Tangled Rocks

Tangled rocks. Sometimes I need to switch things up. While I love doing Zentangle tiles, I get the urge to try out new techniques and products. Lately I've been seeing posts on Facebook about people that paint rocks and then leave them for other people to find. And hopefully those people will post a picture of their find and maybe hide them again, thus continuing the cycle. above are a few of the rocks I've painted with the intent of hiding them. I'm not sure when or where, but keep your eye out!

I was inspired by another artist that posted some of her work, Judy Feskun. She got me going into the recesses of my craft supplies to find my old metallic paints.

The rocks themselves come from a variety of sources. Some came from a friend's garden (with her permission). Others came from a big bag I bought at a Home Depot. Look in the gardening supply area and ask for the 'river rocks'. It costs about $10 for a big bag.

These have been basecoated. Sometimes I started with a coat of white gesso. Sometimes black gesso, and sometimes I just went right for it on the bare rock. Most of these have a variety of colors mixed together. I would put one color down and before it dried I would smoosh another color into it. 

As I said, these paints are OLD! If you have been crafting for a while you will know that most of these labels are the old version and some of these paints aren't even made anymore. If you want to try this yourself, just look for acrylic, metallic paints.

I used an IDentipen on top of the metallic paints. I was pleasantly surprised to find it didn't bleed when I spayed the finish coat on top. The white chalk pencil was what I used on the black rock. And it's also what I used to write on the back of the rocks (not shown).

Have fun! And I'll also be posting these on the Facebook group, 'Chicago Suburb Rocks!'.