by Anne | Jan 2, 2021 | Techniques
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...
by Anne | Jan 2, 2021 | Techniques
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...
by Anne | Jan 1, 2021 | 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...
by Anne | Jan 1, 2021 | Supplies
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...
by Anne | Jan 1, 2021 | Supplies
You just may have most of these little extra ‘Bits and Bobs” around your house. Most of these things you don’t (NEED) to get started but they are great to have for your rock painting hobby. Let’s chat about extra supplies for rock painting...
by Anne | Jan 1, 2021 | Techniques
Chinese whispers – that is usually how it starts. One person reads to heat the paint pens on a ceramic surface and it ends up people saying put your rocks in the oven to set the paint – Heads up – That is dangerous Chinese whispers – that is...
by Anne | Jan 1, 2021 | Supplies
Oh dear… this seems to be the MOST controversial subject in the rock painting world! We get that, everyone has an opinion and wants to be heard. There are so many to choice from – Sealers & opinions, so how do you decide? Yes we also have what we think...
by Anne | Jan 1, 2021 | Supplies
We have used so many paint pens on rocks and have developed a great understanding about what works. We heavily test many pens and want to share our favourite outcomes. Please understand that there are other great Paint Pens but we have narrowed it down to the ones...
by Anne | Jan 1, 2021 | Techniques
Well since starting on this adventure of rock painting, we have discovered …. no rock is the same….~ Some like to be painted on and some do not ~ Some are smooth and some are rough ~ Some soak up the paint and others repel it ~ Some areas in the world you...
by Anne | Jan 1, 2021 | Supplies
We have discovered so much about HOW paint, pens and rocks react with each other. We have heavily tested many product combinations and want to share our favourite outcomes. We spend 30 days testing our methods at the least – some even longer. We look at ease...
