Marbling With Watercolor Paint

Water or liquid starch wooden skewer disposable containers acrylic paints 4 disposable plastic cups thick paper like card stock or watercolor paper other items you could marble.

Marbling with watercolor paint.

Watercolor paint watercolor paper we cut these sheets in half pipettes or droppers oil we used vegetable oil you ll also need a tray to contain spills plastic cups butcher paper or cloth to lay your paintings on and paper towels. Examples do exist of cloth marbled with watercolor paints notably the cover of charles woolnaugh s 1853 book the art of marbling. Ancient method of decorating paper. Marbled watercolor and oil painting with kids materials.

Watercolor paper was the perfect thickness and absorbed the inks beautifully. Historically all water based marbling was accomplished with watercolor or gouache paints formulated from natural pigments and binders. Wood pieces ornaments gift tags. The main basic supplies needed when doing acrylic paint marbling are below.