Water Marbling On Rocks

Make sure your bowl is deep enough and you have enough water to completely submerge your rock.

Water marbling on rocks.

Add one drop of your first color into the bowl. There are a few tricks to making sure your water marble goes well. Here they are sprinkled into this step by step guide. 2 put normal water in the cup 22 24 degrees centigrade too warm or too cold water will dry your nail polish faster and won t give you time to draw the design.

Fill a bowl with cold water. Use a 200ml disposable paper cup. The main difference is that rocks are porous so you ll want to seal with a varnish if you want your paint to stay vibrant and not smear. Then add another drop of a different color to the center of the first color.

We used the same japanese marbling paints we had on hand and process of swirling the colors with a skewer or toothpicks then dipping our rocks in and patting them lightly with a paper towel and letting them dry.