Lime Margarita

I am making a fun lime margarita art piece on a 6x12 canvas, complete with acrylic paint, sheet glass pieces, and glass rings to bring it all together. This is such a fun spring or summer project, and it's very easy to create too! I'm showing you step-by-step how to make this and breaking it all down for you here!

I am starting by painting my canvas with white paint. Then, I'll add a little bit of Tropical Blue paint and start swirling it into a circle in the middle of my canvas. I'm making it darker on the outer edges and lighter in the middle. Let dry or dry with a heat gun.

Grab your tracer, tape it to the canvas, place graphite paper underneath, and transfer your margarita with a stylus onto the canvas. 

Now, we are going to paint! First, I am painting the entire glass with white paint. Then, I am using Schoolbus Yellow and Hauser Green Light to add that margarita mix color. Let dry or dry with a heat gun.

Next, I am going to add some more shadowing and highlighting with the green color and the white paint. Then, I'm going to sketch a lime wedge on the bottom of my canvas and paint that really lightly with the yellow and green paint. I'll do the same with a lime wedge perched on the edge of my glass. I'll paint that lime with white paint and then add the yellow and green paint too. I'll add some white paint line in the limes to create the wedges. Let dry or dry with a heat gun.

Grab your graphic pen and add some detail lines! I'm going to add some short strokes around my limes, my lime sections, and my margarita glass. 

We are going to resin first and then add the glass. 

We're going to elevate our canvas using blocks. Mix 1/2 ounce of resin and stir gently for three minutes. Pour the resin onto your canvas and spread it using your gloved fingers or brush.

Use a heat gun to pop your bubbles. Keep your heat moving at all times!

Next, I will add glass. I broke some pieces of sheet glass with my scoring tool in the shape of my margarita glass in four different sections. Add some extra resin on top of that. Then, I'm adding my glass rings to my limes and some seed beads along the glass rim for some salt. 

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