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A couple of river stones with a nice toothy texture "painted" with Prismacolor pencils. The small one is about an inch across. I've shown both sides of both stones; they don't have an official front and back.
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~debbiesmassage Mar 24, 2013  New member
so beautiful...
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~jeanc149 Jan 30, 2013
Love these! They do resemble dichroic glass. have you tried to seal them ?? Would like to make some of these for my stone border around my patio
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*DonSimpson Jan 30, 2013
These are done with Prismacolor covered pencils, which have a waxy base material that I don't think needs sealing, but some people use Krylon. For outdoor use, that might be good, or you might need something tougher. There is also the question of how color-fast the pigments are. I'd suggest doing some test pieces with lots of colors and different sealants, and setting them out for a year. There are some references available: [link]

I've seen pictures of expensive fine-art jewelry pieces that included sections colored with Prismacolor. There are ways to blend the colors to produce vary nice effects. Mark Ferrari does this the best of anyone I know: [link]
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~sideshow-cellophane Jan 9, 2013  Hobbyist Artist
I love the coloring on them, especially if they're as small as you say they are. Awesome job! :)
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*DonSimpson Jan 9, 2013
Thank you. :)
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~nonparticipant Jan 10, 2009
nice, do you finish them with anything to protect the colored pencil?

there was a girl in one of my metals classes who was doing something like this on metal work. It was pretty neat.
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*DonSimpson Jan 11, 2009
Thank you. These are Prismacolor, and well rubbed on, and they really don't need anything.

Using colored pencil on metal can produce some totally amazing stuff. Look here:
Deb Karash: [link]
Kimberly Morris: [link]
Helen Shirk: [link]
and one of my favorite pieces here on DA: [link]
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~nonparticipant Jan 11, 2009
err.. work*
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~nonparticipant Jan 11, 2009
wow those are some nice examples. There was also a woman who was doing wprl with blending inks on metal in an amazing way, it was like a crazy multi-color enamel when it was done.
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!UniquelyYours Apr 10, 2007
Cool! I thought it was dichroic glass at first glance :)
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