 What's up you guys? Erica here with are you still there? And I just wanted to do a quick video about how we get cells I know that this is such a hot button topic everybody wants cells and I just wanted to do a quick video to let you know about how we have been really working with cells lately and by no means is this the only way to do it or the Most perfect way to do it. This is just what we're doing right now and feel free to experiment Do what we're doing or do what other people are doing? Completely sorry about that. So this particular video. I'm going to go over these larger type cells That I did in a video a couple days ago love how these look I I Did you can do a heat method a tilt method or swipe this one was done with a swipe and You know what I wish I knew the full actual science reason why this works the way It is, but I don't have that. I did the e-science way Closer to the end of this video. It's not gonna be that old video. So let's get going I'm going to use this graduated cup that gives me what parts I'm gonna need for my resin mixture I'm gonna probably only use Three ounces no Yeah, three ounces. I'm gonna go one-to-one on this one And the reason I'm using today is stone coats art coat. It is an amazing resin that I Just grown to be one of my favorite resin and the reason it is because it has no smell. It's really UV resistant it has a working time of over an hour for us every time consistently and You can heat it up to like 500 degrees will just double Boiling water. So if you have any resin left over and you end up making a coaster with it it will not melt or Warp because of the heat of a coffee cup or something like that. So actually What I've got going on here, but we'll we'll inspect that later so This resin is a one-to-one which means you need equal parts of the a and b You need to make sure that you have equal parts because if you have More of one than the other your resume won't set up properly The bottle says to mix like for two or three minutes, but since this is such a small quantity I'm not gonna mix for that long I'm just gonna mix until I'm sure that both the part a and the part b are fully incorporated into each other If you don't make sure that it's fully incorporated into each other Then you'll have these spots and your resume set up completely also make sure you straight the sides the bottom and your stir stick So that nothing is left not exactly mixed the right way Save yourself from heartache. I Know firsthand the pain when your resume doesn't set up all the way and it's a beautiful piece But there's nothing you can do about it So Think I've mixed this up all the way Not a great thing about this resonance. You know some reasons there's like bubbles that float out into the air I call them toxic bubbles because they're in there are ultimately there Yeah, it's resin so you're gonna mix that up fully and Then I always pour just a little bit of ear down onto my surface This is an old painting that I've spray painted white So that I can re pour over it wasn't have to lift the first layer. So Voice not want not we're gonna use this canvas again so the reason why I spread a little bit of clear over my canvas is because If you put clear down or any other color down first clear will save you From paint wasting paint It won't Let me start over if you put clear down then your Stain resin will roll over your substrate more easily and It won't create like that stretching Look that some resin has when you color it and it sticks to the resin This will stop it from sticking to where you pour it and make it flow over a more effortlessly effortlessly I'm gonna talk today So I'm just gonna heat it up just a little bit Get the juices flowing as it were pop some bubbles Best heat gun best attachment this platypus deal amazing I have that link in the description box below check out our Amazon link for a whole bunch of the products that we use on the channel like these Cake snakes the mixing cups all of it. Anyway, so let's mix the colors and use a Few that if you guys watch my channel a lot you've seen before Because I'm definitely a creature of habit once I decide I like the color. It's hard for me to Move on and this is probably not gonna be a full complete painting because I don't have that much resin I'm working with I'm just trying to do demo for you guys got my handy dandy stir sticks First color I'm using is this breakfast at Tiffany color. It's a paste from just resin. I love it I have it available on my website If you like it, too, make sure you check it out artist till death comm 2t's 2l's. I also have it linked right there Anytime use a paste make sure you stir it up before you put it into your resin Even if you just used it yesterday You need to make sure that it isn't separated at all and just give it a quick swirl Should do the trick for that Rule of thumb is 10% resin No, 10% paint to resin if you put too much paint in your resin mixture It will end up with what I call marshmallow fluff That's kind of the consistency you end up with if you put too much in there most resin paints Mix fairly quickly and easily into your resin Just risen is no exception. It's already fully incorporated. It is a lovely No shimmer breakfast at Tiffany's color thing. That's it next color. I'm using is art of soup Gold this is a metallic pigment paste and it's not focusing But it is amazing. I usually have this available on my website out currently But I will have it back in stock Soon you can order it and When I have it in I can ship it to you these paints are out of Australia So sometimes it takes me a couple days to get them in or you can just keep an eye on the website Look at that luster focus Lovely, right? I Don't use that much gold in my work. I just like to add a little hint of it Because I think it adds a beautiful accent just flex Flex of gold if you were no if you will beautiful Focus now the next color I'm going to use is stonecoats base white. It's also called This white if you're part of the fan, you've heard me talk about it before it's amazing. It does have a slight Enamel smell to it. That is because it does have an enamel base in it And that is one reason why this works so well to make self because of the science behind this paint I will tell you not to just use just any old enamel paint because if it's not the right ratio Then it will end up giving you kids as you know If you worked with resin before you know that it's are the enemy And they're just gonna cost you time and energy and party later I was gonna use this other blue by stone coat, but I don't want to use to enable Tight paint. So I think the other color I'm just gonna use is just resin Charcoal is also a beautiful color also currently available on my website if you're interested in the Stone coat colors you can check out their website. I have it linked in the description box below and If you use the code ATV They will give you $30 off your $80 order making your total 50 bucks If you're not mad in crime such as myself and who doesn't like a discount, I know I do That basically comes out to if you buy Resin it'll end up giving you To free metallic payments. This is the turquoise color mix into resin See if I can get closer Basically, it's beautiful So Let's get the show on the road, right? So the way I'm gonna do this is I'm gonna lay the color down the white down and then I'm gonna push my color Over the white and because the white is kind of oily base. It's not a little base. Don't get me confused It's not will be because of its enamel like Science It will make The surface tension change and cells will appear We all do a swipe and we'll do a heat and tilt just so you can see the differences. So let's get going I'm gonna use my Tiffany Lou Like so I'm gonna use my luster turquoise Just like So a little bit of gold just for that color bounce between teal blues Greens give that yellow in there Just my preference not required and then I put the white right next to it Like that. I'm gonna get you guys closer in on the action real quick So this part we're gonna heat and tilt This attachment is really great for that because it disperses the heat Give you more surface area covered Amazing All right, so now we have it initially heated. I'm gonna turn it up and push my color over the white Look at those guys bananas, right? That's what that looks like Now let's do a Swipe on this side It's having a hard time focusing isn't it? Let's get the show on the road. So we're gonna do color some gold Since we're adding more heat on this side this side is gonna be interesting, but since this isn't a piece for sale So much. It's more of a demo piece. I'm not really concerned with it. I'm just trying to show you guys how I like to get sounds and this I'm gonna swipe it. Let me find a star stick. Here's one Lovely volunteer like a little dragonfly or butterfly. Now that's how I get my multicolored multidimensional Cells as you can see they're still popping up. It will continue to grow like this for a little while They will continue to grow like this for a little while But they will not continue to grow so much that they just overwhelm the piece Which is something that I can appreciate because I like cells. I just don't want them to take over really so That's how I get these spider web type Cells I will post the completed piece tomorrow on my basically page Check it out in the link below and I will see all of you guys later