Paint flower designs on rocks to decorate and personalize them.
Rocks are a natural and unique painting medium, and painting on rocks allows you to be very versatile, as you can select rocks of all different sizes and your options for designs are pretty much endless. Flowers are one of the most popular design ideas, and you can paint flowers on rocks with a few basic art supplies.
Instructions
Five-Petal Flower
1. Wet a rag with water and clean the rocks to remove any dirt or debris. Dry them thoroughly.
2. Pour 1 cup each of yellow, pink, red, purple, and green acrylic paint into separate plastic containers or separately on a painter's palette. Acrylic paint is the ideal type of paint to use on rocks, because of its durability and fast drying time.
3. Dip a paintbrush into the yellow paint, allowing any excess to drip off before moving it to the rock.
4. Press the tip of the paintbrush down onto the rock where you want the center of the first flower to be. Paint a solid circular shape on the rock where you want the center of the flower; dip your brush back into the paint any time the bristles become dry.
5. Dip a paintbrush into the pink paint, allowing any excess to drip off before moving it to the rock.
6. Press the tip of the paintbrush somewhere along the very edge of the circle, paint a line upward, curve over to create a top, and follow through back down to the circle. This creates the outline of a single petal for a basic five-petal flower. Paint four more petals around the perimeter of the circle, keeping them as even in size as possible.
7. Dip a paintbrush in green paint, allowing any excess to drip off before moving it to the rock.
8. Paint a stem for the flower, starting somewhere near the center of the flower between two of the petals, and bring the line downward, slightly curved, with a tipped end. You can add leaves along the stem if desired.
Rose
9. Dip a paintbrush into the red paint, allowing any excess to drip off before moving it to the rock.
10. Press the tip of the paintbrush down onto the rock where you want the center of the next flower to be. Keeping the brush pressed against the rock, paint slightly angled lines encircling this center mark, making at least two to three full rotations, leaving small spaces in between each line. This creates the petals of a basic rose flower. Add a few tipped petals around the outer edge of the flower, some larger and some smaller in size. Paint over the entire outline of the flower several times, to make the red paint darker, and wait a few minutes for it to dry.
11. Paint in the blank areas of the rose lightly with red paint, to ensure a contrast between the outline and the inside of the flower.
12. Dip a paintbrush in green paint, allowing any excess to drip off before moving it to the rock.
13. Paint a stem for the flower, starting somewhere on the bottom of the flower, and bring the line downward, slightly curved, with a tipped end. You can add thorns along the stem if desired.
Tulip
14. Dip a paintbrush into the purple paint, allowing any excess to drip off before moving it to the rock.
15. Press the tip of the paintbrush down onto the rock where you want the center of the next flower to be. Keeping the brush pressed against the rock, paint a "U" shape where you want the bottom of the flower. Paint three pointed shapes across the top of the flower, connecting the two sides of the "U,"and fill in the flower with more purple paint. This creates a basic tulip flower.
16. Dip a paintbrush in green paint, allowing any excess to drip off before moving it to the rock.
17.Paint a stem for the flower, starting somewhere on the bottom of the flower, and bring the line downward, slightly curved, with a tipped end. You can add leaves along the stem if desired.
Finishing Process
18. Pour 1 cup of clear epoxy paint into a plastic container.
19. Dip a large paintbrush into the epoxy paint, allowing any excess to drip off before moving it to the rock.
20. Brush over the entire surface of the rock. The epoxy paint leaves a clear, glossy coating and helps protect the paintwork.
21. Repeat on as many rocks as desired.
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