The Art of Stone Painting: 30 Designs to Spark Your Creativity and One Line a Day: A Five-Year Memory Book

"A helpful guide for creating mini masterpieces." - Looking for a Good Book

"A fantastic book!" - The Classy Chics

"This is a gorgeous book and I found so much inspiration reading through it." - The Gingerbread House

Transform ordinary stones into colorful works of art with this easy-to-follow guide. Popular stone artist F. Sehnaz Bac, a seasoned archaeologist who markets her painted Sassi dell’Adriatico (Stones of the Adriatic) on Etsy, presents step-by-step instructions for creating 30 fantastic designs. Full-color photographs accompany directions for painting themes that range from trees, flowers, and animals to mandalas, geometric patterns, holiday motifs, and more.

Starting with the basics including finding and choosing stones as well as tools and materials the guide offers a variety of techniques, including painting stones with colors or inks, painting on natural stone, and sealing the finished work. Projects range from simple to advanced and include suggestions for indoor and outdoor display, as well as instructions on how to style wearable objects such as pendants. A complete selection of templates provides motifs for every project as well as ample inspiration for developing your own designs.

"The instructions are clear and engaging, while the photos are lovely and inspiring. Rock painting has become a really fun family activity for us all." -  Sharing Craft Ideas

"This is brilliant, fun, and truly inspirational! Highly recommend it." -  splashesintobooks

Brand: Dover

Model: 165320

Published on: 2017-01-18

Released on: 2017-01-18

Original language: English

Number of items: 1

Dimensions: 10.80" h x .30" w x 8.10" l, .79 pounds

Binding: Paperback

96 pages

About the Author 

Istanbul native F. Sehnaz Bac studied archaeology at Ege University and has a master's degree in restoration and conservation from the institution's Faculty of Architecture. For two decades, she has worked at many Turkish excavation sites as an archaeologist and draftsman. Her detailed technical drawings have informed her imaginative designs, which are inspired by nature and rendered in watercolor, acrylic, ink, and marker pens.

This classic memorykeeper is the perfect way to track the ups and downs of life, day by day. The 365 daily entries appear five times on each page, allowing users to revisit previous thoughts and memories over five years as they return to each page to record the current day's events.

Brand: Chronicle Books Staff

Published on: 2009-09-16

Original language: English

Number of items: 1

Dimensions: 6.50" h x 1.33" w x 4.00" l, .75 pounds

Binding: Diary

370 pages