Nail art step by step: a flower, a marble, a French tip

Nail art step sheets show a design one stroke at a time, on a row of four numbered nail outlines. One builds a flower: five dots in a circle, dragged into petals, with a centre dot and two leaves. Another builds a marble, and a third builds a French tip. Beginners follow them at home, and teachers use them in class. Type a design, such as hearts, and the sheet is drawn for it.

• learning a design at home
• a nail class handout
• a practice sheet before a manicure
• tracing a design before painting

Frequently asked questions

Do I need to draw well to use these?

No. Each stroke is drawn on a plain nail outline, so you follow the order rather than copy a picture.

What is a French tip?

It is a design with a sheer base and a colored tip. The third row builds it with a guide curve at the tip, then a top coat.

Can I type a different design?

Yes. Type the design you want, and the sheet is drawn for it in place of the three shown.

What do the three styles look like?

The line outline draws each step in plain black with the new stroke bolder, the colored version washes the design in soft pink, lilac and gold, and the trace version has light dotted lines to follow.

About toile

This page is a showcase and a starting point: nine samples already rendered, three readings of the pack crossed with three styles, each shown at the size and ratio it was made for. Take any of them further on the wall with a few words, or ask for all nine again under your own direction; a sign-in keeps what you make, and it is free while Toile is new. The recipe behind each sample — the subject, the style, the palette, the framing — travels with the image rather than staying private to the render: it is in the alt text of every sample and in the page's own structured data, so a search engine reads the same handles a person would.