My great aunt does this too! She paints all sorts of things on rocks and then scatters them on walking trails. She also occasionally gets commissions to paint dogs that recently died
I was gifted a beautiful painted rock from a nurse who had been helping me for the few months I was in hospital. She gave it to me as a present for leaving. Wonderful lady
I feel terrible about laughing, but in the context of painting rocks, the mental imagery of painting dead dogs genuinely made me chuckle. What does she paint onto them?
I've always wondered about the creative process on things like this. Does one go out thinking, "I'd like to paint a rock to look like a dog", then go and find a rock that looks like that? (How does one even develop an eye for something like that?! Never would've seen a dog in this rock if not for it being painted) Do they think, "I'd like to paint a rock! No idea what!" and find a random rock and paint the first thing that comes to mind? Or were they simply strolling and thought, "hey, that rock looks like a dog!" and went with it?
I'm not particularly artistic in this sense so the mindset of those that are is interesting to me.
18 Comments
pulsewidth@lemmy.world · 35 pts · 139d
Now that is a pet rock.
OmegaMouse@pawb.social · 31 pts · 139d
This is very impressive in terms of artistic ability, but would totally creep me out walking past it at night!
prettybunnys@piefed.social · 24 pts · 139d
Yo imagine someone is robbing your house and you just chuck your rock dog at them
fartographer@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 138d
I didn't usually throw my dogs at things that go bump in the night...
rockSlayer@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 13 pts · 139d
My great aunt does this too! She paints all sorts of things on rocks and then scatters them on walking trails. She also occasionally gets commissions to paint dogs that recently died
Suck_on_my_Presence@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 139d
I was gifted a beautiful painted rock from a nurse who had been helping me for the few months I was in hospital. She gave it to me as a present for leaving. Wonderful lady
egrets@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 139d
I feel terrible about laughing, but in the context of painting rocks, the mental imagery of painting dead dogs genuinely made me chuckle. What does she paint onto them?
rockSlayer@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 6 pts · 139d
Lol ok I wasn't really thinking about how I phrased that. She paints a portrait of the dog on a rock
egrets@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 139d
I just feel sorry for the hikers who stumble across a trail of emulsion-daubed former pets.
shweddy@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 139d
This looks like my dog that passed away 4 years ago!!!!! Lola I miss you!
ickplant@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 139d
Awww, RIP, Lola.
PM_ME_SNEKS_IN_HATS@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 139d
Me just scrolling and not reading the title: "What the fuck is wrong with that dog?"
isleepinahammock@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 5 pts · 139d
Holy shit. It's a real life concrete puppy.
A_norny_mousse@piefed.zip · 4 pts · 139d
It looks somewhat medieval
papalonian@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 139d
I've always wondered about the creative process on things like this. Does one go out thinking, "I'd like to paint a rock to look like a dog", then go and find a rock that looks like that? (How does one even develop an eye for something like that?! Never would've seen a dog in this rock if not for it being painted) Do they think, "I'd like to paint a rock! No idea what!" and find a random rock and paint the first thing that comes to mind? Or were they simply strolling and thought, "hey, that rock looks like a dog!" and went with it?
I'm not particularly artistic in this sense so the mindset of those that are is interesting to me.
CmdrShepard49@sh.itjust.works · 3 pts · 138d
Looks much better than the pillow version
GreenKnight23@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 139d
Proprietary_Blend@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 139d
In a nursing home.