Easy diy paper marbling at home materials.
Marbling with watercolours.
Watercolor marble by taheerah atchia.
The process is fascinating and really easy.
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.
Marbled watercolor and oil painting with kids materials.
One of the designs we made was marbling using shaving cream.
Thick white cardstock or watercolour paper ellen hutson letterpress cardstock used here water based dye inks distress inks in shades of green and grey used here.
Examples do exist of cloth marbled with watercolor paints notably the cover of charles woolnaugh s 1853 book the art of marbling.
Use watercolors to create a marbled background effect.
Read more below to see how it went and our tips and tricks for keeping this colorful art activity fun with minimal mess yes this can get messy.
Ancient method of decorating paper.
The colors of the historical natural palette are subtle but pleasing.
I used fabriano watercolor paper 90lb weight heres a photo from the internet of what it looks like when you do it.
Oil and water don t mix together so it is intriguing to see what happens when we mix them with watercolors.
There are other creative ways to make beautiful pictures which the younger crowd is particularly impressed with.
Generally when the activity of painting comes to mind we think of paintbrushes.
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.