Insanely EASY Cells and Lacing - Step By Step!

Check it out! Here is our latest test piece for an ottoman try we will do tomorrow. As requested, we spoke more in this video - if we spoke too much let us know lol. If you have any questions, we are here to answer!
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[@Rottingboards]

Great work guys!! And that orange just pops! I would of never of thought orange would look so good with those colors.

[@ArtistTillDeath]

Thank you so much! We love it too!

[@akercg]

I have to tell you both, still to this day when I first started my art only just 6 months ago. I always knew that anything I learned will always be shared because of you two. If it wasn't for both of you I would never attempt Resin you give me the confidence and knowledge to start. On Instagram I have people DM me questions regarding my art (alcohol inks) I always tell them I love to share my tips because "Artist Till Death" inspired me! You are and will always be my inspiration of sharing the "Love of art". In saying that I will do my first full resin piece soon, (hopefully this week) I will send you my results. I have taken pictures with my phone of a year watching your videos (screen shots) of all your tips....Your both are the Best and will continue to be the best in my book! Your work is Outstanding, unique and full of Soul! Sincerely Crystal

[@ArtistTillDeath]

akercg WOW WOW!! We both thank you so much. As the saying goes...The earth without art,would be EH! So why not share what we know and learn.we both started resin without any help.we asked and got "hand to the face" most of the time. We love to share what we know and give out "pro tips" when we can. And your comments and kind words,makes this all worth it!! Thank you!!!

[@ArtistTillDeath]

That is so lovely to say, it means so much that people take the time to watch and comment on our videos. We understand how frustrating it is to know what you want to create but no one will give you the tips to get you closer to your vision. We completely understand and decided that we would always give the secrets to the creations of our artwork. Its absurd that people would be so secretive with techniques, why not let everyone try to create beauty for the world? The fact that you appreciate that aspect of our channel makes it all the more rewarding for us. Thank you so much for sharing. ~ Erika.

[@carolmccollum9341]

Sweet!! A few months ago when I discovered youtube videos of acrylic pour I was mesmerized... now I'm addicted!! I don't remember which artist it was, that when someone commented that they appreciated that she shared her painting processes & tips & knowledge... she replied, "When the tide rises, it lifts all boats!!" (I may not have remembered the exact words). I love that you share!!

[@ArtistTillDeath]

That's an awesome quote! Totally going to use that lol

[@delorisbledsoe2959]

I love the gold in this piece but the turquoise is popping like crazy. I didn't think the colors would work together.. It's how the colors are applied.Man! That is beautiful! Thanks

[@AshtasticAcrobat]

Im obsessed! You guys break it down effortlessly and straight to the point. Art looks dope too. NEW SUB !

[@ArtistTillDeath]

I can't tell you how much I appreciate your feedback! Thank you so much for checking out our channel and subscribing!! You rock!!

[@ginginsgoodies]

I was surprised at the colors and how well they went together. BEAUTIFUL!!! I think it's a great idea to do a give away with your test pieces. Thanks so much for all your videos.

[@ArtistTillDeath]

Hey Ginny! I felt the exact same way. When she said orange and aqua I was like "This is going to be the biggest waste of resin..." but I think that basing it in one of the colors and using the other as an accent really helped because it didn't muddy everything and it allowed me to control how much of the orange I allowed to show. Funny thing, after showing the client the test piece, she is requesting less white and more aqua.... So it's back to the drawing board lol.

[@timlouden5088]

Awesome as always!

[@ArtistTillDeath]

Hey Tim! Thank you for always watching and taking the time to comment!

[@ashlie2318]

GIVE-A-WAY! GIVE-A-WAY! GIVE-A-WAY! 😍😍😍 new subscriber...so ready to try this! I love all your work!

[@ArtistTillDeath]

Hey Ashlie! Thank you for subscribing and watching our videos! We definitely will be doing another giveaway soon. (at 5k subs).

[@carriejanesim58]

I just love these colors. You inspire so many people. Thank you, you guys are great

[@gabrielleannacormierart]

Just discovered you guys and I’m really enjoying your channel! I always have a few chuckles listening to the funny narration, plus I’m learning lots. Beautiful work! Thank you for sharing your knowledge with us.

[@mklink5813]

You 2 are great together!

[@ArtistTillDeath]

Thank you so very much!

[@lisafox5444]

Beautiful

[@dawnbarberio3779]

Beautiful!!!

[@ArtistTillDeath]

Hello Dawn, thank you so much for watching and taking the time to comment!

[@lynnpowell1200]

ATD.....Still the best of KZbin !!

[@cupcakebyamy]

You guys do some incredible work. Love your videos!!

