However, the process of creating a butterfly seems to be difficult, which often stops the girl who wishes to execute the design on her own. Consider a simple way to create a beautiful picture that each of us can master.

Butterflies on the nails can be different both in the degree of complexity of the drawing itself and in size. In one case, this is one insect on the accent nail, in the other composition can be located on two adjacent nail plates. Draw them using special acrylic based gel paints.

To feel the pressure of the brush and perform confident lines of the contours, you can practice in advance by drawing butterflies on special tips. This will allow to better determine the place of work, to choose the size of the wings, and at the same time the color of the insect itself. You can pre-print the picture you like: redrawing usually allows you to achieve the best result with no drawing experience. So the small details do not miss, and it is clear what should be the wings and veins.

Of course, the best butterfly is one that is either confidently executed or realistic. Since often the size of the nail and lack of experience leave much to be desired, it is necessary to rely on confidence lines. In order for the butterfly to look good, the contour should not have a secondary liner, and the colors should be well pigmented. Also, when making a drawing, you need to consider the appropriateness of its further decoration.

It is not always the butterfly that fits on the accent nail completely. This is due to the peculiarities of the nail plate itself, as well as the manicure technique. As for the length, it is difficult to fit a luxurious butterfly on short legs. We have to reduce its size, and with it the drawing of small details of the picture.

The manicure technique allows you to use a picture, for example, as a means of expressing any particular design. For example, a partial butterfly can replace the traditional “smile” on the accent nail of a French manicure. She can beat the broken glass technique, which today is considered one of the best in choosing a stylish design. The motif of the figure can be taken as a basis, displaying it on a veil translucent basis. You can also draw an insect on a transparent background, thereby using the technique of negative space that fills a manicure with ease.

Decorating an insect can be a variety of ways that will not only demonstrate the design of the new season, but also beat the drawbacks of drawing skills. For example, you can use to create the effect of pollen special manicure powder - rub. Due to the difference in texture, it can make any kind of coating unusual, regardless of its color. However, rubbing of polyester powder should be neat so that it does not go beyond the outlined contours.

You can decorate the butterfly with rhinestones, Japanese kamifubuki or bouillon. It will look good if in some places on the wings put points of different sizes. You can also use glitter to indicate contour lines. You should not decorate a butterfly in the spirit of stained glass painting, covering its wings, like children's coloring in contrasting colors.

Usually for manual drawing using a set of brushes and dots with different nozzles. In addition to brushes, you can prepare a rubber tool for removing gel polish. It will allow to wipe dry paint, aligning its contour. If there are no dots, wooden toothpicks will do.

If you want to cheat a little and get a professional design, you can use ready-made templates with an engraved pattern or stamping. Such an alternative creation of the figure will reduce the time for drawing and create a decent basis for the butterfly in the right place accent nail. If it is decided to use stamping, then, in addition to the plate itself, a scraper is prepared to remove excess varnish and a roller, by means of which the image from the plate will be transferred onto the nail.

Before you draw a butterfly on the accent nail, perform the preparation of all nails. To do this, align the length, give the edges an identical shape, remove the cuticle and pterygium. In nail salons use a special apparatus.

After that, the gloss is necessarily removed from the nails, using a soft buff, and degreased. Now you can proceed to the implementation of the substrate for the design and coloring of the remaining nails. Consider the technology with a drawing scheme for beginners, step by step indicating what and then to do.

• The prepared nails are coated with a base coat and sent to the ultraviolet lamp for two minutes.
• Next, apply a pigmented coating on the nails and dry them in the lamp for two minutes. White nail polish is applied on the accent nail.
• With poor pigmentation, apply another layer of varnish on the nails and dry it again.

Begin to design using colored gel polish, black acrylic paint, tiny rhinestones.

• Dividing the nail into three parts in length, two-thirds recede and draw two wings in the shape of almonds, placing them at an angle in different directions.
• Down from each wing retreat a little and draw elements of the two lower wings almost along the edge of the nail. Their shape is like a semicircle.
• They take a brush and black wings encircle the wings, trying to carry out even and thin contours.
• In the corners of the upper wings draw circles, then draw elongated almond-shaped figures inside the wings, carrying out a sharp edge at the very base of the wings.
• Inside the lower wings there is enough space only for elongated ovals of small size.

• Next, paint the body of the insect with black paint, thickening it in place of the head.
• Engaged in antennae: put a point and from it lead a smooth line to the head of a butterfly. So derive both antennae.
• After that, the picture is fixed with a layer of finishing coating with the obligatory sealing of the end of the nail.
• Without drying the finishing layer, they start decorating the butterfly with rhinestones. They are placed on the calf, in the places of the upper circles and lower drawn ovals.
• Apply top layer on all other nails, all nails dried in the lamp for two minutes.
• In order for rhinestones on the accent nail to be held securely, they must be secured with another layer of finish. It is necessary to use a thin brush so that the composition does not get on the front side of the rhinestones (from this they lose their luster).
• Produce final drying in the ultraviolet lamp for two minutes.
• After approximately 30 seconds after drying, the residual stickiness can be removed from the nails.

Knowing how to draw a butterfly on nails step by step, you can show imagination and perform it in different techniques. There are some rules, knowing that the design of nails will be not only beautiful, but also expressive. For example:

• the color of the butterfly should overlap with the main background of the rest of the nails;
• color combinations should be harmonious, it is impossible to oppose colors with different emotional colors to each other (for example, to combine red with blue);
• it is undesirable to sculpt a lot of décor on the wings (rhinestones, stones, bouillons), the ease of decoration suffers from this;
• you should not repeat the drawing, as it is undesirable to do it in one direction on two hands;
• so that the butterfly looks beautiful on the nail, you don’t need to draw large flowers on the adjacent plates;
• it is better to set aside one nail on the decor: if there are many butterflies, the design will be colorful, but boring.

Choose the type of butterfly should take into account the shape of the nails. For example, a butterfly may be depicted from the side, which is especially appropriate for narrow forms of nails. In the absence of drawing skills, you can use a decal sticker to create a drawing. In order for it to look like a hand drawing, you can draw over it, partially emphasizing the contours, the veins of the wings, the antennae. This way of drawing is used by professional masters when the client is late, and the next time is occupied by another.

The butterfly should stand out on the selected background. Considering that the design theme automatically makes it summer, you can take light and gentle tones as a basis. A good background would be solid and pastel shades. The colors of the green group will also be harmonious (from light pistachio and mint to saturated green).

If you wish, you can paint butterflies in neutral colors. In this case, a manicure can be black and white. This design fits most of the details of clothing, neutral tones are combined with any accessories of a female image. Silver-white butterflies on a black background will also look beautiful.

You can use beige-brown contrast. It can be supported by gold glitter. Butterflies in white-purple contrast will look great. They can especially stand out if you use the texture of nacre or rub in the design. However, in order for the butterfly not to be lost against a dark background, it is better to choose a brighter color for it, and make the main background a tone two lighter.

We offer several examples of manicure design with butterflies, which can be mastered by every woman.

Beautiful design in soft colors of the color palette will be appreciated by romantic natures.

An easy summer vacation solution that can beautify even a modest outfit.

This design can claim to decorate the evening image of a woman.

The harmonious combination of colors allows this design option to decorate the bow of a modern city dweller.

A dark manicure with fluttering butterflies can add to the image of a woman notes of aristocracy.

Delicate manicure with a light ornament is able to lift the mood of its owner.

A bright variant of nail design will be especially harmonious on vacation. You can afford the most daring colors.

A stylish option for the summer, which will attract the enthusiastic views of others.

How to draw a butterfly on the nails, see the following video.