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| Rock painting supplies |
I started out with six stones and painted a base coat on the grey ones so I had a lighter surface to work on. Once they were dry I sorted out my Artline pens and started designing my rocks.
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| Kandinsky Several Circles |
My first rock is based on Kandinsky's Several Circles, I have loved this piece since I first learned about it during my A level art course (many years ago!). I drew and painted the circle shapes using paint, poster, chalk and OHP markers first and then coloured in the background with my Artline 70 pen. I am pleased with how it turned out and I hope the person who finds it loves it!
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| Piet Mondrian |
The next two rocks are based on the works of Piet Mondrian, I love how simple these were to do but they are still recognisable as pieces of art. As the stones were already white I just used four pens to draw the squares and rectangles and then coloured some of them in with red, yellow and blue markers.
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| Van Gogh Starry Night |
I tried to copy a section of Van Gogh's Starry Night on this rock but I'm not sure I did a good enough job. I guess I'm more of an abstract girl than a post-impressionist! I coloured the rock in with my blue Artline 853 OHP marker and then drew on top of it with a black Artline 70 pen. The last stage was to add the stars with a yellow paint marker and the swirls in the sky.
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| Lichtenstein Pop art |
After my Van Gogh failure I wanted to do something a little easier on the next stone so I went with a bit of Pop Art. I drew the word Pop with the Artline 853 OHP markers and a paint marker, I coloured in the red background with a red permanent marker and then added the dots that represent this style. It is supposed to look like it belongs in a comic so I think this one is more successful than the one before!
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| World Art Day rock |
The last rock I made was to commemorate World Art Day. I used a lovely bronze Supreme metallic marker to decorate the edges and my favourite gold Artline 900XF pen in the centre.
On the back of each rock I have written the artist and/or piece of artwork the rocks are based on, the date of World Art Day and a message telling the person they can either keep or rehide the stones and asking them to share a photo online with the tag #ArtlineRocks so we can see where they end up. It is so exciting when I get to hear that my rocks have been found!
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| The finished #ArtlineRocks |
The stones have all been varnished now to protect them from the rain and I am going to be hiding them with my girls this afternoon. I hope they spread a little happiness and a bit of art appreciation this week!
Will you be doing anything to celebrate World Art Day?
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