Today's FREE lessons are provided by Ernestina Gallina.
I would categorize Ernestina's how-to guides as intermediate skill level. My feeling is "practice makes perfect" and even if you're a beginner rock painter, you can improve your skills by trying these free, rock painting projects.
These free tutorials (in PDF format)
include:
- A list of the materials you'll need
- Guidance on the type of rocks suitable for the project
- Detailed step-by-step instructions and illustrations for painting cute flying bug rocks, baby pig rocks, and little Nemo rocks
Once you learn a technique for painting rocks, you can change up the colors and add your own special touch and creative ideas to differentiate your painted rocks from those of other artists.
I altered this project by using metallic acrylic paint for the flying bugs in the photo below.
I learned the importance of choosing smooth rocks when I painted these two baby pigs. Smooth rocks allow paint to be applied
and lines to be drawn easily. Pitted rocks are definitely more challenging to paint. Doesn't my little piggy look like he's been in a barnyard fight or just escaped the meat grinder?
I had the perfect rock for painting a Little Nemo. By varying the acrylic paint colors, it's possible to create an aquarium full of unique, painted fish rocks. One of Ernestina's clever ideas for this project was to add gold glitter paint to "simulate sparkling scales on the body."
Thank you, Ernestina Gallina, for generously sharing your creative, rock painting how-to-guides.
The free projects mentioned in this post along with their links were
viewable on the date of this post. I cannot guarantee how long the
projects will remain free and available online.
© Cindy Thomas Painted Rocks
