Let’s try to figure it out together with you how to make a paint brush in five minutes.
Everything is in stores now! Buying any brush quite cheaply is not a problem, but imagine this situation. You need to paint something. Literally two brush strokes. After such short-term use, you will have to throw away the brush. It’s a shame, but there’s nothing you can do, it’s not easy to wash it by hand.
And in this situation, this article will come to your rescue.
How to make a brush for painting with your own hands, very simply and cheaply, which does not need to be thrown away and does not need to be washed, with detailed photographs will be described in it.
What can you make a brush from?
This does not require a lot of time and materials. An old dried brush or any other pen that is comfortable to hold in your hand while painting and a few more details will be enough.
We disassemble the old brush so that the handle remains intact, and throw away the rest.
Next, select an ordinary office clip of the width you need for the brush, and adjust the width of the handle to the width of the clip. It’s better not to cut the handle with a knife, but to saw it off, it will be neater, and there’s no risk that the wood will break off in the wrong place.
To secure the clamp to the handle, you need to select two small and not thick screws. Depending on the diameter of the screws, you need to take two drills. The larger one is for drilling the clamp, and the smaller one is for drilling a hole for the screw in the handle (so that it does not split when tightening the screws).
We drill holes.
Screw the clamp to the handle.
Cutting out the foam rubber the right size and insert it into the clamp.
The brush is ready.
The brush for painting is made by yourself, you can use it indefinitely and not worry that the paint will dry out and you will have to throw away the brush. After painting, you simply throw away the used foam rubber, and just wipe the handle lightly to remove traces of paint. You don’t even have to throw away the foam rubber, but leave the brush as it is.
In order for the brush to be ready for further use, simply replace the dried foam rubber with a piece of new one and the brush is ready for use again. You can take any foam rubber, such as you have.
If you can’t find foam rubber, you can use a piece old fabric, rolled up in several layers, a piece of felt or something similar.
As you can see, there are no hopeless situations.
They always help us look attractive well-groomed hands. And a spectacular manicure on them is perhaps the best decoration. It can be performed not only in the salon by an experienced specialist.
There are only nine tools-devices - and quite stylish design available at home on your own. And you can easily replace professional manicure tools, at least some, with simple things.
Dots or dotter, nail dotter is a small stick made of wood or plastic with a metal tip with a ball. The name is translated as “point”. Indeed: the tip leaves dot marks on the nails. This is what the tool was invented for. For a polka dot manicure, this is an ideal device.
The size of the dots can be any. The size of the imprint on the nail depends on it. It’s a pleasure to create nail art using such a professional manicure tool: daisies, curls, balls...
It is best to buy a dots with a medium-sized ball on one end and a smaller ball on the other: choosing the right size will be a simple matter. But you can easily replace the dotter with a pin with a ball at the tip, a used pen refill, or a toothpick to always look attractive.
A set of brushes should always be on hand. Professionals also use the finest brushes for lines and contours, thin long brushes, flat and beveled flat brushes, fan brushes for gradients and simultaneous application of several shades of varnish. The home version is a regular set of brushes for school. This is quite enough at first
Nail pens are the same professional tools for manicure. They resemble markers. With the help of a nail pen, we get an accurate design that is neat and does not spread. But if there is nowhere to buy such similar markers, then we can easily replace them with a familiar gel pen. We can draw our own masterpieces just as well as she can.
There are stamps to speed up the work. This tool has three parts: plates with patterns, the stamp itself, and a device that levels the varnish on the plate with the pattern. Apply a drop of varnish to the selected design, align it, press with a stamp and place the imprint on the nail. The drawing turns out smooth and clear, but without accuracy the effect is completely different!
Sticker stickers for nails - save time in drawing complex patterns. If you don’t have enough experience, time, or patience, but you need it “here and now” and without special effort To create an effective design, then stickers will help out. True, stickers can hardly be called only a professional tool for manicure: after all, we have been using them successfully at home for a long time.
We cut them out or peel them off, apply them to the nail or a layer of colorless varnish, look at the type of sticker, and apply a finishing coat on top. All is ready! Thin paper or newspapers can replace stickers in creating a stylish manicure: cut out, applied and varnished. By the way, the relevance of newspaper design has not diminished. And always looking attractive with him is a simple matter.
