How to Paint a Kawaii Flamingo Rock Painting Ideas
Create these adorable Kawaii flamingo rock painting ideas using just a few colors of paint. Use any style or size of rock you have on hand to get started.
Read below to learn how to draw a flamingo in two styles, the tips and tricks to create bright, vibrant colors on dark rocks, and the cleanest lines and outlines.
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Flamingo Painted Rocks in Two Styles
Here at Ruffles and Rain Boots, I’m moving from Seattle, WA to Austin, TX soon and there a few things I refuse to move: potting soil, scrap wood, and random rocks. It so happens that neighbors loved the soil and wood but I didn’t have a single taker on the rocks. Shocking, yes? haha
I decided to create a little set of summer-themed rocks for my daughter to hide at the neighborhood park and this group was born. Two flamingos and a little gnome wearing a flamingo print hat – I just love the colors.
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Tips for Making Rock Paintings with Bright Colors
- Always, always, always paint a base layer of white. You can use chalk paint, acrylic, or gesso, but lay it down to help your colors pop.
- Lightly pencil in the design if you’re working with lighter hues or less saturated colors. Erasing sometimes creates a bigger mess than if you just would have left the errant pencil marks…
- The basic shapes for a flamingo in Kawaii style are:
- a circle for the head,
- a hook for the beak,
- a sideways tear drop for the body,
- a candy cane,
- lines for legs (in a backward 4 shape), and
- simple triangles for the feet.
- Below, I share how to create the Kawaii flamingo painting but all three rocks are shared in the full tutorial on YouTube.
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How to Draw a Kawaii Flamingo and Paint it in Summer Colors
Below is the written and printable tutorial for the Kawaii flamingo painted rock. For a tutorial on all three, watch the full length How to Paint Flamingo Rocks for Summer on YouTube.
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Kawaii Flamingo Rock Painting
This adorable Kawaii flamingo rock painting is part of a sweet little summertime set of painted rocks I made for my daughter to hide. Watch the full rock painting tutorial to learn to make all three rocks shown.
Materials
- Rock
- White Paint
- Pink Paint
- Blue Paint
- Black Paint
- Liquitex Varnish
Tools
- Paint Palette
- Paintbrushes (Various Sizes)
- Pencil
- Sharpie Ultra Fine Marker
- Heat Gun or Hair Dryer (optional)
Instructions
- Wipe off the rock and let dry. Create a frame in white paint to match the rock.
- Use a light touch and the pencil to create a circle for the head near the top of the rock and a sideways tear drop for the body in the middle. Connect with a candy cane shape. Create a large hook for the beak, two lines for legs, and small triangles for feet.
- Use pink paint and a brush to fill in the entire flamingo drawing.
- Use the blue paint to fill in the white area as a background.
- Use a thin paintbrush (or the Sharpie) to go over the penciled in two vertical lines for legs and small triangles for flamingo feet. Add a sleeping eye curve, and the wing outline. Mix the pink and white paint to create a pale pink and fill in part of the beak next to the body. Use black paint to finish out the flamingo beak.
- Create a border for the entire piece by painting the edge outside the blue background and the entire back of the rock black. Seal with varnish to protect indoors or sealant for outdoors.
Notes
I use a heat gun in between paint colors to ensure my paints do not blend.
Always put the varnish into a separate container from the original to prevent color transfer.
If hiding these rocks outside or if they will be distributed as kindness rocks, use an outdoor spray sealant to protect the rocks.
More Rock Painting Ideas You Might Like
- Kawaii Face Rock Painting – This is SO popular because it’s easy and I give you fun tricks to make the faces without having to actually draw anything.
- Kawaii Food Story Stones – These adorable little rocks were inspired by the vintage dancing food court items at the start of movies. It went horribly awry. LOL
- Kawaii Weather Story Stones – Make a set of adorable story stones to help little humans learn the weather and create their own tales.
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very fun ideas for crafts