 Hi everyone. YouTube suggested that I put the video camera this way. Is that okay? Or would you like it this way? Whoa? We're gonna keep it that way. So this is the table surface that we're gonna work on today. Let me show you what we did last time we went live. I flip this around. So last time we went live we took this big canvas painting and coated it in resin and it turned out pretty good. I'm really happy with how the colors look super saturated. This one was on a canvas, so it was a bit extra work. Good morning, Dina Designs. The one that we're going to do today. I'm very excited about is this one. So this is Good Morning Creations by Baby Doll. This one is a big piece of art that I am going to resin today. Now this is a wooden panel. So you see? And it got a bit warped. So I got these bricks that have been sitting on it in place just to try and get rid of that warp. Go ahead morning. Let me flip it around. All right, so just hang with me while I set this up. Hello from TN, Tennessee, Tanzania. Oops, good afternoon. Okay, I'm going to go put this on a stand and then get to work on this piece. I love it. Let me just show you this piece. It kind of came together, Tennessee. Cool. I hope you're doing okay in Tennessee. I hope you're doing okay. It's a crazy time, rough time. So this is the piece and it started out with this golden sparrow on the back and then these birds and their tails just kind of came together eventually. And it's done. Yeah, we're doing okay. Some days are easier than others, especially when you got kids at home, right? So let's set this up. And I'll just, I'm just gonna work fast. Yeah. And I'll try and come back and get any questions. Yeah, thanks. I love this piece. So first thing first It is. Half feet, five, three feet. Move the camera here so you can see the table. Maybe that's better if you're interested homeschooling. Yeah, I know. It's hard and you just don't want them to watch TV all day. Right now I'm in a studio. It's in Waterdown, Ontario. It's about 45 minutes west of Toronto along the top of Lake Ontario. And that's where we are. And it's all shut down. Lineups for grocery stores, lineups for liquor store, lineups for marijuana stores. We're in Canada. But let's get going. The first thing I'm going to do is tape the bottom off. So I'm just using masking tape or a painter's tape. And this only really works if you take the tape off the very next day. If you wait two days even, if it comes super pain, then you have to use an exacto knife. Last time I went live, it finished. It was my first time in a long time. And my mom called me and said, David, you did a great job. So mom, if you're watching, I appreciate the encouragement. Shout out to mom. So this tape is just so that the resin dripped can be peeled right off. So fast to brush or something. This kind of is a rush. Because my wife is one of the kids and I want to be fair to her. But it's so motivating. Having these live videos, it says, OK, I'm going to go and do a live video. So that makes you plan something. That makes you finish your art. That makes you, like, it gives you kind of like a schedule and a purpose to do these live videos. So thanks for watching. Otherwise, I don't know if I would do it. That'd be weird. There. That's all I'm doing. That's it. These are just called painter's pyramids. See just little stands that just raised up off the surface. OK. So next up is some math. We measured it and it was just over four feet by just over three feet. I think I'm going to measure one more time. So it's five feet by five feet by three feet. So here's the math I'm going to do for how much resin to use. Where is this right here? How much resin to use? So I have a piece that's four feet by three feet. No, I'm sorry. It's five. Sorry. Five by three. So 15 square feet. Now I just know this information that a 32 ounce kit of art resin. 32 ounce kit covers eight square feet. Yes. 32 ounce kit covers eight square feet. So 15 square feet is close to 16 square feet. Right. So if we just double this eight and eight would mean 32 and 32. So 64 ounces will give me 16 square feet. Does that make sense? Yeah. Just one gallon does 32 square feet. Okay. So basically I know I need 64 ounces to cover 15 square feet. So I'm just going to do 32 ounces of resin, 32 ounces of hardener. Okay. It's not that hard. Gloves. Gloves. Sorry. I should have been more organized. I'm just rushing. But it's not like you guys have anything to do. Do you? Crazy work. These measuring cups just get it from the dollar store. This is a 32 ounce kit. So it's 16. So basically I'm doing, wow, that's a lot. So to cover this whole piece. That's 32. That's a lot of resin. Did I do that math right? 