by Anne | May 10, 2021 | Natures Beauty - Plants, Flowers , Trees ...., Tutorials
It is your time to SHINE!! Ok well yes that is everyday…. Just a friendly reminder so you do not forget. This rock is for my Eldest Girl who is on this side of 30…. yes correct I do not know how old she actually is. But when she was little maybe 4? She...
by Fran | May 8, 2021 | Tutorials, Woodland Friends
Fall Bear (autumn bear) This Bear is for all the folk in other parts of the world where Autumn has just started. My bear started from clip art inspiration, I saw a bear shape I liked and then made it my own…….I wanted a stylised tree that captured the...
by Anne | May 8, 2021 | Tutorials, Woodland Friends
My favourite animal has to be an otter They are so darling I always joke and say when I grow up I’m getting a pool full of otters- I could watch them forever. How cute that they carry their own rock in their pouch to crack open shellfish . And hold hands to sleep so...
by Anne | May 8, 2021 | Woodland Friends
Well it’s spikes not fur- a spiky echidna? The American version not the Aussie one but the exact same technique…spikes… fur ! The rock is 50 mm in size with a 0 size fineline brush. Mouse is coming! I get people requesting fur and how to do it and my...
by Anne | May 8, 2021 | Tutorials, Woodland Friends
Love Bubbles just a hedgehog blowing bubbles … because he can This rocks is created using the 4 simple steps after I created my background 1. Drawing on Rock 2. Colour image 3. Shading 4. Outlines and highlights Have a great day being you Inspiration from a...
by Anne | May 8, 2021 | Tutorials, Woodland Friends
I was asked to share a beaver now I know nothing about beavers at all so have no stories. I thought of my Armadillo rock when I painted it and said I had no stories – as if anyone had one …… I was wrong heaps of people had pics and armadillo stories....
by Anne | May 7, 2021 | Natures Beauty - Plants, Flowers , Trees ...., Tutorials
Happy Mothers Day to you all – I will share this one on Sunday with a few others I created to hide on Mother’s Day. Do you balance your colours? I did not realise how much I did until I watched what I was doing creating this video . This is what I...
by Anne | May 6, 2021 | Birds, Tutorials
Yes its a crazy bird – yes my daughter’s crazy pet bird was the inspiration. Her bird looks sooo sweet, white and pretty – looks are deceiving. Our pet bird is colourfully loud and is absolutely crazy. Today she was flapping and squawking about,...
by Anne | Apr 29, 2021 | Techniques, Tutorials
Lots of different things to think about deciding on how you want your rock to look ….. We have a post shared on the techniques page sharing 4 different ways of shading – today I am using two that are the dotting and dashes or lines method of shading. You...
by Anne | Apr 28, 2021 | Bees, Butterflies, Bugs and things, Tutorials
This Picture was inspired by Natalie @ Elementary Art Fun The look of Watercolour is such a gorgeous one – all the colours smoosh in to each other giving such a fun look. The only problem on a Kindness Rock is that we place our rocks outside. The colour pigment...
