Painting stones

A unique kind of creativity, the painting of ordinary stones, is now very popular. He fell in love with many needlewomen, because it does not require any special expenses or skills, and the main material, pebbles, can be found literally under your feet. Artistic painting of stones will help decorate your interior with an original composition: it can be bright stones in a glass vase or an entire picture of skilfully painted pebbles. And large specimens are often used as an unusual decor of the garden plot.

And now let's define what is necessary for painting the stones with our own hands.

Materials and technology

In order to try your hand at painting stones, you will need:

• pebbles as a starting material;
• brushes of different thicknesses;
• priming (if necessary);
• sketch pencils (dark and light);
• paints (acrylic, gouache, watercolor or oil);
• varnish (furniture or acrylic);
• solvent.

For artistic processing practically any stone, from a small pebble and up to a weighty cobblestone is suitable. Everything depends on your goal and the desired result.

As for the primer, it is not a mandatory step. Priming the stone should be so that its porosity does not affect the quality of the pattern. Also, the soil is needed for the paint to remain on the surface of the stone without being absorbed. In this case, a smooth sea pebble is often not to be primed.

So, after the preparation of the stone (primer and application of the background), you can start working. With the help of a special pencil make a sketch of the future drawing, not forgetting about the rules of composition. Then paint the stone, gradually moving from large parts to smaller ones. Individual story fragments can be filled with color first, and then traced with a fine brush, or, conversely, first draw the outline and paint over it. Keep in mind that some types of paints have the property of brightening when drying. If necessary, you can cover the stone with a second layer of paint, if the first one turned out too dim.

Lacquer painted stones to give them a glossy luster. But sometimes you can do without lacquering, if you, for example, want to preserve the natural look of the stone around a small picture made on it.

The solvent is useful for correcting small mistakes that are inevitable in such a delicate work.

Painting on stones: tips for beginners

1. As a raw material, choose smooth, even stones. Before starting work, they must be washed and dried.
2. Do not forget to protect your clothes from getting paint or a solvent: it's best to do painting in old clothes that you do not mind getting dirty, or in an apron.
3. The shape of the stone itself will tell you which pattern will look better on it. It is not necessary to look for perfectly smooth figures: on the contrary, irregularly shaped stones are more likely to be creative. Give freedom to your imagination!
4. Use thick brushes to create a drawing background, and thinner ones for drawing small details.
5. In work it is best to use acrylic paints: they have a bright palette and very quickly dry. But if you wish, you can paint stones with ordinary school watercolor or gouache. It should only be remembered that a drawing made with water-based paints can "flow" when painting.
6. Having mastered the basic technology, experiment with paints. For example, painting on stone acrylic paints "metallic" give the products an interesting optical effect and a pleasant shine. It is very interesting to look at point-by-point painting of stones with three-dimensional acrylic contours or paints for ceramics.
7. If the article is intended to decorate the yard or garden, be sure to varnish it with weatherproof varnish. This will help protect your work from the effects of rain and snow.

Try to master this art, and you will understand how exciting this activity is. But at the same time, the painting of stones is so simple that it does not need to study complex master classes - just pick up the brush and create!

Master class for beginners "Painting stones"

1. Prepare the right amount of rounded stones, quick-drying paints, a flat brush and a paint tape.
2. Glue the tape across the workpiece and paint one side of the stone. This is done so that the joint line of the two colors is perfectly even.
3. When the paint dries, glue the tape on the opposite side and paint this fragment of the stone with a contrasting color, and then repeat this number of times, coloring all the segments.
4. Here is such a simple geometric pattern to decorate your stone.
5. Such crafts can serve as a paperweight for documents.

Also you can decorate the interior and handicrafts of stones or use pieces of granite, pebbles to create a stone mosaic . We wish you creative success!