Sixty Seconds of Resin: The Mini Cheese Board Time-Lapse

Ever wonder what actually happens in the minutes between pouring resin and pulling off a piece that looks like it came out of the earth? This one is small, but the detail work inside it is where the whole lesson lives.

View the process I took to create this mini cheese board. Ideal for beginner and intermediate resin artists looking to learn how to control the details in their resin art. Learn about my secret supplies and techniques and view my captioned tips along the way. Enjoy the time-lapsed video as it shows up-close detail on how I created this mini piece.

Why a Mini Piece Teaches You More Than a Large One

Small surfaces are honest. There is nowhere for a wobbly line to hide, no wide-open space to distract the eye. When you work a mini cheese board, every cell, every metallic edge, and every band of color sits right next to the one before it. That closeness is exactly why this size is such a good teacher: you learn to control the details rather than hope they work themselves out.

If you have been pouring for a while and your pieces keep coming out muddier than you pictured, slowing down on a small board will retrain your hand faster than another large canvas will.

Look Closely at the Details

Take your time with these stills before you hit play on the video. Notice how the layers stack, where the shine lands, and how the edges are finished. Then go watch the same moves happen in motion. Seeing the still and the movement together is how the technique actually sticks.

Want the Full Narrated Version?

If you are interested in continuing to learn this style of art with detailed steps in full narration, check out the Opulux Designs Online Art Tutorials for a lifetime membership to current and future uploaded resin e-classes.

That is the whole point of the classes: skip the trial and error and learn it from the one who already worked out what goes wrong and why. You can also browse finished work in the gallery if you want to see where these techniques lead.

Watch the Time-Lapse

Keep an eye on the captions as it plays. Those little on-screen notes are the tips I would be saying out loud if you were standing next to me at the table.

The Supplies I Used

Linked below are ALL the supplies used to complete this task/project. Any items purchased from this list, does entitle me to a commission. You can also find my full running Vendor List whenever you are restocking.

🎨Supplies:

Ready to make one of your own? Grab the vendor list, then meet me inside the tutorials for the fully narrated walkthrough.

Sincerely, Isyss ✦