Work in a well-ventilated room with regular temperature, not too hot, not freezing.
BEACH OCEAN RESIN ART HOW TO
Tips on how to make resin art for beginners Blow with the heat gun into the direction of the ocean from the beach.Squeeze the paper cup so there is only a tiny hole for white resin.Premix white pigment or paint with epoxy in a paper cup.To make waves we need white color and a heat gun. So please, if using paint, always mix it with resin, don’t belike impatient Masha (me) haha. I forgot the second round to mix my white with epoxy! And you can see the waves are foamier than I wanted. Oh lord, I made a mistake that almost got my whole ocean art ruined. The same 1 to 3 steps repeated again but this time I made waves 🙂 I was not 100% happy with it so I let it dry overnight and go for a second layer. Remove all bubbles with the heat gun! I tried my best to remove all bubbles You can use wooden sticks to guide the resin where you need it to be, as you see I used the sticks to pull some white into the shore and rocks. This is the first layer for me, but for you, it can as well be the only one if you blow the waves with the heat gun from the shore into the ocean right now and let it dry 🙂 I start with dark color – ultramarine and pour it along the furthest side, then turquoise, and then white along the rocks.Īs I have a rocky shore I wanted more white to create this impression of foam. Then I place rocks in it so they stick nicely. I had some rocks so I decided to make a rocky beach, you can do sand, shells, a mix of everything, or even just pour premixed sand color epoxy instead.įirst I pour a little bit of epoxy on the area I want my rocks to be and spread it with my finger (in glove!!!!). And I leave some clear epoxy in the original big cup to cover the rocks I’m using. Then I add the premix epoxy: a little bit for white, as we only use it for waves, quite a lot for ultramarine as it is the dominant color for my idea, and some for turquoise. Remember I have 3 colors? I prepare 3 smaller cups and squeeze some acrylic paint in them.You can use a bubble remover machine at this step to get rid off all bubbles.I mix for around 3 minutes to make sure it is properly combined. Now I mix them together in one cup, 150 gr is enough for one layer to cover my whole round tray.In a separate cup, I measure on scales 2 parts of the base A, so I pour 100gr. I take my base B as I need 1 part of it and I pour 50 gr into the cup (I use digital scales). My resin calls for an A:B ratio being 2:1 and it has to be weighted by grams.I will use ultramarine, turquoise, white and clear epoxy.
Pay attention to how the brand says you must measure your epoxy, by grams or by volume.
Now you need to prepare as many cups as you want to use colors + one cup with clear premixed epoxy resin.Ĭheck the mixing A: B ratio of the bottles you are using, but normally it is 2 parts of base A to 1 part of base B or equal parts.Įvery brand is different. Read also: IntoResin Epoxy Molds Reviews: Cool Molds for Epoxy & Crafts Step 2 – Mixing resin
Make sure your whole work area is covered, and your wooden tray or cutting board is clean, smooth, and the surface is leveled.įor leveling you can use cups flipped upside down, paper pins, or special cones sold online for pouring (painters’ pyramids) like these ones. You can not add heavy body acrylics on top of the freshly poured and, still wet, epoxy – it will sink or it will start spreading around unevenly.ĭIY Resin Ocean Art: how to make ocean resin art? Step 1 – Preparation NOTE: if you are using acrylic paint, you still must mix it with epoxy. You can buy powder pigments – they are gorgeous, and mix them with epoxy, or you can mix your acrylic colors with epoxy.
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