Abstract Resin Beach Art using Shells and Stones

For this project, I decided to use an array of shells that I already had in my stash of products. I had been asked by several people to come up with new ideas other than regular beach scenes for using shells and this is what I came up with.
I coloured the shells using India ink, which was diluted with a tiny bit of water and left them to dry. While that was drying, I painted the board white and left that to dry also. Next, I mixed a small amount of sparkle pigment to give the base a nice glittery finish before adding the shells and stones. Once positioned how I wanted them, I then added some pigment to the resin and poured it over the shells and stones. Then using a little heat, I warmed the edges of the colour resin to help it spread out to the edges of the board.
Here is a list of the products used:
• MDF round board (50cm diameter)
• Shells
• White Stones: amzn.to/2Wbqkwl
• Artisue Powder Pigment - Sparkle White
• India Ink: amzn.to/2TiyYDy - US | amzn.to/2Stcn8R - UK | amzn.to/2JIzY1c - AU
• Colour Arte - Rezin Art Lustre Pigments - Aquamarine: bit.ly/rezinarteaquamarine
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I hope this video gives you other ideas for your accumulated shells.

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Beautiful, amazing

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Умница, обожаю вас!!!😍

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I love this so much

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Thankyou for sharing Sue

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Lindo tus trabajos 😍😍😍😍😍👏👏👏👏👏👏

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[@tinamariemalinowski2745]

AMAZING love the ideas with the shells

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[@haleywhitehall7942]

This is brilliant. Such a beautiful finished product. Thank you for sharing.

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Very pretty

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❤❤❤❤ love it !!

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Beautiful

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[@aprilse]

Simply superb

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I just love your art.

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I love your videos Sue, you are an amazing artist, thanks for sharing

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[@violagoebl6184]

This is gorgeous, Sue. So simple and yet so beautiful! Thanks for the tutorial.

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BEAUTIFUL! 💓💓💓

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Just so beautiful! Love love your videos!

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Sooo beautiful! I just love it❤️

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Beautiful colors beautiful designs, very elegant. ❤️

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[@annettefain1907]

Your ideas are amazing!

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[@joannesarlo518]

this is lovely Sue... It appears I'm not the only sea shell lover. Living close to beaches, I always look for projects to incorporate my sea shell/sea life finds!! thank you.

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[@alanegallagher619]

Brilliant! I have tons of shells that I don’t know what to do with. This turned out beautiful! Thank you for this wonderful idea!

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[@The_Salty_Siren]

Beautiful!!! The ink etc really makes the shells look quite iridescent - I LOVE IT!!

[@SueFindlay]

Yes, I am very pleased with how they turned out 💕

[@maureend6515]

This is such a beautiful creation

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Hola buenos noches muy lindo 🤗🤗🤗

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This is amazing 🤗

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It's beautiful. I hope you have a great day. xxx 💖💖💖

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[@montanaliving4769]

Beautiful Sue and now in my list for the gobs of shells i have. I have to clean my torch and heat constantly. I can see like most great mixed media artitist you never toss things. I cant turn around in my room at the moment and have a 16x40 on the dining table i have been working on. Good luck with your expedition!!

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Hermoso trabajo 👍

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Very niceeeee❤️

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[@aprilsmommy1]

This is stunning Sue! The colors, shells & stones look amazing. Love the fade into the white sparkle. I have a lot of shells and stones, would love to try something like this. Thank you so much for all your inspiration! :)

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LOVE your work. Thank you for share.

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Amazing , thank you dear

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missed you Sue

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I missed you guys too. I am now coming to the end of all the exhibitions and shows and should be able to get back to normal very soon. 💕

[@sallymccornack2800]

Beautiful piece I am sure this will be snapped up. So wish that I could see your exhibition but far to many miles from here in Essex. Hope it is a real success Sue

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[@hawaiiflowerchild3039]

speaking of-would love to see what you come up with just black and white-i myself getting bored of beachy things(living Hawaiian)

[@SueFindlay]

I will put it on my list of to do’s 💕

[@maryellenrichards391]

This is beautiful piece of art. The beach is my and my husbands favorite place to be. I am wondering what kind of respirator you use. I need one that I can wear glasses with, and I would appreciate your recommendation. Thank you for sharing you gorgeous art.

[@linnykeeble1619]

I like this one very much, but I love the way you seem to just throw the shells and stones on, and it looks stunning. If I had done the same you'd think some had had an accident. Instead of 'That's beautiful' as we do with yours because they are beautiful, they would look at mine and say 'never mind, nice try'. xx😊💖

[@SueFindlay]

haha, it takes a bit of practice, keep going. Even if you don't like it, others will. 💕

[@jeanniesartadventures6146]

love that Sue, very soft and fresh looking with those subtle colours. Sea glass would go well with something like this. I share your love for sparkle and glass diamonds, for me live is brighter with some shine in it. My first resin art, other than as a top coat, I put what i thought was a tiny bit of mica powder. its was waaay too much. I learned quickly how little you need if you want to keep resin translucent as I do, and I see in most of your artworks. Soon - I hope - my art studio/garage conversion will be ready, no painting for me for a year now :-( but I've a whole list of things to try thanks to artists such as yourself, who've let me get my art fix vicariously.... Have you seen the vids from a duo called positive couple? He makes mostly furniture with resin finish and has some incredibly unique ideas. He did a very baroque style bathromm unit recnetly with beach pebbles covered in gold leaf, oysters shells covering the top. Not what i'd want in my bathroom (my style is totally opposite!) but incredibly different, and amazing to see constructed from scratch. Its in Russian ( or somewhere with similar language) but occasional english tips pop up and he makes it so clear what he's doing all the while its easy to follow anyway.

[@SueFindlay]

Thank you 💕 I am not familiar with the Positive Couple, I will go and take a look.

[@hawaiiflowerchild3039]

been a while-just back to my work room and oHHHH! you did it again, read my mind about, just got my order of pretty zebra stripe shells in yesterday-and they are baffle about what should i do?

[@SueFindlay]

haha, I have a habit of reading other peoples minds 💕

[@heatherfoster4154]

Hi there Sue Love your work and I am a big user of Mother Natures offerings of sea shells, sand, bark etc. I have had a couple of attempts at using resin but any time I did it fish eyed on on drying. I had cleaned my Pour Paintings down with Isocol alchohol and allowed it to dry and the only time I found it came up perfectly was when I got hubby to apply it with the spray gun but he is such a busy man. I see you just applied the resin with the appropriate protective gloves by hand. Is it at a specific room temperature or did you just have the resin a tad on the warm side. Thank you in advance. Heather. Oh Hi from Temora NSW Australia

[@SueFindlay]

I don't have my room at a particular temperature, although I prefer to pour it between 25-30 degrees. I don't pre-warm the resin. 💕

[@kerengurionart]

So beautiful, Sue! Why did you decide to use the india ink instead of just another pigment?

[@SueFindlay]

I like those particular colours, plus, if I used pigments, I would’ve had to use a binder of some description for it to stick to the shells.

[@aishamohammed7406]

Do you ever come to London to do workshops?

[@SueFindlay]

No, sorry. I don't do workshops. I always wear a respirator when working, so I can't be adequately heard through it. 💕

[@TimelessTunesRewind]

what resin did you use?

[@SueFindlay]

Liquid glass from U Resin. It is only available in Australia 💕