We also include adhesive tape in the list of accessories for home nail art. Using adhesive tape we draw straight lines and shapes. We cut out the desired shape, glue it onto the nail, painted with varnish, and apply a contrasting shade on top. All that remains is to carefully remove the tape, our version of a professional manicure tool.
Colored ribbons are also a nail art tool. Narrow and wide, matte and glossy, with or without a sticky layer, the most incredible colors - the choice is huge. With the help of such tapes we can create geometric designs and make stencils.
An interesting option can be obtained if you cut the tape into miniature pieces and glue it onto the nail without any order. And we can replace this splendor with foil, which is ideal for silver lines and squares, or with multi-colored Christmas tree “rain.” Replacement allows you to always look attractive by hand.
For the stencil, take regular electrical tape. It is easy to stick on and holds firmly. We cut it into strips of suitable width, glue it, apply varnish and wait for it to dry. Then we carefully remove the stripes and admire the neat, skillfully done manicure without the help of professional tools.
For a smooth transition of colors and blur effect, use a sponge. Buying it won’t be difficult, but a regular sponge or powder sponge can replace it. Apply several shades of varnish one by one and lower the sponge onto the nail, turning it horizontally, vertically, diagonally - as you wish. There is no doubt: it will turn out very well!
We use rhinestones for shine. There are all kinds of shapes: hearts, flowers, droplets. They will add romance and showiness to your manicure. But this is achievable only if measures are taken. For fixation we will use colorless varnish. We carry out the work carefully, then the rhinestones will hold firmly.
Sequins or glitter are optional, but necessary. You can purchase them separately or as a varnish filler. We lay out paths from them, apply them in groups and one at a time.
The nails are even completely covered with glitter, wanting to always look attractive. But the problem is that removing glitter is very difficult, so it’s better not to overdo it with this professional and home manicure tool.
Our imagination will allow us to select analogue instruments that are in no way inferior to professional ones. So we can create, draw and glue to always look attractive with maximum pleasure.
The fact is that our home manicure It will turn out to be unique, there shouldn’t even be any doubt!
To create an even complexion, apply a moisturizing BB cream. It will perfectly even out your skin tone, give your face a healthy tint, and also moisturize your face and protect it throughout the day. You can simply apply it with your hands, like a regular face cream.
STEP 2
The simplest and quick way to hide small problems on your face - this is a 24/7 pencil corrector that will hide everything you need. Apply it to the area under your eyes for a more open and rested look. Simply massage the corrector with your fingertips onto the areas where it is needed. All!
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STEP 3
To ensure that the shadows lie well and do not crease, apply a creamy primer to your eyelids. You need very little product, but you need to distribute it carefully and evenly so that the entire eyelid is covered with a thin layer. Choose a primer with mother-of-pearl: it visually enlarges your eyes and makes your eyelid skin stunningly beautiful. By the way, you can stop here: primer - great alternative to the shadows!
STEP 4
If you are not a fan of half measures, move on to applying shadows. Try extraordinary shadows with a 3D effect! They are best applied with a finger, patting movements over the entire eyelid. If you want, take a pencil and highlight the edge of the eyelash with a light arrow.
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All children love to draw. But sometimes things don’t turn out the way a child wants. Or maybe he doesn’t have enough familiar ways to express himself? Then you can inspire him to experiment with different techniques, among which there is sure to be a favorite. After this, your child will probably want to invent something new.
website I have collected the most interesting techniques for you.
Dot patterns
First we draw the simplest squiggle. Then using cotton swab and paints (gouache or acrylic) we make intricate patterns as the soul pleases. It is better to pre-mix the paints and dilute them slightly with water on the palette.
Frottage
A technique familiar and loved by many since childhood. We place an object with a slightly protruding relief under a sheet of paper and paint over it with pastel, chalk or an unsharpened pencil.
Foam prints
Having dipped a sponge in thick gouache, the child can draw landscapes, bouquets of flowers, lilac branches or animals.
