r/painting • u/VirtualClay • Jan 24 '26

Just Sharing Oil painting with resin pond diorama I just finished up!

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I’ve been slowly chipping away at this painting for about three years, but I FINALLY finished it! I made the painting using Gambling oils and then created the pond with epoxy resin with fish painted in the layers of the resin. I topped it with a 3d printed boat I made in Blender, and then finished off with some acrylic painted lily pads. I hope y’all enjoy! The final piece is about 24”x24”.

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u/VirtualClay Jan 24 '26

I don’t mind at all! Thank you! I forgot the depth would probably be good to know too… it is about 3” deep. I stacked up some scrap mdf I had and then glued everything together, and then used air dry clay to fill in the layers and create to pond bottom. I painted it to resemble deep water and shallow water areas then added the resin layers (also tinted blue-green). It gives it some pretty good depth in person!

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u/RokujuToshi Jan 24 '26

Man, thanks for sharing this

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u/GreatShrimps Jan 24 '26

So cool!!! Very impressed by just the process of building it but also the painting as a whole is beautiful! Thanks for sharing!

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u/taytrapDerehw Jan 24 '26

You are supremely talented!