Marbling Paper With Liquid Starch

Paper marbling with shaving cream from handmade kids art.

Marbling paper with liquid starch.

You most likely have all the ingredients right at home you need for this marbling technique. Then lower your paper into the starch with the alum treated side down. 4 how to marble paper with liquid starch. I ve tried a number of different techniques for marbling paper but this one is my favorite.

This is a marbling technique for kids that i ve always wanted to try and sorta did and sorta didn t. We made our own starchy medium with cornstarch and it was only partially effective but apparently you can use liquid starch to marble paper easily as the starch keeps the paint near the surface. Make a double recipe of liquid starch by dissolving 4 tbs. Let the paper dry overnight or speed drying with a blow dryer.

To marble paper start by mixing alum and warm water and wiping the solution over your sheet of paper with a sponge. You can change up the size of the pan just keep the proportions of starch and alum the same. We used liquid starch and acrylic paints to marble our own paper. Trays should be larger than paper in cups dilute 2 parts of each paint color in 3 parts water.

Paper marbling with liquid starch. See recipe to make homemade liquid starch above how to water marble with acrylic paint. Mark one side of your watercolor paper with an a and use a sponge brush to apply alum solution evenly to that side of the paper. This post even has a video to help you along.

It s cheap easy and relatively not messy. Fill the other tray with water. Remove the paper from the water bath and place it painted side facing up on newspaper to dry. I start by pouring about an inch of liquid starch into an old 9 x12 pan.

1 2 tsp alum helps paint adhere to the paper 2 cups liquid starch liquid acrylic paints a long wooden skewer a 9 x 13 pan and white copy paper cut to fit the inside your pan. Bring 6 cups water to a boil in a sauce pan. Liquid starch is a much more dense liquid and will often allow for the paint to sit at the top allowing for you to dip an item into it for marbling. Hold the paper over the starch while the excess drips off.

In one tray mix a starch bath with 4 cups liquid starch and 1 tsp. Place the paper painted side facing down onto the surface of the water in the tub to remove the starch. To make this fun and easy marbleized paper you will need. You can also switch out the water and use the liquid starch instead.

Corn starch in 1 2 cup cold water.