Henna- Mehendi Design Tutorial

Since it is not possible for me to do the henna design on my hand and take the photos, I will draw it for demonstration. Yes, another set of my torturous drawings, after the ‘man/bird’ images of T5T post, If you think you can survive looking at the pictures, please go ahead with the rest of the article. 🙂

Mehendi Design

For these henna designs, I have used a few simple motifs. First is the ‘dots’. They are usually drawn in groups of three like the signs for ‘since’ or ‘therefore’

Mehendi Design

They are very handy for filling up blank spaces

Mehendi Design

Next up is the spiral

Mehendi Design

Then the checks

Mehendi Design

which we fill in the alternate boxes.

Mehendi Design

And of course, there are the lines – arcs, straight lines and lacy waves.

Mehendi Design

Now let us get on with the design.
First, make a ‘D’ like curve

Mehendi Design

And fill it up with the checks

Mehendi Design

Remember to darken the alternate boxes.

Mehendi Design

Draw another symmetrical ark over the initial one

Henna Design

And fill it up with the sets of three dots.

Henna Design

Another arc

Henna Design

Filled with the spirals

Henna Design

Now make a thin border over the final arc till now

Henna Design

Start filling up the rest of the palm with fans. These fans are drawn by arcs as borders with waves defining the inner space. Add a spiral to the base of the fan and fill up the arc-wave border.

Henna Design

After the palm is filled with the fans, it is turn for the fingers. Make borders demarcating the last divisions on your digits.

Henna Design

Fill up the space in between with the good old dots.

Henna Design

Fill in the tops of the fingers completely and the hand is done. Now we move on to the forearm.

Henna Design

We draw a big fan from one end of the wrist so that the arc reaches the other side of the hand

The space within the arc looks empty. So what? Remember our good friends, the dots?

Henna Design

Make a few more big fans

Henna Design

Now we come to the concluding border of the design. I am using the checks.

And adding a few spirals to add to the total effect of the design

Henna Design

And thus, my gorgeous mehendi design is complete with the help of a few simple motifs (dots, checks, spirals and lines) only.

Now do the other hand and you are set for any traditional occasion.

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38 thoughts on “Henna- Mehendi Design Tutorial

  1. hehehehe ..super !!!!! this is a really nice tutorial scarlett….. u did a fantastic job!!!!!!

    rati … if ur reading.. i have sent you a mail .. i ll be waiting for yr reply 🙂

    1. huh !!! for me it was other way round …… i take time to do on other’s hands and i do the design jiffily on my hands… also i make no mistakes on my hands…. lol lol

        1. i wish i was ambidextrous too.!! :/
          i can put lovely mehndi,..but its of no use coz i cant obviously put on my other hand..as a result i never end up applying mehndi on my hand by my self 🙁 i havta beg others to put on both my hands so that it looks like its done by one person only :weep: :weep: :weep:

  2. superb tutorial khub bhalo 🙂 i always struggled with mehendi compared to my friends who could easily paint their hands in any and every ceremony .. gee now even i will try this 😀 : :happydance: :happydance: yay: :thanks:

    1. ya re .. aamra bongs ra to generally ma bone’der teke siki ni so idea hoto na puro design dekhe mone hoto wow.. so big kikore banaye .. never gave a thot of breaking it down lol 😛

      now i’d try and let u kw next time for sure 😀 :-*

  3. OMG Scarlett….. u made it seem so easy peasy.. wowwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww :happydance: :happydance: :happydance: :happydance: :happydance:
    I used to think mehendi design is so intricate and tuff…
    good re- I can try that now 😉
    :thanks: :thanks: :thanks: :thanks: :thanks: :thanks: :thanks:

  4. very nice Scarlett….loved it for the simplicity :-*
    such a detailed tut :rose: :rose: :rose:
    ….I remember my first post here…..with no time in hand :(( ….hehe

  5. Wow this is a fab tutorial!!
    I used to learn mehendi earlier by doing it on paper first, but I sucked so bad that I just left doing it 🙁
    Wish I had a teacher like you :woot: :-*

    Anyway I might give this a try someday :))

  6. Scarlett, you know, I am such a big mehendi fan, but when the designs don’t come pretty on my hand, I hate it……now I can draw on my own using this tutorial. :yahoo: :yahoo: :yahoo: ……..thankies Scarlett :thanks: :thanks: :thanks: :thanks:

  7. i demand more mehendi tutorials from you scarlett…… :joker: :joker: :joker: :joker: :happydance: :happydance: :happydance:

  8. such a descriptive tute…. u have so much of patience :jaiho: :jaiho: :jaiho:
    loved the design… will try it…. thx scarlett :waytogo: :waytogo:

  9. Lady gabbar is rather talented!! amazing design n drawings. I’ll take this to mehendi wale bhayyaji next i m in india :toothygrin:

    1. lolz!!! that’s what you cut thakur’s hands for ?? 😯 :lol2: :lol2: :lol2: :lol2: :lol2: :lol2:
      Mehendi wale bhayyaji have same usual boring peacock always 😐 me want new design hearty heart :jiggy1: :jiggy1: :jiggy1:

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