Marbling With Acrylic Paint Dish Soap

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Marbling with acrylic paint dish soap.

Here is the tricky step. Bucket or large bowl must have a capacity greater than one gallon acrylic paint. How to make marbled paper. You want your paint to be extremely thin so in each shallow compartment i filled it 3 4 the way with water and to it i added 2 3 drops of paint and 1 small drop of dish soap.

First prep your paper. I used one of those plastic paint trays with the small shallow areas for paint. We did this outside i don t recommend using your kitchen sink finished artwork just a couple of troubleshooting tips. In maker space we tried out a brand new paint marbling project using wood and were thrilled by the response it received.

Fill a spray bottle with warm water. Use a spray hose to completely rinse off the dish soap. How much paint you use depends on the size of the bottle. The marbling process involves floating acrylic paint on top of a base of thickened water swirling and moving the paint into unique patterns then dipping in a piece of wood that will be stained with the pattern.

New acrylic pouring with dish soap experiment. Keep in mind that you can always add more paint to the bottle after the first layer dries. Make sure the type of paint is acrylic paint if you use tempera or poster paint instead these will wash right off. I followed gorgeous shiny things instructions to a t with a few exceptions.

Pour 2 to 3 colors of acrylic craft paint into the bottle. In general 1 to 3 tablespoons 15 to 44 ml total will be plenty. Add 2 tablespoons of alum and mix well.