Oil Spill Testing

I wanted to start with the oil spill shoot but needed to test what would be the best way to make fake oil. I managed to find one recipe online but involved ingredients I were unsure would work. So I contacted Green Peace and they gave me one they use when protesting.

Different Mixtures to try:
- Readymix paint and oil
- Readymix Paint on its own
- Molasses
-Oilpaint and Oil
-Readymix Paint and Oil Paint with oil

The readymix paint and oil didn't mix well together so caused patchiness.

Ready mix paint on its own was good, however it did dry and wasn't as shiny as the first picture.

Molasses was so thick! It was hard to blend out and wasn't the thin consistency of oil I was hoping for.

 This was oil paint and oil. This was closer to what I wanted but I didn't want the skin to show as much so thought about adding the ready mix paint underneath

Perfect!!! mixture of ready mix paint with the oil paint and oil over the top.