Water Marbling Cloth

Add water to the size then re apply paints.

Water marbling cloth.

Then you capture your design with fabric or paper. Removing bubbles from marbling medium. Reserve alum mixture in bin to use over several days. Examples do exist of cloth marbled with watercolor paints notably the cover of charles woolnaugh s 1853 book the art of marbling.

Fill a tub with marbling medium and remove bubbles from the medium using folded newsprint. Stir thoroughly to dissolve the crystals. Step by step instructions for marbling with acrylic paint on fabric. Swish fabric to make sure the material is saturated.

Wear disposable gloves while treating and marbling the fabric. Add more paint and do another piece of fabric. Make enough solution to cover your fabrics. To water down your paint a bit add equal parts water to your acrylic paint and mix with a wooden skewer.

Carefully pull the fabric out of the mixture and place it on newspaper to dry. Soak leather or prewashed fabric in mixture for 20 minutes or brush onto paper. Add the fabric to the bucket. I love exploring colors water marbling and acrylic pouring are 2 ways for me to change medium and becoming a better artist.

The marbling base is too thick. I am doing a series of videos about water marbling using the exact same. How to water marble with acrylic paint. To do this mix one quart of hot water with three tablespoons of alum and soak the cloth for twenty minutes.

There was too much time spent between making the pattern and putting the fabric in the paint mixture. Allow the solution to cool. Thin the colors with water then test. If you add too much water and you will lose the vibrant colors.

Hand marbled book cloth was produced beginning in the 1830s as a durable inexpensive alternative to leather. The marbling colors might be too thick. Hang it out to dry well before you start the marbling process. In the large tray or tin create the marbling mix by mixing one tablespoon of ammonia with four tablespoons of methocel in tepid water.

Mix 3 tablespoons of alum per quart of hot water in one of the buckets. The floating paints are swirled into patterns. Slowly drip the paint into your liquid starch mixture. It is that easy and a great project for kids small parties and classes.

You should be going for a milky look to your paint. Marbling is the process of floating paints on the surface of a thick cellulose solution called size somewhat like oil on water. Drop different colors of acrylic paint onto the marbling medium some paints move faster than others.