Rock painting is not limited to paintbrushes and paint pens. Using sponges are great for painting on rocks for a few different reasons.
They allow you to paint in hard-to-reach crevices. The sponge dabbing technique adds depth to your rock, creating textured effects. These effects can work as a background for your rock.
You can also use the sponge to give graduation and blending to your rock. A sponge can give you a uniform smooth background to your rock .
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When you paint on your rock with a sponge, most times you will want to use a wet sponge.
Dip the entire sponge in water so it soaks through evenly. Now squeeze all the excess water out. This allows all of your sponge to be slightly damp.
A dry sponge will give you harsh solid lines. You want your paint to blend when you use sponges. Latex sponges work ok without being wet – like the makeup type. Like the ones you see HERE
One step rainbow . Take your damp sponge and load up paint on to your sponge in stripes of colour.
Take the sponge and smoosh it across the rock leaving a rainbow look.
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The definition for Ombre the French word is “color that is blended or graduated in tone. So… let’s make an Ombre rock ! Choose three colours, each colour lighter than the previous one.
Step 3 – Look on your rock and decide where you want the graduation to be. This will be called the waistband. Start dabbing your sponge back and forth across your rock . Try to keep the colours within their row.
Step 1 – Sponge an even layer of paint in the lightest colour that you chose.
Check out the type of sponge we use HERE
Step 4 – Take the lightest colour and keep dabbing on the light side of the rock that still need filling in .
Step 2 – Load your sponge in the three colours. Dab the sponge onto your palette to get rid of the excess colour. You want a light blended look left on your sponge.
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To add some visual texture to your rock you can sponge colour on to your rock. For this look dab the colour on to the rock but do not blend- keep the sponged look. This method is more easily achieved using a sponge that has more holes in it or a natural sponge.
You can grab a synthetic sponge for this technique HERE
You can get natural sea sponges if you prefer them and we get our packs of natural sea sponges HERE
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Drawing on rocks was easy right?
Lets move on and learn how to fully paint your rock.
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