Watercolor

Watercolor, also aquarelle from French, is a painting method. A watercolor is the medium or the resulting artwork in which the paints are made of pigments suspended in a water soluble vehicle. The traditional and most common support for watercolor paintings is paper; other supports include papyrus, bark papers, plastics, vellum or leather, fabric, wood, and canvas. Watercolors are usually transparent and it allows light to reflect from the surface of the paper. This gives a luminous effect.

Today, when the nail products give us endless opportunities, it is possible to create a pure watercolor effect using acrylic.

Who to achieve it?
Follow our step by step guide “Acrylic Watercolor” and you will find out!

1. Prep the natural nail as usual. Fit the Platinum nail form to sculpt the stiletto. I used two forms and sticked them together, in order to make it longer.


2. Extend the natural nail bed, using Purely Pink Masque powder.



3. Using Winning White powder mixed on the same bead with the Totally Clear, to achieve a light marbleizing effect, sculpt the free edge of the nail.



4. Cover the entire surface with the Totally Clear, file, shape and buff the nail.



To create a watercolor effect you should use only semi-translucent acrylic powders. There is also a way to create such kind of powder by yourself.
Take 6 parts of Basic Black powder, from Technailcolor collection, and 1 part of Opal Shimmer glitter and mix them together.

1. Create the first petals of the flowers using Basic Black mixed with Opal Shimmer.


2. Make the second row of the petals.


3. Add some leaves and lines to finish the composition.


4. Using black acrylic paint, make some accents on the flowers and leaves.


5. Cover the surface with Glaze ‘N Go, leaving some areas inside the petals as they are. Place rhinestones in the middle of the flowers.



For those who prefer some abstract lines and compositions to the floristic style, here’s another one.

1. Create some abstract lines with the Basic Black, leaving them dark on the one side, and going transparent form the other side.


2. Using acrylic black paint finish the composition.


3. Cover the entire surface using Glaze ‘N Go, leaving some areas as they are.



The design is done.