Valentine Rock Painting Ideas Archives - Rock Painting Guide (2024)

FAQs

What kind of paint is best for rock painting? ›

What Kinds of Paint Do You Use for Rock Painting? We recommend using acrylic paint for both the base coat and your design. For more intricate, hand-painted designs, we suggest that you use paint pens to draw on top of your base coat.

We get this question all the time, and our answer is always: ABSOLUTELY! You should seal your rocks after you finish painting.

Clean the gravel before painting it to ensure that the paint will stick, and then apply your paint in multiple coats. Follow it up with a sealant to protect the paint from fading due to sun and water exposure, then use the gravel however you want!

It's easy to see why: rock painting is simple, serious fun, and accessible to anyone. All you need are the stones to give it a try and Sharpie Oil-Based Paint Markers, Medium Point to create bold, colorful designs that will wow your friends and followers alike. WHAT'S AWESOME IS: There are zero rules to rock painting.

Regular art spray and hairspray are not recommended for sealing your rock paintings, nor is marine spray sealer as we have found both products having problems including to take extended periods of drying time and insufficient coverage.

If you apply colour paint straight onto a dark rock, it will take on the rock colour and look darker than you expected. You can use Lily White paint or White Chalk paint as a base coat.

Polyurethane is perfect and it is great for rocks you will be leaving outside in your garden. Remember no sealer last forever and depending on the elements i your area will be how soon you need to revarnish, about 1 year is roughly when you may need to revarnish.

Mod Podge acts as a paint-on sealer and is also a paint-on glue. It is very popular in paper crafting and making layered projects such as decoupage. Mod Podge comes in matte, glossy, satin, and even a glitter finish. I personally prefer a glossy finish.

Use as many coats as needed (I used two). You can use gesso as long as your final coat is acrylic paint (it's smoother). Let them dry completely before adding your alcohol inks. Use a crumpled piece of foil to prop your rocks up from the surface, this allows the alcohol inks to flow down and around the sides.

Can I paint rocks with acrylic paint? ›

The best way to paint rocks is to use a thin brush and acrylic paint. Acrylic paints dry quickly, and after a few minutes, a new coat can be applied over the previous one. You will definitely need a thin brush for painting small details. Large brushes are required only when working with large rocks.

They work well on their own, or over traditional acrylic paints as accents. Gel Pens. Used for a multitude of applications, gel pens are also great for drawing on rocks. Use them for drawing more intricate designs directly onto rocks or over an acrylic paint base coat.

Sealing your rocks

Life of Colour acrylic paint pens will dry permanently to the rocks surface and don't require sealing for the purposes of keeping inside, at home - but you may want a nice glossy finish regardless! To place your painted rocks outdoors, we recommend using a spray or brush on gloss varnish.

Gesso and brush

(Basically, it helps the paint stick to the rock better, and makes the paint colors appear more vibrant.) While you certainly can paint on rocks without gesso, you'll end up using more paint in order to achieve opaque coverage.