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Rock Painting Heart Ideas

Press for three hearts to paint on a stone, or designs that turn a heart-shaped stone into something else.

Rock Painting Heart Ideas

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  1. BE KIND ending in a small heartYellow or sky blue, white, red. Two words on one line, a red heart after the last letter in place of a period.
  2. Swab-dotted outline heart filled with rows of dotsAny dark base, white or pink. Pencil the outline, dot along it, then fill the inside with rows of dots.
  3. THINKING OF YOU around the rimSoft blue, white, red. The three words run around the rim of a round stone; one red heart sits in the center.

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On a heart-shaped stone 12

  • Butterfly with a wing on each lobe Any two bright colors, black. A thin body from the notch to the point; one large wing on each half.
  • Double-scoop cone, scoops in the lobes Pink, mint, tan, brown. One scoop on each lobe; a crisscross cone narrows to the stone's point.
  • Elephant face with lobes for ears Gray, pink, black. Big ears fill both lobes, pink inside; the trunk runs down the middle to the point.
  • Heart-stone balloon, a white shine curve on one lobe One bright color, white, black. Flat color all over, a white shine curve on one lobe, a short string from the tip.
  • Heart-stone mouse: pink inner ears, whiskers at the tip Gray, pink, black. Pink inner ears fill the lobes; the point is the nose, with whiskers out to the sides.
  • Heart-stone peacock, tail eyes spread across both lobes Blue, green, gold. A small blue body low near the point; tail feathers fan over both lobes, a gold eye dot on each.
  • Ladybug splitting its wing covers at the notch Red, black, white. A pen line from the notch to the point divides the covers; spots each side, a head at the notch.
  • Owl whose brow is the stone's notch Brown, tan, yellow, black. The notch dips between two round eyes; a small beak below, wing curves toward the point.
  • Pair of leaves joined at the stone's point Two greens, white. Each lobe is one leaf with a white center vein; the two stalks meet at the tip.
  • Tulip bloom, the notch between two petals Red or yellow, a darker shade. A third petal painted in the middle, rising from the point, darker than the outer two.
  • Two cherries, one on each lobe, stalks meeting in the notch Red, dark red, green, white. A round cherry fills each lobe; two stalks rise to the notch and meet at one leaf.
  • Whale tail whose flukes are the two lobes Navy, teal, white. Flukes spread over the lobes, the tail narrowing to the point; white pen drops falling.

A heart on a round or oval stone 12

  • Bare-stone heart in a painted ground One bright color. Stick a paper heart to the stone, paint everything else, peel: the heart is the rock itself.
  • Flat heart with a gray drop shadow offset to one side White, red, gray. A gray heart first, then the same heart in red a little up and to the left of it.
  • Four hearts one inside another, darkest outermost Deep red, red, pink, pale pink. Four hearts one inside the other on an oval, darkest at the outside.
  • Heart wrapped over the stone's rim White, red. Half the heart sits on the top face and half continues down the side, so it bends at the edge.
  • Loop-the-lobes heart in a single unbroken white line Any base, white pen. Start at the point, loop both lobes and return without lifting; a second loose line beside it.
  • Puffy heart shaded dark along its lower edge Red, darker red, white. Shade the lower edge darker; two small white dots high on the left lobe.
  • Rough heart from a nearly dry brush pulled twice Bare stone, one color. A nearly dry flat brush pulled twice, once for each side, the bristle marks left showing.
  • Single flat heart mid-pebble, edge tidied with a pen White, red. Pencil a heart in the middle of a round stone, fill it flat, tidy the edge with a pen.
  • Small heart tucked near the stone's edge Bare gray stone, red. One thumbnail-size heart low and to one side; the remaining stone left plain.
  • Solid heart mid-stone with evenly spaced rim dots Navy, white, red. A red heart in the middle of a round stone; evenly spaced white dots just inside the rim.
  • Swab-dotted outline heart filled with rows of dots Any dark base, white or pink. Pencil the outline, dot along it, then fill the inside with rows of dots.
  • Two fingerprints meeting in a V Bare stone, red or pink. Two tilted prints touch at the bottom to make one small heart; repeat or leave it alone.

Patterns inside a heart 12

  • Checkerboard heart in two colors Red, white. A grid of small squares inside the outline, cut off cleanly where the edge crosses them.
  • Fish-scale heart in sea colors Teal, blue, green, gold. Rows of overlapping half circles from the point upward, a gold edge on some.
  • Flower-filled heart: five-dot blooms edge to edge White, pink, yellow, green. Five-dot flowers and leaf dabs fill the outline edge to edge; no gaps for background.
  • Heart bricked in offset rows, a few bricks darker Brick red, white, darker red. Offset rows of bricks inside the outline, white pen lines between, a few bricks darker.
  • Honeycomb heart with one bee Yellow, gold, black. Six-sided cells inside the outline, a few filled gold, one small bee on the edge.
  • Leaf-veined heart: a center rib with veins out to the edge Two greens, white. Green inside the outline; a white pen rib from notch to point, side veins curving to the edge.
  • Ocean-wave heart with a foam line Blue, teal, white. Wavy bands from the point upward, darkest at the bottom, a white scalloped line near the top.
  • Sharp zigzag bands filling a heart from lobe to point Three bright colors, white. Sharp zigzag bands from lobe to point inside the outline, a white hairline between bands.
  • Six level rainbow stripes narrowing to the heart's point Six rainbow colors. Level stripes from the lobes down to the point, each one narrower as the heart narrows.
  • Sweater-stitch heart: pen Vs in rows, one row pink Red, pink. Rows of small pen Vs from lobe to point, as on a sweater, with one row in pink.
  • Tartan-filled heart, thin black lines over wide red Red, white, black. Wide red bands both ways inside the outline, thin black lines over them, white between.
  • Tile-piece heart with hairline gaps between the bits Reds, pinks, white. Little squares and triangles with a hairline gap between them, fitted to the outline.

