How to Paint a Darth Vader Rock

With Star Wars episode 8: The Last Jedi set to come out soon I wanted to start making some Star Wars painted rocks. 

As our family's favorite dark side character, Darth Vader was a natural choice for this black rock! 

When I went looking for Darth Vader rock painting ideas on Pinterest, I was surprised that there weren't many available. 

Instead, I found a Darth Vader drawing tutorial and used it to create this little guy. If you have been wanting to know how to paint a Darth Vader rock, I hope it will help you!

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Darth Vader Painted Rock Tutorial

Supplies:

• Black rock
  (if your rock comes coated in oil or wax, scrub well with lemon essential oil and then dish soap to remove it before painting)
• Extra Fine tip Posca paint pens
• White
• Red
• Clear spray sealer

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Inspiration Video: How to Draw Darth Vader

Art for Kids Hub has a great video showing you how to draw Darth Vader. Check it out here:

For this rock, I actually just wanted to do a simple line drawing of Darth Vader instead of having him colored in like in the video so I followed the step-by-step line drawing tutorial also from Art For Kids Hub (click on it to make it bigger)

I followed along with the step outs using a white extra fine Posca paint pen and then used a red Posca pen to draw the blade of his light saber.

Once I was all done, I used Clear spray sealer to make it weatherproof and now he's ready to go hide outside!

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About the Author:

Carissa is a lifelong crafter and mom of two creative boys. 

The owner and lead writer of both I Love Painted Rocks and Creative Green Living, she has won multiple awards for her craft writing including the Craftys Award for the "Best Craft Blogger" category in 2016 and the ShiftCon award for "Best DIY blogger" in 2018. 

Her projects have been featured in magazines like Kids Crafts 1-2-3, Country Sampler Farmhouse Style and more.