a painting of a man sitting at a table looking at a book

Prompt 1: a man in a lab coat mixing ingredients in a beaker. he then pours the mixture into a flask and adds a powder. he stirs the mixture and pours it into a small beaker. the man then pours the beaker into a small test tube and adds a drop of liquid to it. he then puts the test tube into a machine and watches as it spits out a small amount of the substance.

Prompt 2: a man in a lab coat mixing ingredients in a beaker. he then pours the mixture into a flask and adds more ingredients to it. the man then uses a thermometer to measure the temperature of the mixture.