Free Art: Random Rocks

 

I hope everyone who celebrated had a lovely Easter! 

When we were at the Tucson Botanical Gardens recently, Mr. Chocolate found a rock intended to be found and enjoyed. This isn't new...it's something that's been done for a while now...but it reminded me that I have a "big ol" bag of rocks in the garage that I bought for reasons I don't remember, and decided to play. 

With the world in the state that it's in, I think things like this are more important than ever. A reminder of shared humanity. Art is one thing that has gotten people through difficult times. So, I'll leave these anonymously when I'm out and about. Inspired by the one he picked up. Paying it forward in some small way. It was also very therapeutic for me. It also led me down a rabbit hole of some great You Tube accounts to learn from as I do more of these! And my oldest friend (as in one I've known the longest!) sent me a fun kit to play with, which I still need to!

Supplies:

• Found or purchased rocks. 
• Acrylic Paints, Pens, Dotting Tools
• Sealer, I used Mod Podge Crystal

These are the river rocks I picked up at Lowes. I gave them a quick wash before painting to remove any dust etc. 

I painted some of them with white paint as a background. Then I used a pencil to do letters / images, and went over it with acrylic paint pens. Easy peasy! 

That's how I did this flower rock. 

Others, I used mandala dotting tools to make, some with backgrounds, some directly on the rock.

I grabbed my Crystal Formula Mod Podge to seal them. I debated whether to include a hashtag or anything on them, but decided that in the real spirit of randomness, just to leave them anonymous. I'll leave them around town.