How to draw a beautiful dragonfly on nails?

Often our attention is attracted by the special design of manicure, which is why we want to decorate our 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 necessary raw materials for performing fashion art at home.

Taking the theme of summer insects, let's look at how you can draw a beautiful dragonfly on accent nails, how difficult it is. In addition, we offer to study the nuances of such a design and its relevance in a particular image.

When planning to decorate your fingernails in the summer theme, you need to consider several nuances of the design mood. You need to understand that in this case, not only the color of the base, but also the shape of the nail plate will be important, since the pattern on it should look beautiful. Therefore, you will have to consider not only the nuances of drawing, but also the size of the dragonfly, since it should fit almost completely on the nail.

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

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 a stylish decor in the design. If this fact is not taken into account, a manicure can lose its expressiveness and special status.

Of course, it is best to draw dragonflies on a light background. Firstly, it looks lighter and fresh in a summer way. Secondly, insects are better seen. Light and pastel colors of the palette 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;
• gray pink;
• greenish;
• in yellow.

In addition to pastel colors, saturated pigments for the base coat are appropriate design solutions. Dragonflies on a white background of an accent nail will look good, if the remaining nails are painted in such colors:

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

For starters, it’s worth preparing an ideal foundation, because even small roughnesses or roughness of the nail can affect the quality of the pattern and the thickness of the lines drawn. After the nails get rid of the cuticle and pterygium and give them shape, they are lightly ground.

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

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

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 varnishes used and the lamp itself). When the base gets stronger, the nail is stained.

After 30-60 seconds, the varnish is dried, then another layer of pigment is applied, achieving complete overlap of the natural nail. The coating is again dried by sticking fingers into the lamp.

Starting to draw, a thin brush, acrylic gel paints and dots are prepared in advance.

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

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

Having gathered a brown pigment, two uneven circles are drawn on top, which will be the eyes of a dragonfly. To make your eyes look voluminous, you can add a little black paint to the middle of the circles and slightly blend it. To make the wings seem more airy, you can use shimmer gel polish or glitter coating in your work. On each side of the body of the insect draw two elongated wings.

To prevent paints from joining during further drawing, the base can be dried in a lamp. Then you need to arm yourself with black paint, a thin brush and begin to stroke the contours of the wings and the calf.Eyes do not need to be outlined, this will simplify the design. Between them put an end - it will be a proboscis.

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

Taking a little blue paint, the dragonfly give volume. It emphasizes the body, as well as the wings and tail. It is important not to overdo it with blue, so as not to obscure the tones of the base picture. After the drawing is finished, the drawing is dried in a lamp and sealed with a layer of topcoat with obligatory drying.

Since rhinestones today allow you to give elegance to many types of design, you can use them for hand painting. If they are not, glitter, broths (microscopic beads) or even kamifubuki will be an excellent alternative.

The decor will have to be glued to the layer of the top that has been applied, but has not yet been to the lamp. You can start by placing tiny rhinestones or sparkles on the edges of the upper and lower wings. Colors are preferable to take in the range related to the wings.

Further, it is better to create a glare effect, for which you can stick broths on the proboscis or the edges of the wings. The abdomen can be decorated with two rhinestones, and to make it look more interesting, it is better to choose rhinestones of different sizes.

Volumetric decor will cling to everything in a row. This can cause it to chip off the base. To extend the wear of 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 gloss, 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 glued decor. In the future, the nail with the decor is also covered with a layer of top and dried in a lamp. Using this technique, you can perform drawings of various types. By the way, the gel can replace rhinestones, while the wings will look voluminous and beautiful.

Dragonfly manicure can be performed based on different design techniques.

For example, it looks great on a solid accent finger, when all the others are painted under a jacket or a variant with holes. In this case, the wells can be stained with white gel polish, as well as the base of the accent nail plate. In order to more effectively, but discreetly emphasize the design of all nails, you can separate the pigment and white holes with an unpainted bow.

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

According to this principle, you can perform a French manicure, leaving between the traditional smile of white an even unpainted handle.

Dragonfly can look elegant as an accent of gradient design. 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, but related tones of the same color, chosen for all nails in addition to the accent.

To give this base a more interesting effect, you can lightly dust them with a rub with the effect of a beetle. However, it is better not to subject the printed nail to such a treatment.

For example, it can be a velvety base or an option for satin, as well as suede. If there is no matte varnish at home, a top with a matting effect is suitable.

The design of nails with a dragonfly can look no less stylish if you use acrylic powder for decoration. At the same time, it can be used both for a monophonic coating and for creating a three-dimensional pattern.

A manicure with a dragonfly on the reverse jacket will look great. To insect looked as natural as possible, you need to "seat" it on an almost transparent nail. It is better to draw its details: in this way a manicure will increase the status and relevance in different styles.

Drawings without drawing on a contrasting background sometimes look even easier. Often they are not pulled by the noble texture of the varnish used.

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