Rock Painting - Part 2

It doesn't end there!

Not only do I become interested in painting on rocks, Dave happened to see some pictures on the Internet of ladybirds (well, they were called ladybugs by their artist) and suddenly became artistic himself!

He picked up a stone and started to paint. The results of his first artistic endeavours (above) are pretty good (I think so anyway).  We love the eyes we added - although don't really know just how weather-proof they will be!

  

I know that the author of the book painting flowers on rocks also has other books available and no sooner did the idea pop into my head ... off I went looking for stones that would stand up on their own - to be painted as cottages.

These cottages are not based on any real cottage ... but perhaps the next ones may be!

  

I will leave you with one of my favourite painted stones (for now) - tulips. These actually do look so much better in real life as they again look more shinier because I had used the wrong type of varnish.

  

The moral of all these pictures is: Have a go!

 

You can collect suitable stones and materials from almost anywhere - how many people have old paving stones in their garage, or have purchased too many stones for decoration?  Loads!   Even my brother has a lot of stones he wants me to collect because they just don't fit in with his garden now.  Garden centres may have unusual items that you can paint too. 

 

I had not picked up pen and paints for years - these are my first attempts and I am sure my painting will improve as the more painting I do, techniques long ago learned and long ago forgotten, somehow are starting to return.

  

Mags