Painting Stones

I've started in July making painted rocks in Wesly's rock garden, just from me... I started by thinking of special memories of Wesly, things that he used to like... then I got some rocks (Amazon), some paint and brushes, paint pens and markers... I first painted them all white, twice... found images online and used carbon paper to trace on the rock. then outlined with a marker and used paint pens inside the image. Outside, I used a brush and paint...

Then I am using 2-3 coats of clear spray to protect it...

They are not perfect, but I find it healing to do. I am learning more with each rock I do. Here are some samples of what I have done so far: Elmo, Les Paul (guitar Wes loved), Komodo dragon (he donated to it one year), soccer (loved playing soccer and watching the world cup), Sponge Bob (he always joked about Patrick, because it is also my husband’s name), and the Grinch (loved watching it at Christmas). I still want to do Bernie (feel the Bern) and Ursala (he loved her in the Little Mermaid as a little boy).