Four types of shading on Rocks

Four types of shading on Rocks

Same image but four different shading techniques. Which one is your favourite? 1. Wet Blending 2. Solid Line Blending 3. Dot Line Blending 4. Hash Line Blending They all give a different look to the rock but all do the same job of giving your rock some depth. We have...
Blending & Shading colour on your rocks

Blending & Shading colour on your rocks

You know the feeling that you have when you look at your rocks and think what is it missing, its just not looking right …. If you ask on social media you will hear many different answers like add a butterfly or a heart or some glitter…  Well our answer is...
Creating Backgrounds for your rocks

Creating Backgrounds for your rocks

Gorgeous Backgrounds for your rocks without creating big thick layers. That is the trick to successful Rock Painting – making sure you do not have too many layers. The way we create our backgrounds is to always use Acrylic Paint or Acrylic Paint Pens and keep...
Paintbrush Techniques

Paintbrush Techniques

Using paintbrushes to paint rocks… wrong or right? Let us fill you in on a little secret – There is NO RIGHT. You do YOU, and whatever resonates with you or makes you happy when creating – Then you do that. Some prefer brushes. some do not … or...
Artistro Pens

Artistro Pens

It is refreshing to see a Paint Pen manufacturer that understands and uses their paint pens. Some companies like to produce as many pens as they can but just do not get the formulation right. Artistro are steady and offer great ranges of pens that are consistent with...