[@ArtistTillDeath]

Thank you so much for taking the time to comment!!

[@debsart1008]

Wow! I wasn't sure about the colors at first either but I love this!I've not been on YT for a month. I have had pneumonia and am just now getting better. I came to see what all I missed and WOW you guys have been busy I have lots to catch up on from here - wheeee! Love the vids!

[@ArtistTillDeath]

Oh I'm so sorry Debra. I knew you had gone rogue for a little while but I had no idea that you were ill. I hope you are feeling much better by now. We have absolutely been busy but we love it! We sure did miss you!

[@debsart1008]

Holy crap! You missed me? That's awesome. Yeah I have watched all your videos up until I got sick so now I have gone back and trying to catch up. Really enjoying them. Yes I am better. It was not the flu but I had bad bronchitis. It seemed to be getting better but then it turned into pneumonia. I was on the couch all the time. I even slept there because if I got in bed and being flat I felt like I was drowning and horrendous coughing ensued. I coughed so much and so hard I think I have a hernia from it. I will need to see a doctor &/or surgeon I guess but not until I am over this thing and the coughing stops. But trust me I am MUCH better than I was. Thanks for caring and thanks for missing me. Hugs to you and Jeff for all you do!

[@tammymedsker9656]

Gorgeous! Love the idea of painting the under surface that orange so you can still get the turquoise without muddying it all up!

[@ArtistTillDeath]

Tammy Medsker it’s the only way we could make the colors work. Thank you for your comment!

[@adapedreira6342]

CONGRATULATION !! ANOTHER BEAUTIFUL PIECE !! I LOVE YOUR JOB.

[@ArtistTillDeath]

Ada, thank you very much for the compliment and the comment. We love our job too!

[@juliegrace6527]

Love it!!! Can’t wait to go to Dallas and see y’all, and buy a piece of art in person 🤗

[@denisefiles3740]

Those would be great as giveaways! And your voice is awesome 👏!!

[@alisongreen299]

i just discovered your channel, you guys are wonderful, and this piece is perfect, thank you so much for sharing your knowledge and talent xo

[@Glassdaisy109]

Beautiful. Love the videos, they are so informative for anyone interested in resin art.xx

[@ArtistTillDeath]

Sonia Holmes wow, thank you so much for the feedback!!

[@gr8eft]

Gorgeous Pour !!! I love seeing when you have posted a new video ! You guys always make my day !! Thank you !!

[@ArtistTillDeath]

gr8eft thank you so much,wow. It's comments like yours,that makes it all worth it!! and want to make more videos for y'all.

[@darlaballenger2357]

That is almost two of my color's. Corel and seaside. So that tells me those two will look good. I'm doing care for gold but I really like that.

[@lindajohnston759]

Every time I watch a video I have to say "Be still my heart!" I swear, you mesmerize me with the beauty of your work. I loved the counter tops you did in Baltimore! MD is my home state. I still have not gotten up the courage to try a resin yet. I'm workin' on it! Great work and thanks.

[@ArtistTillDeath]

Linda Johnston what a wonderful comment! Thank you so much! The countertops we did were in Alabama, we fly out to Baltimore on the 10th to do those countertops. I’m nervous because it’s so much colder there. Don’t be nervous to try it, just breath through the process, start small and believe in the process. Thank you so much for watching and for the feedback!

[@lindajohnston759]

Whoops! Alabama job was gorgeous. Can't wait to see Baltimore! Baltimore has not had all the snow that other areas have so maybe it will not be too bad. I love you two to pieces!

[@ArtistTillDeath]

I certainly hope it’s not too cold, resin finishes best in 70 degrees lol. 💕

[@amberm8771]

I'm in MD too!

[@ArtistTillDeath]

Really!? We seem to have so many viewers in MD, maybe we should plan a meet up.

[@Bravelle]

You guys are awesome and I enjoyed the narration

[@ArtistTillDeath]

Hey Bonnie! Thank you so much for the feedback!

[@terpenetoby]

Very cool !

[@ArtistTillDeath]

Hey Toby! Thank you so much!

[@annbrown4110]

Giveaway - yea! I would love to have one of your pieces! Big fan.

[@ArtistTillDeath]

Wow, thank you! We just want to educate our viewers and create beautiful pieces. I think we will definitely do a monthly giveaway.

[@deeholman5176]

Love the look!

[@ArtistTillDeath]

Thank you Dee! I still have this piece, I love it.

