Learn to Paint Realistic Stone, Rock and Pebble Illustrations with a Step-by-Step, Fine-Art Tutorial

Whilst it may seem relatively straightforward, painting rocks, stones and pebbles is actually quite complex. Whilst you are obviously painting lots of three-dimensional objects, you are also painting a lot of holes and gaps. So how do you paint a hole or a gap? Well it’s all about looking carefully at the overall tones.

In these tutorials we begin by working on a tonal study with just one colour. This really helps us to focus on the lights and darks, and we can then use this knowledge when we tackle the full colour version of the same photo. I hope these studies will build your confidence, so that you can add rocks and stones to wildlife paintings in the future. Indeed, these stones are taken from the Wood Mouse tutorial, which you may wish to paint next: https://etsy.me/3GoHPNU

This is an instant PDF download, you could start work on these stones in a matter of minutes. You don’t even need to wait for the post to arrive! You will receive a 25-page PDF document. Set out in the same way as the tutorials I write for magazines. However, you get lots more large photos of the different stages.

Downloadable lessons enable you to work at your own speed, you can dip in and out of the content, you can spend time studying the fine details and practise the various techniques as often as you like.

Have fun with this lesson, take your time and let me know how you get on. Try printing off the last few pages which have the larger versions of the step-by-step photos for additional help.

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