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Tropical Rock Painting Ideas

Press for three tropical stones: a fruit, a flower or a leaf, a bird, a sunset or a palm.

Tropical Rock Painting Ideas

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  1. Rainbow lorikeet on a small oval: blue head, orange chestDeep blue, green, orange, yellow. Blue head and belly, green wings and back, an orange chest, a yellow-green collar.
  2. Black frond fringe hanging from the top rim over a mango skyYellow, orange, pink, black. Blend the sky first; frond tips in black reach down from the top edge only.
  3. Lychee pebble half peeled: bumpy pink-red skin, a white moonPink-red, white, pale gray. Swab-dot bumps over most of a small round stone; one side a smooth white curve.

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Fruit 12

  • Coconut halves on two half-round stones, white flat faces Brown, white. Two stones with one flat side each: white on the flat with a brown ring; shaggy brown on the dome.
  • Coconut on a round brown stone, three dark dots at one end Brown, dark brown, tan. Dry-brush fibers from end to end; three dots close together, like two eyes and a mouth.
  • Durian on a big oval stone, short thorns dabbed all over Green-brown, tan, dark brown. Dab one thorn at a time with the brush tip, row over row; a stub of stalk at one end.
  • Fruit skewer of five pebbles laid along a chalked stick Yellow, orange, pink, green, red. One fruit color to a pebble, a seed or a shine on each; chalk a line through them.
  • Guava pair: a whole green pebble and a cut one showing pink Green, deep pink, cream. Two round pebbles: one green all over; one with a pink face and pale seed dots at its center.
  • Half-round stone as a fruit bowl, fruit pebbles on top Blue, white, fruit colors. Flat side up as the brim; a pattern around the bowl; four or five small painted fruits on it.
  • Lychee pebble half peeled: bumpy pink-red skin, a white moon Pink-red, white, pale gray. Swab-dot bumps over most of a small round stone; one side a smooth white curve.
  • Mangosteen on a round pebble, white wedges on the underside Deep purple, white, gray. Purple all over the top; turn it over for a ring of six white wedge shapes.
  • Pineapple from above: leaves spiraling out to a round rim Green, dark green, yellow. Short leaves at the center, longer ones behind, turning as they go, tips on the edge.
  • Pineapple ring on a flat round stone, the core left bare Yellow, gold, white. A wide yellow ring with fine lines from the middle outward; the stone shows through the hole.
  • Rambutan pebble: soft red spines flicked outward to the rim Red, dark red, pink. Red all over a round pebble; short curved flicks from the middle outward in the darker red.
  • Two-stone pineapple: a gold oval under a spiky crown stone Gold, brown, green. Crisscross lines with a dot in each diamond on the oval; long pointed leaves on the small stone.

Flowers and leaves 12

  • Anthurium on a pointed oval: one waxy spathe, one spike Red, yellow, white. A glossy red shape filling the stone with a white shine line; a yellow spike standing off its base.
  • Bird of paradise flower along a long stone, beak at one end Orange, blue, green. A beak-like sheath along the stone; three orange points rising from it, one blue spear.
  • Heliconia up a tall stone: red bracts like lobster claws Red, yellow, green. A green stem up the middle; a row of pointed red bracts edged in yellow, each shaped like a claw.
  • Hibiscus bud on a teardrop stone, petals furled to the point Pink, red, green. Overlapping petal edges twisting toward the narrow end; a green cup at the wide end.
  • Hibiscus filling a round stone, five petals out to the rim Red, dark red, orange. Five wide ruffled petals, each darker at its base; an orange-tipped spike at the center.
  • Hibiscus on a dark stone, only the five petals painted Yellow, orange, white. No base coat; five trumpet petals in yellow with an orange throat; pen veins in white.
  • Jungle leaf the length of a long stone, slits at the edges Green, yellow-green, dark green. A pale rib from end to end; close side veins; a few edge slits painted as dark gaps.
  • Leaf wrap: jungle leaves overlapping right around a stone Three greens, black. No gaps and no background: leaf over leaf from front to back, each with one center vein.
  • Monstera leaf on a flat stone, the holes left as bare stone Green, dark green. A heart-shaped leaf to the rim; leave oval gaps unpainted along each side of the center rib.
  • Passion flower on a round stone, a fringe ring of fine lines White, purple, green. Ten pale petals and sepals to the rim; a ring of thin purple pen lines over them like a fringe.
  • Pleated fan leaf on a fan-shaped stone, folds from the point Green, light green, yellow. Thin fold lines from the narrow end out to the wide rim; every second pleat a shade lighter.
  • Plumeria pinwheel on a small pebble: five overlapping petals White, yellow, pink. Five rounded, waxy-looking petals, each one tucked under the next like a pinwheel.

