Gnome sweet gnome: DIY garden rock gnomes

• Stones 

• Resene Quick Dry 

• Paintbrush, including a very thin craft paintbrush 

• Pencil 

• Resenetestpot paints in your favourite colours. Fleur used Resene Alamo, Resene Half Parchment, Resene Teal Blue, Resene Saratoga, Resene Lonestar, Resene Merlot, Resene Cumin, Resene Rusty Nail, Resene Rice Cake, Resene Black and Resene Rebel 

Step 1: For this project you need stones that are wide at the bottom and have a pointy top.   

Step 2: Make sure the stones are clean and free of dust and dirt. Prime them with one coat of Resene Quick Dry. This will help your topcoat colours look their best.Once the primer is dry, paint each rock with two coats of your chosen base colour. Fleur used Resene Alamo. When the topcoat is dry, use a pencil to draw on each gnome’s face. 

Step 3: Paint the beard with two coats of your chosen white – Fleur used Resene Half Parchment. Paint the hats in your chosen colours – Fleur went with Resene Teal Blue, Resene Saratoga, Resene Lonestar, Resene Merlot, Resene Cumin and Resene Rusty Nail.  

Step 4: Paint on the eyes in your chosen colours. Fleur went for a black and white with Resene Rice Cake and Resene Black.  

Step 5: Finish by painting around all the features with a thin line of a darker shade. Fleur used Resene Rebel for this.