Marbling With Oil Based Paint

We decided to try these an oil based paints for marbling which we chose for their bright array of colors.

Marbling with oil based paint.

To water down your paint a bit add equal parts water to your acrylic paint and mix with a wooden skewer. How to oil paint marbling design marble design with oil paint marbling with oil based color ideas ceilingdesign marblingdesign oilbasedcolorideas dosto. Turpentine easily found at a hardware store. Big plastic bin to float the paint in small containers to mix paint colors and.

The end result is very effective however the necessary materials are not usually close at hand and cleaning up can pose some problems. Watercolor pape r was the perfect thickness and absorbed the inks beautifully. Oil paint colors cheap oil paints should work just fine we used the m. Oil paint the oil paint method of marbling is a bit more labor intensive but it allows you to create totally customized colors.

The word on the internet was that you could create a fun marble effect on all kinds of things using a tub of water and some spray paint. Since spray paint is oil based the paint floats on water. How to water marble with acrylic paint. We also tried using watercolor and traditional japanese marbling paper made of mulberry fibers but we found that the japanese paper tore easily and was too thin.

Marbling with powder paint is easy and economical. In this video i attempt to mix oil and water based paint to see what happens and find out if you can even use it. You should be going for a milky look to your paint. Graham paints we had on hand.

If you add too much water and you will lose the vibrant colors. Mix a small amount of cooking oil with some powder paint.