How to draw a butterfly on the nails?

A manicure with butterflies looks beautiful and gentle. Such a design is today considered one of the best options for summer decoration. However, the process of creating a butterfly seems complicated, which often stops a girl who wants to complete the design herself. Consider a simple way to create a beautiful picture, which each of us can master.

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

To feel the pressure of the brush and follow the confident lines of the contours, you can practice in advance by drawing butterflies on special tips. This will allow you to better determine the place where you started work, choose the size of the wings, and at the same time the colors of the insect itself. You can pre-print your favorite picture: redrawing usually allows you to achieve a better result in the absence of drawing experience. So you can’t miss out on the small details, and you can see what wings and veins should be like.

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

Not always the butterfly fits on the accent nail completely. This is explained by the features of the nail plate itself, as well as the technique of manicure. As for the length, it is difficult to fit a luxurious butterfly on short nails. We have to reduce its size, and with it the drawing of small details of the picture.

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

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

You can decorate the butterfly with rhinestones, Japanese kamifubuki or broths. It will look good if in some places on the wings to put dots 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 a child’s coloring in contrasting colors.

Usually, a set of brushes and dots with different nozzles are used for manual drawing. In addition to brushes, you can prepare a rubber tool to remove gel polish. It will allow you 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 a drawing will reduce the time for drawing and create a decent butterfly base in the right place on the accent nail. If you decide to use stamping, then, in addition to the plate itself, a scraper is prepared to remove excess varnish and a roller, through which the image will be transferred from the plate to the nail.

Before you draw a butterfly on an accent nail, prepare all the 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 must be 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 a technology with a drawing scheme for beginners, step by step indicating what to do and what to do after.

• A base coat is applied to the prepared nails and sent to an ultraviolet lamp for two minutes.
• Next, a pigmented coating is applied to the nails and dried in a lamp for two minutes. White accent is applied to the accent nail.
• With poor pigmentation, another layer of varnish is applied to the nails and dried again.

Start design using color gel polish, black acrylic paint, tiny rhinestones.

• Dividing the nail into three parts in length, two-thirds retreat and draw two almond-shaped wings, placing them at an angle in different directions.
• Down from each wing, they retreat a little and draw elements of the two lower wings almost along the edge of the nail. Their shape is similar to a semicircle.
• They take a brush and trace the wings with black paint, trying to draw smooth and thin contours.
• Circles are drawn in the corners of the upper wings, then elongated almond-shaped figures are drawn inside the wings, making 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, they paint the body of the insect with black paint, thickening it in the place of the head.
• They are engaged in antennae: they put a point and from it lead a smooth line to the head of the butterfly. So both antennae derive.
• After that, the pattern is fixed with a layer of topcoat with the obligatory sealing of the end of the nail.
• Without drying the finish layer, proceed to decorate the butterfly with rhinestones. They are placed on the body, in places of the upper circles and the lower drawn ovals.
• Apply a top coat on all other nails, all nails are dried in a lamp for two minutes.
• In order for the rhinestones on the accent nail to hold firmly, they must be fixed with another layer of the finish. In this case, you need 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).
• Final drying is carried out in an ultraviolet lamp for two minutes.
• Approximately 30 seconds after drying, residual stickiness can be removed from the nails.

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

• the color of the butterfly should overlap with the main background of the remaining nails;
• color combinations should be harmonious, you can not contrast colors with different emotional colors to each other (for example, combine red with blue);
• it is undesirable to sculpt a lot of decor (rhinestones, stones, broth) on the wings, the ease of decoration suffers from this;
• do 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 do not need to draw large flowers on adjacent plates;
• it is better to set aside one fingernail for decoration: if there are a lot of butterflies, the design will be colorful, but boring.

Choosing the type of butterfly should be based on the shape of the nails. For example, a butterfly can be shown on the side, which is especially appropriate for a narrow shape of nails. In the absence of drawing skills, you can use a transfer sticker to create a drawing. To make it look like a hand drawing, you can draw on top of it, partially emphasizing the contours, veins of the wings, antennae. This method 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 against the selected background. Given that the design theme automatically makes it summer, you can take light and gentle colors as the basis. A good background will be flesh and pastel shades. The colors of the green group (from light pistachio and mint to saturated green) will also become harmonious.

If desired, you can draw butterflies in neutral colors. In this case, the manicure can be black and white. This design fits most clothing items, 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 and brown contrast. It can be supported by gold glitter. Butterflies in white-violet contrast will look great.They will be able to stand out especially if you use mother-of-pearl texture or rub in the design. However, in order to prevent the butterfly from getting lost on 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 design of manicure with butterflies, which every woman can handle.

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

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

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

A 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 notes of aristocracy to the image of a woman.

A gentle manicure with a light ornament is able to cheer up its owner.

A bright option for nail design will be especially harmonious on vacation. You can afford the most daring color schemes.

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

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