1.
Nail art requires a variety of nails. You will need
several
with large heads on them (I used seven). Use some tiny short
nails, and some medium length nails.



2.
Begin to pound the nails into the wood using a hammer. It is important
to take your time and pound lightly, and be sure the nail goes in
straight. If it starts to go crooked, stop and fix the angle
by
tapping the nail on the side. You want the nails to be
different
heights in the wood for the 3D effect. Begin by tapping
in one of your your largest head nails first, right
where
you want to center of your bouquet to be. This will be the
center
to work around. Next, start to hammer in all of your
shortest nails. Just scatter them around the large nail,
where you want the bouquet to be.


3.
Next, pound in the medium height nails, and scatter them throughout the
bouquet. End with your tallest nails. Here are
photos of
the placement I used for my nail art, and a side view to show you the
various heights.


4.
Spray paint the entire wood plaque black. You will probably need a
couple coats to cover everything enough. Make sure the wood
between the nails, and the sides of the nails themselves, all get
covered in black. Allow this to dry well.
5.
To
paint the flowers on your nail art, use the back of your paintbrush and
dip it in some acrylic paint. Use the back of the paintbrush
to
make dots for the petals. I used the color red, then made a
lighter shade and darker shade of red by adding in a little white and
black. I used yellow paint for the middle of the
flowers.
The very tiny nail heads can just be painted over with one color, since
they are too small to actually paint a flower on them.


6.
Use some green paint and add some greenery in the background, or none
at all... this is your personal creation!
7.
For the vase, cut the cork in half lengthwise using a razor
blade. Then paint the cork with acrylic paint and allow to
dry. When it is dry, you can hot glue this to the bottom of
the
flower bouquet.


8.
When the nail art plaque is dry, you can add a picture hanger to the
back for hanging.