Not big rocks...just smaller ones. More like pebbles I suppose really.
The tall skinny one is 2 inches tall and just over an inch across so you can sort of get an idea how smallish they are. They are lovely smooth river rocks as they are called... having been washed to that smoothness by the water.
I've been putting several coats of Parchment watercolour paint on the base and now I've decided to do some cutesy birds. The ladies faces are a bit too time consuming and I had been doing them mostly with watercolour pencils... a lot of work for a rock I decided... but, in reality..what else is there to do?
So far, these are my flock... only 3 guys.... but, you get the idea.
Lynn Holland from One I Made Earlier Today (her blog) is my inspiration for the birds. Have you ever seen her Doodly Birds? Soooo cute!
I asked her if she minds if I do some that are based on her Doodly guys and she said go for it... so I am going to add a bit more colour and character that are reminiscent of hers.... although I am in the middle of a ladybird right now.... so after him. Just a minute..if it is a ladybird....can it still be a "him"? ... maybe the guys are ladybugs...
I have decided to leave some rocks around in the neighbourhood as a 'Finders Keepers' type of thing. I always wish I could hide and watch when somebody finds them... to see if they take it and are excited, or if they photo it and move it, or leave it for somebody else to find ..or what?....
Anyway...just a quickie post to say hi and to show off my latest little project pieces...simple, but fun.....
