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The techniques and projects are easily explained and beautifully illustrated.
The topics covered are:
- Finding and Prepping Rocks
- Sealants
- Acrylic Paint
- Markers and Pens
- Drawing Mandala and Zentangle Designs
- Marbling
- Colored Pencils
- Decoupage
- Creating Unique Backgrounds
- Embellishments and Textures
- Rocks for Learning
- Rocks and Kids
- Possible Uses
These are rocks I decorated using just a few of the techniques and/or designs from Samantha Sarles' Rock Art Handbook.
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Sharpie Pens
Sharpies are notorious for blurring when sealed and I had several unused pens to experiment with. The technique: Draw various circles with Sharpies and then use alcohol and a Q-tip to intentionally blur the Sharpie pen lines.
Colored Pencils
The technique: Base coat a design with white acrylic paint prior to filling it in with the colored pencils. The book recommends Prismacolor Premier Colored Pencils, however, my Loew Cornell colored pencils seemed to work just fine. (Note: I used black acrylic paint to outline the flower.)
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Outlined and Filled-In Mandala Designs
This was my favorite project from the book. I used extra fine point Posca Paint Pens for both of these rocks. For details on the larger filled-in mandala design, I used a Sakura Pigma Micron pen.
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With Christmas approaching, Rock Art Handbook: Techniques and Projects for Painting, Coloring and Transforming Stones by Samantha Sarles would be a great gift for the rock painter in your life.
OR
The stones you decorate using the techniques in this book would be wonderful, personalized presents to give and receive.
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Supplies mentioned in this blog post:
- Rock Art Handbook by Samantha Sarles
- Loew Cornell Colored Pencils
- Prismacolor Premier Colored Pencils
- Extra Fine Point Posca Paint Marker Pens
- Sakura Pigma Micron Pen
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