How to Make Street Art with Rocks

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By Bunchland.com

Illustrator and author Aaron Zenz has some seriously artistic kids. When Zenz and his family watched the documentary Exit Through the Gift Shop (about British street artist Banksy), 10-year-old Gracie announced she was going to be a street artist too. (Zenz then had to explain why we can’t just go around vandalizing everything.)

But the Zenz kids were inspired! So they came up with something that, while not doing damage to anyone’s property, would be, “something artsy. Something stealthy. Something public.” And so they gathered a whole bunch of rocks and washed them. Then three Z-kids and the Z-dad each picked a colour and painted the rocks with various expressions of various levels of zaniness.

And then they set out to take their art public.

Thanks to our pal Corey for passing along Aaron’s kids’ art blog. It’s excellent.

Here's how to do your very own street art project:

• Find a bunch of smooth, good-sized rocks, or buy a sack of them at a garden centre.
• Wash your rocks.
• Paint each rock a base colour.
• Once the base paint is dry, have fun painting faces on your rocks in a variety of expressions.
• When your rocks are ready, go for a walk and stealthily place them in different spots. Anyone who finds one of your rock characters is sure to laugh!

Photos by Aaron Zenz.

Courtesty of Bunchland.com.