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Base coat – no base coat – it’s your choice but I like to share why I choose NOT too.
Unlike your journal or canvas , rocks are a completely different beast to paint on . You put too many layers on them and you have a very high chance they will peel later on down the track.
? How long do you want your rocks to last?
?Are you happy if they leave your desk perfect and start peeling in a month or a week
?or the common reply – I’ve been doing it for years never happened to me ??‍♀️??
But it happens – rocks do not like to be top heavy in layers of base coats, paints and sealers ??‍♀️nature of the beast that I prefer not to play roulette with .
So I try putting the least amount of layers as I can . If you see both sides to an issue you make i your own mind .
I choose my paint and pen choices wisely after loads of testing everything and anything . I go for opaque colours that are rich in pigments .
I have no desire to add 2-3 coats of base coats for four reasons .
1. If you do add a white base , one coat is enough – you just don’t need 2-3 coats
2. I’m lazy
3. I don’t like wasting money on more products
4. I don’t wish to spend so much time base coating rocks vs getting better paint saving time and making more rocks .
Here is my orange /yellow/white combo which ended up Halloween even know I said I was doing no more ??‍♀️I do not know the original photo inspiration my friend posted .
Remember you do you, if you’re happy keep doing what you do – I’m doing me and I always share that . I promised I would share my findings on dark tough rocks not just my light coloured smooth ones ???

Below is the great step by Step Photo Tutorial as promised. It is always great to share ideas and ‘How To’ steps with you so we can all create even more Kindness Rocks in the world! We have taken this one step further and hope you will join us – We are contributing Financially to at risk women and children – You can help by clicking above on our online course, it costs $10 to join with ALL proceeds going to charity. In return as a celebrated patron you get exclusive membership to our online classroom with over 55 videos & 13 Ebooks created by us  – shared nowhere else. You are amazing and thankyou for your contribution. 

Use a black colour pen and outline  the image, Great pens for outlines are Posca 1m, !mr or the 0.7m size in Tooli-Art or Artistro.

And if you want to add a touch of highlight –  pop on a few dots and dashes of white paint .
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Colour the three colours and let them dry 

 

Colour on your rock – I have just painted a nice even layer. You do not want to paint it to thick. The more layers on the rock the more chance it has of peeling off later as the water in the base evaporates. Click on the image below to find out how best to paint on rocks!

Once the rings were painted and dry I took the two colours touch and painted the edge with one and while it was wet painted tte other colour beside it
I let half of them overlap do they bled together

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