• Home
  • Suggest A DIY
  • DIY Newsletter

Recycled Crafts

Creative upcycle and downcycle ideas

  • About CraftGossip
  • Our Network
    • Bath & Body Crafts
    • Candle Making Ideas
    • Crochet Ideas
    • Cross Stitch
    • Edible Crafts
    • Felting Patterns
    • Glass Art
    • Home & Garden Ideas
    • Indie Crafts
    • Jewelry Making
    • Kids Crafts
    • Knitting Patterns
    • Lesson Plans
    • Needlework
    • Party Ideas
    • Polymer Clay
    • Quilting Ideas
    • Recycled Crafts
    • Scrapbooking
    • Sewing Patterns
    • Stamping
    • DIY Weddings
    • Not Craft Ideas
  • Giveaways
  • Roundups
  • Christmas
  • Search
  • Our Store

Great collection of rock painting ideas

August 28, by Stefanie Girard. Leave a Comment

I love these houses painted on rocks. Rock painting is on my “to-do” list…along with a lot of other things but I keep collecting ideas and inspiration. Over at the blog Skill of King (updated to add: this blog is no longer active and we have removed the link) there is a whole bunch of great ideas and inspiration for some super-cute rock painting. Once you start I  bet you will be like my neighbor who regularly leaves painted rocks all down the street including in my driveway.

Rock Painting is one of the latest crazes to hit young and old. Rock painting is so much fun and has even formed numerous groups around the world where painted rocks are left for people to find. All of these Rock painting projects are fun and easy to follow along. You can also check out our Rock Painting Pinterest board for more inspirational ideas.

The smoothest river rocks are the easiest to paint on but don’t let irregular rocks scare you off, instead look at them like you would a cloud in the sky, see what shape it looks like, and work from there

Rock painting and Rock dropping have become very popular this year as more people were isolated and needed encouragement to go for walks. My kids loved searching for painted rocks they found in the park, along the pathways and a few sneaky painted rocks I left in their own backyard.

We highly recommend using paint pens when working with rocks, they have a fine point and are far easier to draw with.

You can paint your rocks with themes in mind too –  Check out these other articles we featured on painted rocks. 

Check out these Rock Painting kits to get you started.

Check out this tutorial on making Bumble Bee Rocks.

Difficulty: Easy

Time to Make: 15 minutes, plus drying time

Supplies:

Oval river rocks – 1.5” x 2” used for this project

Yellow, black, and white craft paint or Paint pens

Paint brushes – 1” foam, ¼” flat angled artist brush, foam dabber

Krylon Clear Glaze

Directions:

Paint the entire rock yellow, using the 1” foam brush. Allow to dry, then do a second coat, and also a third coat, if needed. You can speed up dry time by using a blow dryer if you wish.

 

Use the ¼” flat angled artist brush to paint the “head” of the bee, and then black lines across the rock. Allow to dry.

Use the foam dabber with white paint to make the eyes, and allow to dry.

Use the foam dabber again, to just put a tiny dot of black paint in the middle of the white to finish the eyes.

Once the rock is completely dry, spray with Krylon Clear Glaze to seal the paint, and protect it from the outdoor elements.

Related Posts:

  • How to paint easy winter wonderland art
  • Art prints from collages using ElephantStock
«
»

Have you read?

Recycled wood thread spools make a great tiny “canvas” for fiber art

Just because a vintage wood thread spool isn’t flat doesn’t mean it isn’t the perfect little space to feature art on. Thread art on fabric or wool is great or paintings on paper or canvas could work too. Pop on over to teh blog Winding Vine Wanderings for more about this cute little stitched art on a recycled vintage wood thread spools.

Leave a Reply Cancel reply

RSS From The Network

  • Learn about Women Artists
  • Easy Easter Knitting Patterns
  • Baby Afghans Baby Loves Springtime Crochet ePattern
  • Free Pattern – Offset Ribbed Cowl
  • Video Tutorial – 9 Patch Quilt
  • Easter Mini Flip Book Album
  • 12 Fabric Easter Basket Free Sewing Patterns
  • Easter Word Art Cross Stitch Patterns
  • Book Review – Ultimate Illustrated Guide to Sewing Clothes
  • Declutter and Get Set for the Season with the Get Organized Toolkit

Trending popular ideas

How to fold an easy Shamrock for St. Patrick's Day
Great Image transfer technique with acrylic paint
Cool tip for adding more table top work/display space
How To use cling wrap to Transfer an image
How to make iridescent Fairy wings
Upcycling Crafts - 100 Upcycling Projects That Reuse Old Clothes to Create Modern Fashion Accessories
Lots of great ideas for seed starting
Happy St. Patrick's Day - How to make a ribbon shamrock
7 Ways to Reuse an Old Ironing Board
How to make a honey bee and beehive decoration

Pick Your Blog

  • Sewing
  • Knitting
  • Quilting
  • Crochet
  • Home & Garden
  • Recycled Crafts
  • Scrapbooking
  • Stamping
  • Polymer Clay
  • Cross-Stitch
  • Edible Crafts
  • Felting
  • Glass Art
  • Indie Crafts
  • Kids Crafts
  • Jewelry Making
  • Lesson Plans
  • Needlework
  • Bath & Body
  • Party Ideas
  • Candle Making
  • DIY Weddings
  • Not Craft
  • Free Craft Projects

Categories

Christmas CraftGossip Giveaways Craft Patterns & Tutorials DIY Tutorials and Patterns halloween kid crafts Recycle Crafts - General recycle decorating Recycled Jewelry Recycled Tutorials Recycling Ideas tin can

Copyright © 2023 · CraftGossip | Start Here | Contact Us | Link to Us | Your Editors | Privacy and affiliate policy

Copyright © 2023 · Sprinkle Theme on Genesis Framework · WordPress · Log in