Positivity Daisy Tutorial

"The most important thing is to try and inspire people so that they can be great in whatever they want to do." [Kobe Bryant, American basketball player]

Which is why I am sharing with you this tutorial of wonderful little flowers of love and positivity!

You will need: 

• A smooth rock 
• A base colour acrylic paint of your choice (optional) 
• Colour for your petals
• Colour for centre
• A black fine-liner acrylic paint pen / thin brush is using acrylics
• A white fine-liner acrylic paint pen  (optional)
• Varnish, spray on or paint on, it's your choice

For the sake of this tutorial, I am not going to add a base coat. This rock will be quite dark when varnished so I'm using bright colours. You can choose whatever colours you desire.

After you have cleaned your rock, start with a pencil drawing. The pencil here didn't show up very well, so I'm just blocking in one part at a time.

Start with the centre. Draw a half circle

Petals - five in total

This is my method, it makes it easier for me. Hopefully it will make it easier for you too:

Start on the bottom left and right petals then up to the centre petal.

Once those are in place, fill in the other two petals.

Paint / Colour in your flower.

Using the same order as above, start colouring / painting in your flower:

• Centre (here in orange)
• Petals (here in pink):
• Bottom left and right
• Top centre
• Other two

Now for the text:

• Pick your positive word and prepare to write it in.
• The best type of handwriting would be cursive or running handwriting, where all the letter in the word are joined together.
• If you cannot do this, you can add in little joins later.
• To make sure it fits, try it in pencil first.
• Once you're happy, paint over it with a thin line or by using a paint pen

Outline your flower / daisy

Add dots to the centre of your flower

Next, add some lines in your petals to make them more 'petal like'

• Place your pen / brush on the outline of the centre of your flower
• Using light pressure, gently 'flick' your pen or a brush stroke toward the middle of the petal. 
• Do this three times per petal 

Finishing off

• I know this rock is going to be very dark when sealed. Which means you won't see my text very well. I have used white over my black text so when it's sealed, you can see it.
• In the spaces left, you can add
• Another little flower
• Some hearts
• Insects or critters
• Anything you desire

Add text on the reverse of your rock

• If you need help with this, click here
• Allow to dry.

Seal your rock.

• For help sealing your rock, click here. 
• If you need help with what sealant to use, click here

If you need help creating and sharing rocks, here are some previous publications that can help you:

• Preparing and Painting Rocks
• Cool Places to Hide Your Rocks
• Not-So-Cool Places to Hide Your Rocks
• Basic Do's and Do Not's
• What to write on the back of your rock

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