Water Marbling Cloth

Removing bubbles from marbling medium.

Water marbling cloth.

To do this mix one quart of hot water with three tablespoons of alum and soak the cloth for twenty minutes. In the large tray or tin create the marbling mix by mixing one tablespoon of ammonia with four tablespoons of methocel in tepid water. You should be going for a milky look to your paint. To water down your paint a bit add equal parts water to your acrylic paint and mix with a wooden skewer.

Then you capture your design with fabric or paper. Drop different colors of acrylic paint onto the marbling medium some paints move faster than others. It is that easy and a great project for kids small parties and classes. Marbling is the process of floating paints on the surface of a thick cellulose solution called size somewhat like oil on water.

Slowly drip the paint into your liquid starch mixture. The marbling base is too thick. Stir thoroughly to dissolve the crystals. Allow the solution to cool.

The floating paints are swirled into patterns. Mix 3 tablespoons alum per quart of hot tap water in a bin. Step by step instructions for marbling with acrylic paint on fabric. Thin the colors with water then test.

I love exploring colors water marbling and acrylic pouring are 2 ways for me to change medium and becoming a better artist. Hand marbled book cloth was produced beginning in the 1830s as a durable inexpensive alternative to leather. You can use a sheet of newspaper to collect leftover paint from the. Reserve alum mixture in bin to use over several days.

Add the fabric to the bucket. How to water marble with acrylic paint. Hang it out to dry well before you start the marbling process. The most frequent.

Make enough solution to cover your fabrics. Add water to the size then re apply paints. There was too much time spent between making the pattern and putting the fabric in the paint mixture. I am doing a series of videos about water marbling using the exact same.

Carefully pull the fabric out of the mixture and place it on newspaper to dry. Wear disposable gloves while treating and marbling the fabric. Mix 3 tablespoons of alum per quart of hot water in one of the buckets. Soak leather or prewashed fabric in mixture for 20 minutes or brush onto paper.

If you add too much water and you will lose the vibrant colors. The marbling colors might be too thick. Examples do exist of cloth marbled with watercolor paints notably the cover of charles woolnaugh s 1853 book the art of marbling.