Painting Mandalas on Rocks

I've wanted to try painting on rocks for awhile. I love the Mandala ones I've seen on Pinterest and elsewhere. Youtube is full of Tutorials on painting rocks, including painting Mandalas on Rocks. I wanted to find a Tutorial that I could easily follow. Youtube tutorials are great but go a little too fast for me unless I pause...rewind...pause...not what I wanted. I looked all over the internet and finally found two Mandala Tutorials on the website http://colorful-crafts.com

Here is the link for the blue and green one:

Mandala Stone Tutorial

Here is my first Mandala Rock using this Tutorial:

I started by picking out some rocks in my yard and washing them.

Then I painted black circles on them for the Mandala backgrounds.

I found this punch set in my craft collection:

They make perfect dots for painting the mandalas. You can use paintbrushes, dowels, special tools for making dots or just use what you can find around the house.

After my first try, I painted several other rocks playing with patterns and color:

For more ideas for painting your rocks Colorful crafts has a nice Gallery:

Gallery

Youtube is full of tutorials, I liked this short video for beginners:

You Tube Beginners Guide

Have some fun and try painting your own rocks, with Mandalas or any other design of your choosing. I would love to see what you come up with!