32 ounces of each of these? Yeah, let's go right. This is the hardener. It doesn't matter if you do resin or hardener first. So this piece is acrylic paint and acrylic paint markers. On a big piece of birch. And birch is good because it's supposed to not work too much, but this one worked. What's that? Look at what Jamiram says. I'm just going to do a bit extra. There's the hardener. This is a great product. I'm going to use these containers maybe three or four times. Then they go into the garbage. Okay. Hardener. Done. Next, resin. So I'm going to keep these bottles at the corners for when I cover it up to let it cure. I'm totally done. The dust doesn't get in it. Okay, pour the resin into this. Well, I got chickens two days ago. Six hens. That really gives, is such a joyful thing during this coronavirus. You feel like you're taking care of your family. You get fresh eggs. And then the chickens are so nice. Give them treats. So yeah, get some chickens if you have the space for them. So fun. All right. I don't know why you use such a big bucket. And now comes the three awkward minutes where I just have to stir this. I'll come up with things to talk about on a one-way video where everyone's watching. And it's close to that, says Dean of Designs. How is everyone doing? Is everyone okay besides the obvious? We're doing okay. Some days are easier than others. With the art resin business, there's been lots of just being on your toes. I'm sure with everyone's business and just coming up with solutions and problem solving and being safe and being smart and taking care of your people staying in business. And yeah, it's a wild time. I mean, we do a lot of stuff with Amazon and Amazon stopped accepting inbound deliveries for a number of weeks except for essential items. So that's why you may have seen lots of items going out of stock or being merchant fulfilled. And then they stopped accepting new products. So if you wanted to add a new product, they stopped doing that. Fair enough. We got to take care of people right now. And what else? Oh yeah, and just borders being closed and shipments being held up around the world. It's been wild. And then everyone learning how to work from home, learning how to communicate. Art resin, we have a team of about 20. And we're in Canada and we're in Texas. And we try and talk, we talk every morning. And we just go through, say, what's everyone doing? Who needs what from who? And it's good. It gives you something to do, right? It's nice to have something to do. Especially when you feel like you're part of building something, have a project. And now is the time to make art. Now is the time to make art. When we're in the unknown, and we'll see what artists come up with out of this time, it's very exciting. Yeah, I just... We need to have more U.S. or Canadian manufacturers. That's so complicated, hey? It's so complicated. When you're faced with this issue, like, yeah, you can send it away and save so much money. But then you take it away from your own people and that creates a whole new disaster. We manufacture in the USA in Texas. So we're an American manufacturer. And if anything, this coronavirus has just given you more reason to look locally. And take, you know, a country is a big community, basically. Just like a company is a community. But a country is a big community. And if you can all work together to make, like, a thriving economy altogether, that seems to make the most sense for our community. How many minutes has that been? Well, I'm going to stir for one more minute. It's not worth just skipping stirring enough. Especially when you work so hard like this. Piece of art took me maybe six sessions. You start with a big blank canvas, then you add something, then you add something, you look at it, you come back, you look at it, you add something, you add something. And then one day it's done. And then you put resin on it. And then you put it in storage in your garage. I have another business idea. It's beautiful. I love love birds. Thank you, Cindy. I love it too. I look at it and I just say, and I say, it's done. You know that feeling with the painting where it all just comes together? It's a very exciting business idea. I don't know if I can... So here's the idea. It's called kale oil. So kale is so amazing right now. Everyone loves kale. You know, it's like a cultural thing. My wife puts in smoothies. She fries it. What else does she do with it? Bakes it. She talks about it. Just loves kale. So you take the seeds from kale and you add that oil. Do you want to sell it? The painting? No. I don't think so. Every time I sell art, I just feel sad about it. Okay. Did I stir enough? Okay. What I find much better is when someone just loves a painting, like they just love it, then you give it to them. But I'm not doing all that paintings right now. Every once in a while, here it goes. Two little birds about to be shining. Like this process, if I wasn't trying to be organized and film the whole thing 20 minutes and you want to be as fast as you can, well, you don't. It doesn't matter if you're as fast as you can. Once you're done pouring, once you spread and get the bubbles out, then just get out of there. These videos are so relaxing. Really? Oh, that's so nice, Neil. I'm going to do... I'll do it again then when you said that. We have so much great art that needs to be resin. So, there's that. I'm just going to leave this bucket. It's only an upside down and girder can. And then that big bucket, I'll just peel out all the resin. I wish I showed... I did that with the mixing cups before I filmed. I wish I showed you. It was really neat. And then you can just reuse your mixing cups again. All right. So the next stage is... And this is where you need to put some music on. Howdy from Texas. Cool. Where are boats in Texas? I used to go to Texas all the time because art resin is made in Carrollton, Texas. Texas is a wonderful place. I love the restaurants. Up in Canada, it's not the same culture of restaurants. People don't