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Painting rocks can be a simple craft or fine art
Rocks? Yes, Rocks!Ordinary river rocks and water tumbled stones make wonderful art material. Not only are rocks cheap or free in many parts of the world, but painting on something that already has a shape and dimension is like discovering a short-cut to exciting results.
Lin Wellford literally wrote the book on turning rocks into art, but rocks have been used as a painting surface since cavemen first began decorating the walls of their caves. Rocks and pebbles have frequently been used to make craft projects, but they can be used for so much more. Field stones and chunky roadside rocks can be painted to look like flowers and plants, or like little cottages.Pebbles can be butterflies or tropical fish. The more you paint, the more you will see all the possibilites. |
Color Your World!
Rocks can be painted to look like baskets
or displayed in actual baskets.
Imagine your front porch decorated with an array of bright and beautiful flowers and plants that never need watering and won't wilt or shed their leaves. What a lovely way to welcome visitors, and what a cheery sight to see on a cold winter's day. Painted flower rocks can be combined with actual flowers and plants to fill in bare spots or just add a little more color.
Small rocks can be painted to serve as desk art or paper weights, making them ideal gifts. Large rocks and even manufactured stones and landscaping elements like retaining wall blocks can all be transformed into lovely three-dimensional decorations that are surprisingly easy to make. When painted with weather resistant acrylics or exterior grade latex paint and then sealed, these free standing works of art can be displayed outside for years. Lin's books provide complete instructions that take you from selecting the right rocks, thorugh laying out the designs, and applying base coats, with stepped-out instructions for painting leaves and flowers, adding shading and highlights, everything you need to get breath-taking results.
Small rocks can be painted to serve as desk art or paper weights, making them ideal gifts. Large rocks and even manufactured stones and landscaping elements like retaining wall blocks can all be transformed into lovely three-dimensional decorations that are surprisingly easy to make. When painted with weather resistant acrylics or exterior grade latex paint and then sealed, these free standing works of art can be displayed outside for years. Lin's books provide complete instructions that take you from selecting the right rocks, thorugh laying out the designs, and applying base coats, with stepped-out instructions for painting leaves and flowers, adding shading and highlights, everything you need to get breath-taking results.
Add a spot of bright color anywhere in your home or office
|  Little houses and cottages can be tucked beneath houseplants or into a flowerbed
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Create an entire Nativity scene on rocks
| Even if you're convinced you don't have an ounce of talent, painting on rocks may just change your mind. And remember, you can't 'ruin' a rock! If you do something you don't like, just wipe the wet paint away with a damp paper towel, or wait until it dries and paint it over and try again. You get unlimited chances to get just the look you want. Many new painters find that little houses are a great way to start since adding a door and some windows to almost anything makes it look like a house. Butterflies, strawberries, ladybugs and turtles are all easy project perfect for learning the basics. Ready to learn more? Explore the free projects, look at more photos of rock art, buy books, and get tips on making and selling your work. |
