Directions for Strawberry Rocks
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you know it is really funny but just yesterday i was in front of my husband on this narrow road he was in a dump truck and we do this for saftey purposes and to myself i thought i would gather some rock on my way back i\'m bored and out of work so on my journey home that is what i did and before u know it i have the bed of his f250 half full,i could have died, then today what am i going to do with these stones and trust me i can\'t draw
- mary sturgell, Tue, 15 Sep 2009 9:06AM
- mary sturgell, Tue, 15 Sep 2009 9:06AM
I just started rock painting as a hobby and am looking up sites for ideas. Your site is one of the best!. I have to say that I am very intimidated by the quality of work I see. I\'m not sure I can draw that well, but I\'m going to try.
Thanks for your website.
Judy in Winnipeg
- Judy, Mon, 24 Aug 2009 9:19PM
Thanks for your website.
Judy in Winnipeg
- Judy, Mon, 24 Aug 2009 9:19PM
your talent is AmAzInG!!! it looks so real, i can\'t stop browsing through all the paintings you have done, trying to figure out how in the world you mixed your colors so perfectly, i am so happy i ran across your page, i am just now starting to get into painting rocks, but when i seen your work, it opened up a whole new world to the ideas i had in mind. i\'m really excited to get started now. thank you so much for sharing your talent with us. what i wouldn\'t give to be able to join your class that i seen pictures of, that looks like fun...hope to see some more "how to" ideas, i am getting started on the strawberry\'s tonight, i am so excited...thanks again...Melissa, 24, Michigan
- Melissa, Wed, 18 Mar 2009 12:32PM
- Melissa, Wed, 18 Mar 2009 12:32PM
hi Lee, I will be keeping my eye \'s out for butterfly stepping stone.
- melody, Wed, 11 Mar 2009 11:10AM
- melody, Wed, 11 Mar 2009 11:10AM
 1 This album contains step by step directions how to paint strawberry rocks. Have fun!! PS The original idea to paint rocks as strawberries is not my own...I would like to give credit to the designer, but I do not know who it was. Thank you! (click on thumbnails to enlarge) |  2 Collect some strawberry shaped stones. Wash well with soap and water and let dry overnight. When it\'s time to paint, I like to work on about a dozen at a time so that the paint on the first one is dry by the time I\'m finished that particular step on the 12th. one. I use acrylics. |  3 Step 1 of painting: To achieve a bright red result, undercoat stone with white.Paint half your stone at a time,let dry, turn over and paint other half.One coat of white is sufficient. The white undercoat makes the red "pop out". |
 4 Basecoat with any red of your choice, letting the first side dry before continuing to the other side. You will probably need two coats of red. In these examples I used Delta Ceramcoat Fire Red. |  5 Look at your "berry" and decide which end would be best suited for the hull. One end is usually less pointed and that is where the hull would go. With Hauser Medium Green, or any medium green of your choice, base in the hull, making 6 or 7 pointed leaves that come about 1/4 to 1/3 of the way down the strawberry. Try not to make your hull so small that you can\'t see it from a side view. |  6 With Hauser Dark Green, or any dark green, outline each hull leaf, put in a central vein on each, and add a circle at the top centre. |
 7 With Hauser Light Green, or any light green, randomly add highlights here and there. No need to wash out your brush between greens..mixing them is more interesting. |  8 With Black, using a liner brush,randomly add the little pockets where the seeds grow. Avoid the temptation to add too many. Also, keep them small so they don\'t end up looking like watermelon seeds. lol |  9 Again, using a liner brush, place a dot of off white in each little pocket to represent the seed. I used Ceramcoat Light Ivory. |
 10 The final step is to give your berry 2 or 3 coats of varnish..either in spray form or with a wipe-on product called Final Coat. The varnish protects the paint from chipping,gives depth to the colour,and it keeps the paint from sticking and lifting when you pile the berries in a basket. (When I used a brush on varnish I found the berries would stick together when stacked. Perhaps it was just the brand I was using,so you may have success with a different brand.) |  11 Display your berries in a decorative container. For example,this is a recycled tuna can....just the right size for displaying your painted strawberry rocks! |  12 Another way of displaying, or as a gift, would be to place the berries in a basket fancied up with a bow and a little white doily for contrast. Very pretty! To see other examples of my rock painting visit my website at: www.leewismer.com |