Blotography
One option: drop paint onto a sheet and tilt it in different directions to create an image. Second: the child dips the brush into the paint, then places the blot on a sheet of paper and folds the sheet in half so that the blot is imprinted on the second half of the sheet. Then he unfolds the sheet and tries to understand who or what the drawing resembles.
Hand and foot prints
It's simple: you need to dip your foot or palm in the paint and make an imprint on paper. And then use your imagination and add a couple of details.
Paint patterns
For such an application you need to apply a thick layer of paint onto the paper. Then, using the opposite end of the brush, scratch patterns on the still wet paint - various lines and curls. When dry, cut out the desired shapes and paste them onto a thick sheet of paper.
Fingerprints
The name speaks for itself. You need to paint your finger with a thin layer and make an imprint. A couple of strokes with a felt-tip pen - and you're done!
Monotype
On level ground smooth surface(for example, glass) a design is applied with paint. Then a sheet of paper is applied, and the print is ready. To make it more blurry, the sheet of paper must first be wetted. Once everything is dry, you can add details and outlines if desired.
Scratch
The highlight of the work is that the drawing needs to be scratched. A sheet of cardboard is densely shaded with spots of multi-colored oil pastels. Then you need to mix black gouache with soap on a palette and paint over the entire sketch. When the paint is completely dry, use a toothpick to scratch the design.
Air colors
To make the paint, mix a tablespoon of self-raising flour, a few drops of food coloring and a tablespoon of salt. Add a little water to the consistency of thick sour cream and mix well. The paint can be placed in a pastry syringe or in a small bag. Tie tightly and cut the corner. Draw on paper or regular cardboard. Place the finished drawing in the microwave at maximum mode for 10-30 seconds.
Marbled paper
Paint a sheet of paper yellow acrylic paint. When it is completely dry, paint it again with diluted pink paint and immediately cover it with cling film. The film needs to be crumpled and gathered into folds, since they are the ones that will create the desired pattern. We wait until it dries completely and remove the film.
Painting with water
Using watercolors, draw a simple shape and fill it with water. Until it dries, we put colored blots on it so that they mix with each other and form smooth transitions like this.
Prints of vegetables and fruits
Vegetables or fruits need to be cut in half. Then you can cut out some kind of pattern on it or leave it as is. We dip it in paint and make impressions on paper. For prints you can use an apple, potato, carrot or celery.
Leaf prints
The principle is the same. We smear the leaves with paint and make prints on paper.
Drawings with salt
If you sprinkle salt on a watercolor painting that is still wet, it will soak into the paint and create a grainy effect when it dries.
Brush instead of a brush
Even the smallest nail brushes I can find are often too big for me. I know you can order fairly small brushes online, but I don't like ordering online and waiting for everything to arrive, it literally drives me crazy. I once ordered a sable fur brush from the Sally Hansen online store, painted one stripe with it and dipped it in acetone to clean it, as I usually do with all brushes, and when I took the brush out of the acetone, I discovered that all the lint was gone - I'm not kidding . Needless to say, I was extremely disappointed. I think another reason I don't like ordering online is because the mail isn't delivered directly to your home and you have to pick up the packages from the branch... but that's a whole different story.
In any case, I'm more inclined to look in the art departments of big box stores or specialty art stores along the way to see what brushes they have on sale. Usually you can find brushes there for one or two dollars. So, if you can’t find a brush small enough for nail design, you can make your own quite easily. All you need are nail scissors, or, what I prefer, cuticle clippers.
Having bought a cheap brush, I simply take my pliers and run them around the base of the handle, cutting off small sections of the hair, gradually moving towards the middle. I try to keep the cut edge more or less the same width so that when I get the brush to the thinness I want, the remaining hair will be in the middle of the brush and not pushed to the side.
Continue trimming small sections of hair evenly around the entire circumference of the brush until you feel it is thin enough for you.
Below are a few of my brushes, you can see how thin some of them are. You will also notice that among the five brushes I photographed, I have two similar brushes with black handles. The only difference is that I trimmed the bristles of one of the brushes more thinly.
In general, when I find a good cheap brush, I usually buy a few of them so that I can make several nail art brushes of different sizes and have spare brushes in case one gets too worn out, or I end up ruining it or losing it. .