eat out as much. And it seems like they just don't care as much. But in Texas, every restaurant you go into, near A&M, cool. Every restaurant you go into in Texas, in my experience, like, the servers just start doing a really good job. The food's always really good. There's like a pride in having good restaurants. Texas. So again, the secret to this is you just have to get the resin to touch everywhere and then it'll settle out. Just get it to touch everywhere on the surface and you're done. It doesn't have to be pretty. So mom, if you're watching, the kids miss you so much. And I miss you too. Bye. Have a big barbecue. Here's my plan. This is what I'm looking forward to the most is going out for sushi in a restaurant and then having my parents or my wife's parents take the kids for a while and I'll go to a nice hotel with my wife, go out for dinner, have like this beautiful clean room. Oh my god. Okay, now I'm just taking my gloves. This is so much faster and it looks like I've almost covered everywhere on the surface. It's looking really good. And then these gloves are filthy which is fine. Now we just go along the edge and just so that the whole edge is shiny I just rub a bit of resin into the edge. And then the tape on the bottom we'll collect the drips. As long as I take off that tape tomorrow then it's a good idea if you wait too long to take off the tape it can be, it can take hours just picking up the back of the painting. Hours making the back of the painting look nice because you didn't take the time to take it off. Oh my gosh. Just picking and picking. Okay. I'm going to switch gloves. I make everything messy. Everything gets messy. Okay. So I'm just going to do the final torching of it then cover it to protect from dust but I wanted to pitch a product. I worked with the manufacturer to create and ten years ago I had a propane torch head that had one of these fan clips on the top and it was my favorite tool and I couldn't find it so I got them to make this thing and put it on a torch head that doesn't need one of those flint lighters. It just has a propane on and a button. You can't really tell but what this does is it takes a flame and it fans it out so that you cover more surface. It's a great tool and you can buy it on Amazon or on www.artisan.com and if I don't sell too many of these then Ali the CFO won't let me have more money to do other products. New pair of gloves so what is it today? Wednesday so an hour west Toronto and it's snowing snowing. I think that this virus would be a lot easier for some people if it was nice outside if you could sit on a balcony are they going to be available with a hose attached? I've seen those before. That's a neat idea. No, I don't think so like there's so many people selling torches and if I tell Ali that I want to make another torch with a hose attached they'll say like but you haven't sold any of the other torches and then I'll have to say but they told me on YouTube they've ordered it so no unless they sell like a zillion of those but we don't make a lot of money off of torches. Cool tool, thanks Daniel. So I see some bare spots still so reason asking is because the flame tends to go up and down when gas is low interesting. You're very welcome. Ready? Let's go! Okay so I did that it's okay but I noticed in a couple spots the resin is pushing away and creating a bald spot and that's because there's some oil there's something oily on this painting but it's kind of a bummer so all I'm going to do is I'm just going to kind of scratch at it for a while keep putting resin on it and hope that it doesn't look too bad but I noticed that I'll give you a close up of what I'm talking about some oil on the canvas and this is kind of a pain because you've done the whole thing and then most likely with this piece I'll re-sand and pour again and figure out this oil so look at this see that patch right there? so basically I'm going to grab a bunch of resin where is it? I need a good angle see that? so there's some oil there so I'm just going to drag some resin into it rub, scratch and kind of hope that it's not too bad there's nothing else I can really do at this point see? beautiful um let's see if the oil starts to push away again or was it? anyways do your best so sand the area clean with alcohol and resin again I know Linda but I don't want to do that that's the frustrating thing because just get it done I just want to get it done and move on but then that's a whole other process so we'll see how it cures thank you I love this piece nice and shiny and again this is the one that we did last week I'll find another one to do for next week okay let me just put the cover on this and then get out of here so this cover is two by threes some old pieces of wood and then a big piece of plastic stretched keep most of the dust off if there wasn't a virus destroying the earth I would have someone here helping me with this and there we go that is a successful pour of art resin on a big painting okay I'm gonna go make another coffee and I'm going to clean out, thanks Tanya and I'm gonna clean out the chicken coop to go in there with a glove and a bucket and I think I can just pick up the chicken poop in the snow and I hope that you all have something equally as exciting to do on your own yeah thanks Tanya thanks for chatting now I gotta learn how to end this thing bye