Resin Art: A Step by Step Guide for Beginners

A compact, project-driven introduction to epoxy resin art from an artist who teaches the craft daily at her studio in Slovenia. Tatiana Danilova covers safety, materials, color theory, and composition before walking you through 14 complete projects, from abstract paintings and seascapes to jewelry, coasters, and cutting boards.

Why Start Here

Many resin art books either bury you in chemistry or skip straight to pretty pictures without explaining what went wrong when your pour turned cloudy. Danilova takes a different path. She opens with the practical fundamentals: which resins to buy, how to mix safely, what surfaces work best, and how different pigments and additives behave. Then she moves directly into projects, each one designed to teach a specific technique.

The 14 lessons cover a genuine range: abstraction, sea-inspired art, geode effects, marble patterns, clock faces, and cosmic designs for wall art, plus functional objects like cups, jewelry, coasters, vases, toys, cutting boards, and trays. Each lesson includes step-by-step photography so you can compare your progress against the intended result.

What makes this book particularly useful for beginners is the troubleshooting section. Danilova draws on her experience running workshops to anticipate the mistakes new resin artists make, like bubbles, uneven curing, sticky surfaces, and color bleeding, and explains how to fix or avoid them.

What to Expect

A 100-page paperback with full-color photography throughout. The tone is instructional and direct, written by someone who has answered the same beginner questions hundreds of times and knows exactly where people get stuck. The book is part of Danilova’s “Contemporary Art for Beginners” series and assumes no prior art experience. You will need basic supplies (epoxy resin, pigments, a heat gun or torch, and disposable tools) but nothing exotic or expensive.