We all have them. A painting that just doesn’t cut it. It is just plain blah.

I thought I’d do a pour of acrylics onto a birch panel and hopefully get some cells. I love using blue and greens together. So what could go wrong? Judge for yourself. 🙂

Blah, right? That Lime Green just isn’t right. There are really no dark passages so the whole painting is mainly one value. So ArtResin to the rescue!

Now for the steps from Old to New.

The optimal temperature for ArtResin is 23 – 25 degrees Celcius (72 – 77 F) and my studio is around 21 degrees C. So I warmed the resin in an old plastic container that I filled 1/2 full of hot water from the tap. It took no more that 8 to 10 minutes to warm the resin. NOTE: Dry the bottles thoroughly after removing from the water. Your working time of 45 minutes will be lessened by 10 minutes or so.

I mixed up 5 ounces of ArtResin and poured a little into three small plastic cups. To each one I added some mica powder and mixed thoroughly. In addition to these three colours I also mixed some dark green acrylic paint into some resin. I made a mistake though. I didn’t mix it thoroughly enough as you will see. I also left about 2 ounces of clear resin in the original plastic container I used to mix the hardener and resin.

Unfortunately I didn’t take a photo of the resined painting. Because I hadn’t mixed the green acrylic thoroughly it didn’t flow properly on the painting and created divots that I couldn’t fix. Once the painting had cured I sanded it with 80 grit sandpaper. You can see what looks like potholes on the left-hand side. I couldn’t remove them completely with the sanding.

I then mixed up a new batch of ArtResin and poured a clear coat over the entire painting. I used a torch to remove the bubbles and covered the painting with a cardboard box to allow it to cure.

The divots are not noticeable at all. And the addition of a second coat of resin has increased the 3-D look to the finished painting. I like this one much better than the original!

Stay tuned for another blog posting of a new resin painting. No mistakes this time!

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