Welcome back to my blog!
Today I want to give you some advice, on how to make a design with acrylic paints on a nail, as if you were on paper!

Let’s begin

Base

I use as a reference of what I am talking about the sailor moon design I made on a tip.

To begin with we need to create our base, on which we will draw.
Usually I choose light colors, so that the colors will then stand out to the maximum.
After that I apply a layer of top coat and then with a buffer I opacify my structure, so as to allow a better adhesion between the base and the paint.

Draft

After you have chosen your design, take a pencil and with a very gently touch draw a sketch of what you want to do.
This serves both to better use the small space of the nail, and to trace the contours of what you want to achieve.

Colors

Always following our reference, we create the color palette.
We try to get as close as possible to the original ones.
After that, I suggest to spread the colors on the base.
I’ll explain.
If there is a large portion of red, or yellow, I first put that and let it dry.
After that you can move on to create the nuance of that section, alternating lighter and darker shades.

Details

Once everything is well dried, I start by creating details, those that need more precision and are often smaller.

Outlines

Once we are satisfied with the design, we seal it and using a buffer we matt again the surface.
In this way, if we fail to make a line, or make it too thick, we could simply eliminate it without ruining the rest of the design.

Once the result is to our liking, we can seal everything, and our design is done!

This article comes to an end.
I hope it has been useful and has given you some tricks that you didn’t know yet.
I think even those who are not very good at drawing, following a guideline, can create something nice.

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Until next time!

SOFIA