Rock Painting - Part 1

You may have read my articles on stone tumbling/ polishing (see under the local section of this site).

Well, I suppose it was because of that interest that I picked up a book in a local bookshop about painting flowers on rocks by Lin Wellford.

This lady has a lot to answer for! As soon as I saw the book I just had to buy it!

The flowers in the picture shown on these pages give you some indication of what painting on rocks is about. 

I have painted other stones, and the great thing is you can use any colours you want to. Unfortunately this picture did not turn out too well as the sun must of been shining at the time (and of course I had used the wrong varnish), but you get the basic idea.

  

   

    

 

These painted stones can be used indoors and outdoors - colour in your garden all year round.

The trouble is, you never stop looking for new ideas and start to use your ideas on variations of themes.

One example in the book is a flower basket painted onto a rock. 

This was painted over a year ago and the colours remain fresh and vibrant - even after all that wind, snow and rain!

 

 

  

I love messing around with different types of paint and painting itself - anyone can do it and its fun too.

Continued .... go to page 2