Birds 12

  • Blue-and-yellow macaw face on a round stone, lined cheeks Blue, yellow, white, black, green. A white face patch with fine black lines by the eye; a black bill; a green crown.
  • Cock-of-the-rock on a round pebble, its crest on the rim Bright orange, black, white. An orange bird; the fan crest follows the top edge; black, orange and white wings.
  • Frigatebird with its red pouch puffed over a round pebble Black, scarlet. The pebble is mostly the red balloon of his throat; a small black head on top, black wings behind.
  • Great hornbill on a ridged stone, the ridge as its casque Black, white, bright yellow. A heavy yellow bill at the narrow end; the casque in yellow and black along the ridge.
  • Keel-billed toucan bill on a long curved stone, a red tip Green, orange, red. Just the bill, as big as the stone: mainly green, orange along the sides, red at the point.
  • Quetzal high on a tall stone, tail plumes running under Green, red, white. A small green bird with a red belly; long green plumes run down the stone and beneath it.
  • Rainbow lorikeet on a small oval: blue head, orange chest Deep blue, green, orange, yellow. Blue head and belly, green wings and back, an orange chest, a yellow-green collar.
  • Roseate spoonbill on a stone with a knob for its spoon bill Deep pink, white, pale green. Pink wings, a white neck, a bare greenish head; the bill widens onto the knob.
  • Scarlet ibis on a curved stone, its bill following the bend Scarlet, black. Scarlet from head to tail; a long thin bill curving down with the stone; black only at the wing tips.
  • Sulphur-crested cockatoo, its crest up over the top rim White, yellow, black. A white bird on a pale stone; yellow crest feathers fanned over the top edge; a small eye.
  • Toco toucan on a stone with one long end as its bill Black, white, yellow-orange. Black body, white throat; the bill yellow-orange along the point, a black spot at the tip.
  • Two-stone toucan: a black body stone, an orange bill stone Black, white, yellow-orange. A white bib and one round eye on the big stone; lay the long bill pebble against it.

Sunsets and palms 12

  • Black frond fringe hanging from the top rim over a mango sky Yellow, orange, pink, black. Blend the sky first; frond tips in black reach down from the top edge only.
  • Curved long stone as a leaning palm, fronds at the high end Tan, green, brown. The bend of the stone is the lean; five fronds arching from the top; two brown coconuts beneath.
  • Flat rectangular stone as a postcard: a palm, a sun, a stamp Blue, yellow, green, white, red. A white border; one palm and a sun inside it; a tiny red square in the top corner.
  • Half-round stone as the sun half set, bands of orange to red Yellow, orange, red. Flat side down as the horizon; arcs of color from a yellow middle out to a red rim.
  • Palm frond shadow in soft gray on a sand-colored stone Sand, warm gray. A sand base coat; one frond shape with thin leaflets in a single thin gray, the edges left soft.
  • Sundown in three pebbles: the sun whole, half, then a sliver Orange, yellow, purple. Three round pebbles, a sea line on each; the sun sits on it, then half under, then a thin arc.
  • Sunset bands painted right around a pebble, no silhouette Yellow, orange, pink, purple. Four soft bands blended where they meet, the same front and back, yellow lowest.
  • Sunset sky around a bare-stone sun, palms on the bottom rim Orange, pink, purple, black. Leave a circle of pale stone unpainted for the sun; three small palms in black below.
  • Sunset split across two stones, half of the sun on each Yellow, orange, pink, purple. Hold the stones together to paint one sky and one sun; apart, each is half a picture.
  • Thatched hut on stilts on a blocky stone, sunset behind it Tan, brown, orange, pink. Straw strokes down the top third as a roof; a dark doorway; four posts into painted water.
  • Two-sided palm stone: sunset in front, starry night behind Orange, pink, navy, white, black. The same black palm on each face; a low sun on one, swab-dot stars on the other.
  • Two-stone palm: a ringed trunk under a round frond stone Tan, brown, green. Thin rings up the long stone; fronds from the middle out to the rim on the round one at its top.

How it works

Pineapple, hibiscus, toucan, palm at sunset: these 48 tropical rock painting ideas come 12 to a group, and many start from the stone, such as a half-round one for a sinking sun and a teardrop for a hibiscus bud.

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Fruit that fits a stone

A round brown stone is nearly a coconut already. The rest is Coconut on a round brown stone, three dark dots at one end. The pineapple comes three ways, and one is a pair of stones in Two-stone pineapple: a gold oval under a spiky crown stone.

Birds in their real colors

Each named bird, fruit and flower is painted as its Wikipedia article describes it. A stone with one long end carries the big bill of Toco toucan on a stone with one long end as its bill. A round pebble is the throat pouch in Frigatebird with its red pouch puffed over a round pebble.

Questions and answers

What are easy tropical rocks to paint?

Start with flat color and a few lines. Four blended bands make Sunset bands painted right around a pebble, no silhouette. One yellow ring makes Pineapple ring on a flat round stone, the core left bare.

How do you paint a palm tree on a rock?

Let the stone be the trunk. A long curved one leans by itself in Curved long stone as a leaning palm, fronds at the high end. For a silhouette, blend the sky first and add the palm in black on top.

How do you paint a hibiscus on a rock?

The red garden hibiscus has five petals. Paint them from the center of a round stone, each darker at its base, as in Hibiscus filling a round stone, five petals out to the rim.

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