Marbling With Starch

You will also need to add textile medium to the acrylic paint solution.

Marbling with starch.

Paper marbling with liquid starch. You most likely have all the ingredients right at home you need for this marbling technique. How to make marbleized paper. Water molecules like to stick together a property which scientists call surface tension.

We used liquid starch and acrylic paints to marble our own paper. You will want to continue with the same or similar colors. One with liquid starch made from cornstarch and tempera paint and another with a marbling kit. Fyi i used it as a reference on a recent paper marbling tutorial i.

See recipe to make homemade liquid starch above. Both worked well but look very different. The starch should be 1 to 2 inches deep in your pan. Drop paint one color on top of another consecutively.

We couldn t get enough. One pan of starch will yield numerous pieces of fabric. Then lower your paper into the starch with the alum treated side down. Add more paint and continue to marble more fabric.

Iron out any wrinkles do not use spray starch. This post even has. Some paint will sink to the bottom do not worry. Gently drop acrylic paint on the surface of the starch.

To marble paper start by mixing alum and warm water and wiping the solution over your sheet of paper with a sponge. The science behind the fun. Cool marbling techniques and projects for kids. Pour 2 cups of liquid starch in the pan then add 1 2 tsp alum stirring until mixed.

Paper marbling with shaving cream from handmade kids art. I continue marbling fabric until the starch solution is no longer deep enough to support paint. Next pour liquid starch into a tray and add drops of paint to the starch to create your design. Some colors work others don t.

Wood for even coverage and true color it s best to base coat un finished wood surfaces with white acrylic paint and allow plenty of time to dry before marbling. Marble fabric when dry. Marble in cool low moisture environments for best results. Drop paint then create lines with a stylus.

Starch can last for months.