Pour Painting Test 3: Resin is sticky…
- Crazy Pants
- Oct 15, 2018
- 2 min read
Spread love like you spread resin; prepare it with patience, be generous, and don’t miss a spot.
Technique: resin pour
Thinning element: Envirotex Lite resin
Canvas type: marble cutting board
Paint type: Apple Barrel and Craft Smart acrylic paint
Paint colors: Purple, pink, and orange
Lesson: Wear gloves!
Pour challenge complete, I tried the three most basic pour styles. Dirty pour (see Pour Test 1), fluid painting (see Pour Test 2), and now the resin pour. If you like wearing plastic gloves, finger painting, and making a mess, resin pour is for you.
Start by mixing the resin, according to the directions…the best tip I saw for mixing resin is to double mix the resin. After mixed divide into cups and add paint. I learned the hard way do not add too much paint! My first mix had way too much paint, it had the consistency of wet cement. Hint: this is not the texture you want! A little paint goes a long way, I used about a 1 to 10 ratio. Even though it was only one-part paint, the color amplifies in the resin.
I taped off the section I wanted to paint, put on my gloves, and started making a mess! I started by pouring the colors individually like fluid painting. I used a ‘finger painting’ technique to mix the colors also to thin the resin. For this test I let the resin run off the edges, which gave it a smooth edge. However, the resin is much thinner on the edge and the run off gathered too much underneath. I just scraped off and filed down the run off underneath. For my next resin pour I will be taping the sides, like you see in a lot of pour videos. Tape the sides, leave the tape on for one hour, take the tape off and the resin will cover the edges without the excess. I will have to try this next time!
I would recommend trying a pour challenge. How else are you going to find out your style? Or what is easiest for you? It is a great way to find out what kind of pour painting sparks your creativity.
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