Sets 12

  • Balanced stack of flat stones, a heart on each top face Three flat stones that balance. A heart on the top face of each, the same color getting lighter up the stack.
  • Big mosaic heart shaded dark to light Thirty or more small pebbles. Paint them plain in five shades of red and pink; lay the outline, then fill it.
  • Counting hearts: one on the first stone, five on the fifth Five pebbles. One heart on the first, two on the second and so on to five; laid out in order.
  • Family of hearts in each person's color One pebble for each person and pet. Each chooses a color; the heart sizes follow who is tallest.
  • Four heart stones set as a lucky clover Four heart-shaped stones, green. Points together in the middle, a pen vein on each, a small stalk stone below.
  • Heart arranged from five red and pink pebbles Five pebbles in reds and pinks. Two round ones side by side for the lobes, two below, one at the point.
  • Jar of heart pebbles, one painted for each good day Small pebbles, any colors. One heart on each, the date in pen underneath; they collect in a jar.
  • Row of five shrinking hearts Five pebbles from large to small. One heart on each in the same color, lined up by size on a shelf.
  • Single big heart painted over a square of four stones Four blocky stones in a square. Paint a single large heart over all of them, then pull them apart.
  • Ten pebbles, each hiding one tiny heart Ten plain pebbles, red. A heart no bigger than a fingernail somewhere on each: under, on an edge, in a dip.
  • Trail of tipped hearts, each point showing the way on Eight small pebbles, red. One heart on each, tipped so that its point aims at the next stone along.
  • Two halves that make one heart Two stones with a straight side each. Half a heart on each; the pattern continues when they sit together.

Words with a heart 12

  • A date to keep under a small heart Bare stone, white pen, red. One small heart near the top; the day, month and year in numbers below it.
  • BE KIND ending in a small heart Yellow or sky blue, white, red. Two words on one line, a red heart after the last letter in place of a period.
  • Grandparent's name over a heart of dots Cream, red, brown. NANA, PAPA or the family's own word in brown; a swab-dot heart under it.
  • HUGS inside a heart-shaped speech bubble White, red, black. A heart outline with a small tail at the point; four capitals inside it.
  • MOM with a heart for the O White, navy, red. Two navy capitals and one red heart the same height standing between them.
  • Name curved along the top of a heart Pale base, red, black. A solid heart low on the stone; the name follows the curve of the two lobes.
  • PALS lettered across two overlapping hearts Bright base, white, red, pink. Two overlapping hearts in the middle of the stone; four white capitals across both.
  • Pet's name over a paw with a heart-shaped pad Tan or gray, black, pink. Four toe ovals over a pink heart for the big pad; the name in capitals above.
  • Single white capital in a stone-wide red outline heart Any base, white, red. A red outline as big as the stone, a single white capital in its middle.
  • THANK YOU beside a heart, for a teacher's desk Green, white, red. Two words stacked on the left of an oval stone, one red heart filling the right.
  • THINKING OF YOU around the rim Soft blue, white, red. The three words run around the rim of a round stone; one red heart sits in the center.
  • Your own short phrase stacked in a stone-wide heart Any base, white pen. A heart outline as large as the stone; the words stacked in its middle, largest on top.

How it works

A heart-shaped stone has a notch and a point; any other stone gets a painted heart. These 60 rock painting heart ideas cover both, 12 each for heart-shaped stones, round or oval stones, patterns inside a heart, sets, and words.

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Heart shaped rock painting ideas

A heart-shaped stone has a notch and a point, and 12 designs use both: Owl whose brow is the stone's notch, Whale tail whose flukes are the two lobes, Two cherries, one on each lobe, stalks meeting in the notch.

Who a heart stone is for

A garden, a friend, a keepsake shelf. A date to keep under a small heart holds a day, Pet's name over a paw with a heart-shaped pad a pet, and Family of hearts in each person's color everyone in the house.

Questions and answers

How do you paint a heart on a rock?

Pencil it first, fill it flat and tidy the edge with a pen, as Single flat heart mid-pebble, edge tidied with a pen does. Two fingerprints meeting in a V needs no outline at all.

What do you paint on a heart-shaped rock?

Something that uses its two lobes and its point: a cherry on each lobe, a butterfly with a wing on each, a double-scoop cone. The first group holds 12.

Which heart designs are easy?

Easy marks 21, such as Bare-stone heart in a painted ground, where a paper heart is peeled off to leave the rock showing, and Heart arranged from five red and pink pebbles.

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