Scraping Rocks for Beginners - Basic Watercolor Technique
Painting rocks is hard. Scraping rocks is easy.
How To Scrape Rocks in Watercolor
for Beginners
Painting rocks is hard. Scraping rocks is easy!
Scraping gives you the perfect color and texture for a realistic looking rock in one swipe. And you can still add all the details you like.
In this lesson you'll see how to make a scraper out of an old credit card, plus learn other common objects make good scrapers. Using the best color combination for rocks does half the work by itself, and just add a few finishing details for a beautiful, believable rock.
Never struggle with rocks again. Learn how to scrape rocks in watercolor.
Video demo, outline page and written instructions included.
Your Instructor
Hi, I'm Deb Watson - a self taught artist and long time watercolor teacher
My story is simple.
I loved drawing from childhood, but was discouraged from art as a waste of time. So, I became a nurse, worked at a lot of hospitals and raised a family. But I kept painting.
Over time, I became better at the realism I loved, and just kept working toward improving through painting and self-study. I've always enjoyed painting scenes from my life and small town community (which I call my Small Town America series).
My paintings are not usually famous or majestic subjects, often they're just everyday stuff I see around. But I see so much beauty there, and show it to the rest of the world by painting it.
Now, my watercolors have been in exhibits and won awards across the nation. Yet, it's when my art connects me to other people that it's really done what I wanted, and teaching certainly does that!
Happy Painting.