by Anne | Jul 21, 2021 | Children's Toys, Tutorials
Time is a thing for me when I paint rocks, I do not want to spend hours painting one rock. SO I do not get fussy with details – like painting realistic cherry blossoms. Shapes and colour suits me! Kokeshi (こけし, 小芥子), are simple wooden Japanese dolls with no arms...
by Anne | Jul 20, 2021 | Birds, Tutorials
That Cheeky Red Parrot is hanging around again – they are so tame. I thought our guy was someone’s lost pet but he is not . He hangs upside down off the drainpipe and calls you till you go say hi. Then he plays and he is up and down playing Peek-a-boo...
by Anne | Jul 7, 2021 | Fairy Tales & Nursery Rhymes, Gnomes, Fairies, Mermaids & magical beings, Tutorials
It seems to be a week where all my rocks are getting the waterwash look – It is just so easy to do ! Dip your pens in water and scribble on the rock, this leaves a coloured water mess and all the colours bleed in to each other. I am becoming convinced it is my...
by Anne | Jul 2, 2021 | Easy Tutorials, Farm Animals, Tutorials
I’m obviously getting on in years… I got all my nursery rhymes mixed up today. My plan was to create some story stones. I got stuck at was it 3 pigs or 5 pigs??! Took a while to realise I was mixing up my piggie stories – This little piggie went to...
by Anne | Jul 1, 2021 | Tutorials
How sweet is this sweet little girl dressing up in her Kimono I use fingerprint smooshing to add some texture designs to her Kimono and have a small video showing this on the Blog post today. Other than that I have followed the basic 4 step to rock Painting1. Draw on...
