Marble Painting On Fabric

Marbled fabric has a large colorless blotch an air bubble was trapped between the paint and fabric when it was lowered.

Marble painting on fabric.

I used a stick to create patterns in this one. You should be going for a milky look to your paint. This technique is simple yet adds an interesting layer to the marbled fabric design. It works well on a rainy day when kids can t play outside and also with people who have special needs.

I have done this craft with seniors adults with special needs and children ages five to 13. If you add too much water and you will lose the vibrant colors. A project perfect for all ages and abilities marble painting is a quick and easy craft everyone is sure to enjoy. This will help the paint to adhere to the fabric.

Slowly drip the paint into your liquid starch mixture. No agitation to the paint drops here i just picked up the paint as is. I was browsing pinterest one day and came across instructions on how to dye paper to create a marbled effect. Prepare your fabric the day before before you marble the fabric it needs to be soaked in alum.

Designs created from marbling with acrylic paint on fabric. I splattered paint on the marbling medium to create this marbled fabric. Fabric to marble you can use these white bandanas since the edges are already finished. Marbled fabric has a thin colorless line a string was probably stuck to the fabric preventing paint contact.

Marbled fabric has a subtle break in the pattern a hesitation line caused by a lack of fluidity in lowering fabric. To enhance your marbled fabric or to add a little more interest to a not so favorite design try adding the lumiere fabric paints in splatters and splashes with a paint brush. Adding fabric paint to your marble painting. Marbling is the process of floating fabric paints on the surface of a thick cellulose solution called size somewhat like oil on water.

You can find it here. How to water marble with acrylic paint. Just be sure your container is large enough to hold them lots of old newspaper. To water down your paint a bit add equal parts water to your acrylic paint and mix with a wooden skewer.

The remaining paint can be scooped from the surface of the medium with strips of newspaper allowing you to marble the next piece. The paper looked gorgeous and i was curious to see whether the same technique could be applied to fabric. The floating paints are swirled into patterns. Here are the designs i created.