122 NAILS January 2007 Courtesy of Sue Schultes, Great Lengths, Bridgewater, N.J.

As an artist, you know that 1 + 1 doesn’t always equal 2. Sometimes, it equals

something even greater. We’ve asked several nail artists to combine the most

basic nail art strokes with a little bit of creative addition to create designs that

are even easier than grade-school math.

leaf stroke

stippling

teardrop scrolling spiral

ribbon stroke comma stroke “C” stroke

“S” stroke ric-rac stylus dots

wave

strokesTHE BASIC strokes

++ADDit up

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stylus dots6

comma strokes 3

leaf strokes

=+ +Nail by Caradee Fisher, Salon Progressions and Day Spa, Wichita, Kan.

stylus dotsteardrop spiral

+5

teardrops

+Nail by Jennifer Shepard, The Ultimate Spa + Salon, Madison, Wis.

comma stroke4 small

leaf strokes 5 large

leaf strokes

=+ +Nail by Theresa Lawrence, The Ultimate Spa + Salon, Madison, Wis.

4 small ric-racs

3 large ric-racs

=+Nail by Caradee Fisher

stylus dotsstippling

=+Nail by Jasmine Iskandar, The Ultimate Spa + Salon, Madison, Wis.

( ( ))+ =

4 ric-racsscrolling stippling

+teardrop

+spiral

+stylus dots

+Nail by Theresa Lawrence

+ =➤

asian flowerasian flower

argyle sockargyle sock

galaxygalaxy

musical encoremusical encore

rose budsrose buds

funky, funkyfunky, funky

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stylus dots2 waves2 comma strokes

=+ +

stylus dots10 comma

+Nail by Michelle Sproat, Inspirations, Kingsville, Ontario, Canada

3stipplings

5ribbon strokes

=+

3teardrops

+

stylus dots6

comma strokes

+

Nail by Connie Kubitz

2stipplings

2spirals

=

=

12comma strokes

+15

stylus dots

+Nail by Becky L. Waring, The Ultimate Spa + Salon, Madison, Wis.

Nail by Michelle Sproat

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Nail by Connie Kubitz, The Ultimate Spa + Salon, Madison, Wis.

+

Nail by Becky L. Waring

half and halfhalf and half

squigglysquiggly

celebrationcelebration

abstract artabstract art

paisleyspaisleys

4 comma strokes

tree timetree time

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stylus dots“C” stroke (at free edge)

=+Nail by Heather Reynosa

stylus dots24

comma strokes

=+

stylus dots2 spirals

+

6 leaf strokes11 comma strokes

+

ribbon stroke ribbon stroke

+

Nail by Sue Schultes

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Nail by Sue Schultes

Nail by Billy Larson, That Nail Place, Glendale, Ariz.

Nail by Heather Reynosa, Palisade, Colo.

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127NAILS January 2007

yellow ribbons of hopeyellow ribbons of hope

fireworks spectacularfireworks spectacular

flowerflower

black holeblack hole

stylin’ with stylus dotsstylin’ with stylus dots

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