DIY Strawberry Rocks
<p>I am going to give you reasons to paint rocks!</p>
<p><em><strong>You will need:<br></strong></em>- some smooth rocks / pebbles (scrubbed clean and dried)<br>- paintbrushes<br>- acrylic paints<br>- spray varnish as a final coat for protecting a paint</p>
<p><strong><em>Reasons:</em></strong><br>- for fun - you will need 20mins + drying time, to spend time you can paint them with your kids - age 2+<br>- nice design for outdoor life<br>- use them as a chalkboard<br>- magnet rocks and lots of other</p>
<p>I am going to paint my rocks as strawberries. I have not decided where should I put them, probably just as decorations in the garden. </p>
<h4>Here are the steps.</h4><p>Step 1: Collect some strawberry shaped stones. Wash well with soap and water and let dry overnight.<br></p>
<p>I use acrylics. I took white, red, black, dark, medium and light green colors.</p>
<p>To achieve a bright red color, undercoat stone with white acrylics. Paint half of your stone and let it dry. Turn over and paint the other half. Let it dry.</p>
<p>Step 2: Basecoat with any red color of your choice letting the first side dry before continuing to the other side. You will probably need two coats of red.</p>
<p>Step 3: Look at your "berry" and decide which end would be best suited for the hull. </p>
<p>With medium green base in the hull, making 6 or 7 painted leaves that come about 1/4 to 1/3 of the way down the strawberry.</p>
<p>Try to make your hull bigger than smaller because you will not see it from a side view. </p>
<p>Step 4: Outline each hull leaf with dark green. Put in a central vein on each and add a circle at the top center.</p>
<p>With light green add highlights here and there. Don't wash out your brush between greens. Mixing them is more interesting.</p>
<p>Step 5: With black using a liner brush, randomly add the little pockets where the seeds grow. </p>
<p>Again using a liner brush, place a dot of white in each little pocket to represent the seed.</p>
<p>Step 6: The final step is to give your berry two or three coats of varnish. The varnish can be in a spray form or with a wipe-on product called final coat. It protects the paint from chipping, gives depth to the color and it keeps the paint from sticking and lifting when you pile the berries in a basket.</p>
<p>Step 7: Display your berries in a grass in the garden or in the basket on the table.</p><p>You can use this technique to paint rocks as you want!</p><figure><a class="images-link" data-lightbox="gallery" href="https://abbigli.com/thumbs/34EsOTveUrfmjtoT-a3rK-ur2tM=/614a473c825143f0a5ace91f44af6dd4"><img data-image="33419" src="https://abbigli.com/thumbs/unsafe/fit-in/1000x0/https://abbigli.com/thumbs/34EsOTveUrfmjtoT-a3rK-ur2tM=/614a473c825143f0a5ace91f44af6dd4"></a></figure><p><br></p>
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