Water Marbling Cloth

Soak leather or prewashed fabric in mixture for 20 minutes or brush onto paper.

Water marbling cloth.

Examples do exist of cloth marbled with watercolor paints notably the cover of charles woolnaugh s 1853 book the art of marbling. Removing bubbles from marbling medium. Mix 3 tablespoons of alum per quart of hot water in one of the buckets. Wear disposable gloves while treating and marbling the fabric.

Thin the colors with water then test. There was too much time spent between making the pattern and putting the fabric in the paint mixture. The floating paints are swirled into patterns. It is that easy and a great project for kids small parties and classes.

Mix 3 tablespoons alum per quart of hot tap water in a bin. 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. I am doing a series of videos about water marbling using the exact same.

Drop different colors of acrylic paint onto the marbling medium some paints move faster than others. In the large tray or tin create the marbling mix by mixing one tablespoon of ammonia with four tablespoons of methocel in tepid water. Allow the solution to cool. I love exploring colors water marbling and acrylic pouring are 2 ways for me to change medium and becoming a better artist.

Swish fabric to make sure the material is saturated. Stir thoroughly to dissolve the crystals. You should be going for a milky look to your paint. Reserve alum mixture in bin to use over several days.

Hand marbled book cloth was produced beginning in the 1830s as a durable inexpensive alternative to leather. How to water marble with acrylic paint. The marbling base is too thick. Add more paint and do another piece of fabric.

To do this mix one quart of hot water with three tablespoons of alum and soak the cloth for twenty minutes. Step by step instructions for marbling with acrylic paint on fabric. Add water to the size then re apply paints. Slowly drip the paint into your liquid starch mixture.

Then you capture your design with fabric or paper. Marbling is the process of floating paints on the surface of a thick cellulose solution called size somewhat like oil on water. If you add too much water and you will lose the vibrant colors. Carefully pull the fabric out of the mixture and place it on newspaper to dry.

Hang it out to dry well before you start the marbling process. Fill a tub with marbling medium and remove bubbles from the medium using folded newsprint. The marbling colors might be too thick.