Marbling Paper Using Water And Paint

To marble paper you have to use dye or paint that floats on the water where it can be easily transferred to paper.

Marbling paper using water and paint.

Cut your cardstock down to size and lightly dip the front side of your paper into the paint water starch mixture. Simply pour water into a tray and gently touch. The best paper for marbleizing is thick enough to be absorbent while standing up to the water bath but not so thick that it s inflexible. Alternately you can make the liquid underneath more dense than the dye or paint to help the dye float.

Using the wooden skewer slightly run it through your paints to create a lovely marbled effect. Then use a toothpick or skewer to drag the paint in different directions creating a marbling effect. Remove and pat dry with a paper towel. We hang out paint draw and then we party ie.

This amazing art project can easily be replicated with materials you likely already have at home using these simple instructions. You should also opt for an uncoated paper coated papers won t absorb any pigment. One good video about the marbling art on water. There are numerous methods used for marbling papers among those techniques the easiest and cheapest is using shaving cream and acrylic paint.

This original video was created for you by http epsos de and there is an original digital signature in the. In anticipation for this visit we made lists of possible crafts and paper marbling appeared. Marbleizing is a process similar to dyeing easter. It can be used to make customized greeting cards invitation cards or they can be used as bookbinding book covers etc.

Whenever rachel and i get together there is always a lot of making. The marbling process involves floating acrylic paint on top of a base of thickened water swirling and moving the paint into unique patterns then dipping in a piece of wood that will be stained with the pattern. Add your watercolor paper down on the water rough end we cut our paper to a size that fit our pan fully submerging to capture all the paint onto the paper. Slowly drip the paint into your liquid starch mixture.

Be cautious to not to do this project near heat or fire as a shaving cream is highly inflammable and can catch fire in a second.