[@vaughnrice6103]

Thank you for telling me to Never use OIL PAINTS with Resin! I didnt know that! Joyce Ann

[@RainbowLane]

This was a wonderful treat to save for the end of the day! It is BEAUTIFUL. You guys have such a lovely working relationship and it is great for us watching - it's soothing to hear people talking nice to each other when there is so much horrible dark stuff coming at us in 'entertainment' these days. I hope your subs sky rocket asnd you get really big on here. I am so short on time but I will be here whenever I can - this is now one of my favourite channels. I have my FB links now - would you like me to send them in a message or put them here? I don't like to paste links in comments without asking. By the way - that gold! This is pouring the best I have seen anyone do it - it looks so easy here but I just can't get the hang of it! My colours are always muddy - I think I need to get some resin! G'night and thanks for sharing your know-how with us.

[@ArtistTillDeath]

Hey! Thank you so much for watching and for your support. You are such an inspiring artist and I hope to grow my subs for sure. We love working together, most of the time lol. We were friends first then we evolved into a great relationship. Luckily, we are both very art minded. You are welcome to add links, I'm all about supporting other talented artists and it would be great to link up on FB! I can't get a good hold of acrylic pouring, but I am good at creating mud and greys with acrylic pours lol. I'm sure you would do well with resin pours - you have such a great eye for color. You should totally give resin a shot, you will be addicted. Also, the gold is EVERYTHING! Have a great evening!

[@azizehrabbo589]

Amazing work 👍🏼👍🏼

[@ArtistTillDeath]

Thank you so much

[@culturedkiwi]

Hi, just catching up on your amazing work 👍 Does alcohol ink have similar effect as the spray paint in these pieces???

[@lauramiller509]

Another success! I’d LOVE to win one of your giveaways!!

[@ArtistTillDeath]

We are totally going to start doing the giveaways. We were thinking about starting them at 2K followers, but maybe we will just start them this month. Thank you so much for the feedback and the comment. It means so much to us!

[@delealgladney2423]

LOL @ "this is making me want a Toasters Struddel," HAHAHAHAHA!

[@lorimcgarrity6537]

I forgot, was the gold mixed with resin also or just liquid from the can? Great piece.

[@ArtistTillDeath]

Lori McGarrity for this piece it was just the paint laid on top of the resin - not mixed in.

[@melodygarry9016]

If I were to cover a Formica countertop using this technique, how do you think the edge would look when finished? Would too much of the orange show through on the sides? You guys are amazing!

[@ArtistTillDeath]

Melody Garry thanks Melody. It depends if you want the orange to show,not sure what you are wanting to accomplish. Do you want to cover the countertop completely or let some original color show through?

[@melodygarry9016]

Artist Till Death Thank you for your reply. I love the orange showing through, but was wondering if the side edges on a countertop would mostly be orange due to the colors running off, or if I’d need to enhance the edge with other colors for the base side. Thank you for sharing your time and talents!

[@rharari29]

Amazing! Simple and easy to understand instructions! Question: Does it dry matt or it gives the glass resin look? And what about the gold , matt since you didn’t add resin?

[@ArtistTillDeath]

Regina Harari the resin dries a very glossy finish and since the gold is metallic it also dries very shiny (? Sp).

[@rharari29]

Artist Till Death thank you for the info

[@ArtistTillDeath]

our pleasure.

[@amberm8771]

I love you guys 💜🐱

[@ArtistTillDeath]

We love you guys too!!

[@haleyunruh3742]

I just found your channel and you guys are amazing omg. :o If you don't mind me asking, what is the stuff you used so I can try it? I don't keep a good memory lol whoops

[@ArtistTillDeath]

wolfy burg we used turquoise mural paint markers, white acrylic paint by art district, gold spray paint by rustoleum, orange spray paint by Montana and Envirotex lite resin. Thank you so much for watching our channel and taking the time to comment!

[@haleyunruh3742]

yay I'm so glad you replied. Thanks so much :D

[@ArtistTillDeath]

wolfy burg we try to always respond same day! We are here if you have any questions!

[@haleyunruh3742]

Thanks again, you're awesome

[@URsoulpowerful]

Oh so beautiful

[@ArtistTillDeath]

Thank you so much for the compliment!!

[@URsoulpowerful]

Artist Till Death oh you are most welcome. I really appreciate you sharing your talents with us.

[@ArtistTillDeath]

It's our pleasure. Thank you so much for watching. Let us know if you have any questions or requests.

[@BlackCat_2]

Oh sweet! I am going to have to check if my Lowes has those! I have been wanting to do a trio set and those look like the perfect size. If Lowes doesn't then I do have a home depot somewhat nearby but Lowes is closer. :P I would love to see those as a giveaway! - Heidi

[@ArtistTillDeath]

They actually work out great. Thing is, if you want to hang them - you will have to fix something on the back because I'm pretty sure they are supposed to be some kind of tile?? Anyways, they worked great.

