This is a fun, well illustrated book that's full of helpful ideas, patterns and tutorials to make stone art. There are many patterns that are easy to reproduce and the author gives great information to get you started, covering everything from finding stones to the best materials, with many patterns of all kinds to copy. Fun for kids and adults alike.

I read a temporary digital ARC of this book for the purpose of review.

Very pretty designs for rock painting! The rocks pictured are all perfectly round and I'm not sure how well the patterns will transfer to bumpy, non-flat rocks. If you do have some flat ones, these patterns are very interesting to try out. I'm not sure how well I could do some of the mandalas, but the pictures give me hope that I could sort of replicate them. The insect ones seemed more my speed and were just as detailed and interesting as the mandalas. There is a lot to concentrate on and design with each pattern, and I can easily see how it would be relaxing to try your hand at these. It's definitely worth a look if you need some inspiration and have some flat rocks around.

The book's title literally says it all. This book is about creating art on stones. The process of painting on stones can be very meditative, especially the repetitive patterns with lines and dots.

From selecting and preparing stones, which materials to use, step-by-step instructions, to templates, whatever you need to know to get started painting on stones, you'll find it here.

A beautiful book with clear illustrations. It is divided into a number of sections. The first section deals with basic instructions, supplies and techniques. There are two sections of designs, the first is mandalas, the second features nature inspired themes. The final section gives 48 templates for the designs in the book. The designs start at a basic one colour project progressing to more complex colourful projects. Each design has clear step by step photographs and instructions.
A very inspiring book.

Beautiful book, exquisitely illustrated. The projects are so inspiring and so accessible to anyone (artist or hobbyist - or anyone !). This book will have everyone searching for a stone so they can have a go. The step by step instructions are very good and very easy to follow. I definitely want a hard copy of this book, but it would also make an excellent gift book for anyone creative. A perfect craft for parents to do with children too. Brilliant thank you.

Ah!!! What a wonderful book. Rock painting is so ‘IN’ right now. My problem is that I have the desire, but no talent. After looking at all of the wonderful painted rocks (and beautiful colorful photos) in Meditative Stone Art, I think that I could possibly paint some rocks (following her tutorials) that would truly be meditative for me. Maria makes this look easy. She tells you what kind of brushes, paints, and inks that she recommends. She also has some patterns in the back of the book that you can trace. I think I will host a rock painting party very soon. (I received an ARC of this book, which is due to publish sometime in April '20.)

I started making stone art fairly recently. I was making a small feature garden bed surrounded with small rocks when I came across stone art and I haven't looked back - adding painted stone in amongst the plain stone as a surprise element.
I love this book which has some wonderful designs and colours, including templates to use. Written for both the beginner and more knowledgeable painter, this is a wonderful ideas book, easy to use and with solid information. another for my collection.

The designs in this book are super cute. It started out with the usual art book staple of explaining the tools you’ll use, how to prep your rocks, etc. It moves into Madala rock designers, followed by butterflies, moths, a beetles, and fish. The final project uses brush markers instead of the acrylics and paint pens that most do.

The end includes a blank grid as well as templates for the different included projects, You could easily transfer different elements of the templates to make your own designs, even if you have no art skills.