Water Marbling With Oil Paint

Dilute with some warm water to make it more fluid to pick up with your droppers.

Water marbling with oil paint.

Pour an inch of water give or take into a shallow pie pan or baking dish. How to water marble with acrylic paint. Put a few drops of either watercolor or food coloring. Using the wooden skewer.

The oil paint method of marbling is a bit more labor intensive but it allows you to create totally customized colors. Pour oil into little bowls it does not take much. Once we were. Before we got started we made a comb by taping toothpicks into a small strip of card stock.

And because the paint is oil based there s less risk of the pigment sinking to the bottom of your water bath oil and water you know. Basic supplies step 1. Marbling with oil and food coloring step 1. Mix oil and color.

Marbling with oil marbling with oil. If you add too much water and you will lose the vibrant colors. Add some water to your shallow pan about halfway through. To water down your paint a bit add equal parts water to your acrylic paint and mix with a wooden skewer.

Add oil color mixture to water. The paints we tried are oil based so this was. Add watercolor paints to your clear plastic cups. Creative learning for kids.

Then you can dip your object into the paint and create something beautiful in minutes. In one cup add some vegetable oil. Generally when the activity of painting comes to mind we think of paintbrushes. Wear disposable gloves this was a must in keeping messes to a minimum as oil based paints.

Pour a small amount of vegetable oil into a dish and add food coloring. Then we just poured the paints on top of the water. Lay out your paper over your work surface to project from paint. Since spray paint is oil based the paint floats on water.

The word on the internet was that you could create a fun marble effect on all kinds of things using a tub of water and some spray paint.