Friday rocks

I am painting rocks each morning this week.    We are having a heat spell.   Days 100 degrees mostly with a few ups and downs.   So evenings the dogs and I spend in the garden. But mornings are for painting if I am home. 

This is really fun. You never know quite what to expect. 

Rocking it in purples

These were done by the acrylic paint pouring method, and dipping garden rocks into paints that had been manipulated to give interesting marbled effects. 

Theres no need for me to explain this as you can check youtube for lots of easy ideas for painting rocks.

Paint pouring on rocks

Stockton is one of the cities involved with painting rocks as good will ambassadors.    My son found one in a parking lot in Crescent City with the label on it saying Stockon Rocks.   There is a facebook group that tracks them. The finderscare asked to log in and post the location where it was found. The finder can keep it ir move it.  This one had traveled 300 miles. 

So since my paint pouring was not very good, I figured I would do better with something small. Some of the painters are painting portraits, cartoons, flowers, lots of graphic type images, etc.    But recently some people had posted oucs if their marbled rocks done by pouring paints. Its all over You Tube.   

This is y first batch.   First I wandered around outside and collected the rocks.   Then I set up a work station in my studio.  Craft paints, water, Flotrol the latex based product that dilutes the paints and allows it to pour smoothly.   Cups and a stirrer for mixing. A good apron, latex gloves and deli wrap to set the drippy messes on while the pain mixes and flows and ultimately dries.   What do you know....it worked.     I think they are quite pretty.  And after a quick spray of gloss sealer, they will be ready to go.   Think I will go spray them now.