[@BlackCat_2]

Thanks for that tip. :) I had thought of that and would likely add a thin layer of resin to the back as well. Whatever will hang it will likely also be in that layer. :D

[@ArtistTillDeath]

There are backings for things like that at Michaels. People usually buy them to attach to photo frames.

[@alejandraferrari4994]

Hi guys ... you are amazing!! I subscribed to your channel. I have a question, Im going to US (Maui) next week and want to know where to buy and what brands of pigments and golds may I buy there. Im obsessed trying to make some cells but sometimes they happen and sometimes not. I guess it is because I can't get inks here in Argentina where I live. Can you help me with it? Thanks in advance!

[@ArtistTillDeath]

Thank you!! We can ship some of our favorite pigments and powders,to Maui or Argentina. We love Artisue Gold. And alot of Just Resin pigments. Stonecoat countertops has an amazing Black liquid base. Just let us know what your budget is and we will be happy to help you out.

[@ArtistTillDeath]

Email us please [e-mail]

[@KR-cv8yo]

Love the piece but can I ask did u put the gold straight on or was it mixed in resin first thanks

[@ArtistTillDeath]

It was raw gold. We sprayed it into a cup and then laid it directly onto the piece. It wasn't mixed with resin. You can mix it with resin and it will look amazing (refer to the seafoam video) but it gives a veining effect rather than the lacing effect.

[@angelmoonllc821]

That was my question too. Glad i found it in comments.

[@ArtistTillDeath]

We are always here to respond to any questions as well.

[@tamaraslade7390]

the realest channel....still scared....but ill set one up soon.....@rockcandiart

[@ArtistTillDeath]

Hey Tamara!! Thank you so much for watching and the awesome comment! We always try to keep it real lol. Let us know when you get it set up!!

[@vaughnrice6103]

If you are not adding any silicone, why do you get cells when both the blue and the white are acrylic? Was the base color (the orange) acylic too, or does that matter if it was already dry before you started? Joyce Ann

[@vaughnrice6103]

Is the silicone only for using acrylic paints to make them cell up?

[@lindamuir921]

I have watched and watched this over again and again. I just tried doing what you did, but did not get any cells. Is the secret the heat gun or could I get the same effect from using an airbrush or hair blower to move it around.

[@ArtistTillDeath]

Thank you so much for watching. You have to have the heat, it won’t work the same with just an airbrush. The reason why it works is because when you heat up the resin, it thins it out and allows the resin to flow over each other more easily. After you heat it, you can use a blow dryer or airbrush to move the resin. A blow dryer doesn’t heat up the resin as effectively as a torch or heat gun. Please let me know if you have any other questions, we are here to help. You can also send us photos or videos to our email and we can directly address what will help our artwork. [e-mail]

[@lindamuir921]

Thank you so much! I have a really powerful heat gun 1500 watt (375C to 540C) that I have used but am a bit nervous about using. Will have to look for one that is more for crafts I think?

[@ArtistTillDeath]

Linda Muir i can’t remember what the watts are for the yellow one we use. It was like $25 USD from Home Depot. The cheapest one, I can’t imagine it gets as hot as yours. Try yours out but on the lowest setting and not let it stay on the resin for more than a couple of seconds, it will boil and scorch the resin if it is over it too long. just test it.

[@lindamuir921]

Thank you again! Will look for one with less heat, but will try what I have first!

[@brucecarlton1508]

ArtResin is conducting a kind of meet and greet on their Instagram account. Might be worth checking out.

[@ArtistTillDeath]

We will definitely check that out! Thank you for bringing that to our attention!

[@surbhikshah2423]

So you don't add any resin to gold spray paint?

[@skippythemeh2451]

Kujo is like my dog he is a watchdog (watch them come in and watch them leave)

[@ArtistTillDeath]

GovMule haha, you nailed it! He hears nothing except a cheese wrapper.

[@amberm8771]

How do you keep dog hair off if your drying pieces? I cannot keep cat hair away from mine.

[@ArtistTillDeath]

Hey Robi, we have a difficult time with that at times. Kujo doesn't shed that much but we do have rogue hairs all over the studio. Basically we built a "setting shelf" for our drying resin pieces. We took a fat shelf and wrapped a tarp all the way around it. If you send me an email, I will send you photos of the rig we created (not the most beautiful, but it works). I can also include it in the next video we do. Our email is www.artisttilldeath.com

[@sofiajohnson197]

Beautiful