Marbling With Oil Paint

Place another sheet over your finished watercolor and oil painting to absorb the extra paint and oil and create beautiful marbled effects.

Marbling with oil paint.

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Marbling with oil and food coloring since oil and water repel rather than mix the oil marbling technique creates bubbles of color and white spots. Put a few drops of either watercolor or food coloring in each bowl. The paper is pre treated with a mixture of alum 1 cup desolved in a gallon of water which works as a mordant so the paint will stick to the paper. One good video about the marbling art on water.

Oil paint colors cheap oil paints should work just fine we used the m. If you add too much water and you will lose the vibrant colors. Big plastic bin to float the paint in small containers to mix paint colors and. 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.

Drop paint on the paper and then drops of oil over the paint. The alum treated side of the paper is laid over the paint and lifts it off the bath when it is removed. To water down your paint a bit add equal parts water to your acrylic paint and mix with a wooden skewer. Oil paint the oil paint method of marbling is a bit more labor intensive but it allows you to create totally customized colors.

Add some water to your shallow pan about halfway through. The paints we tried are oil based so this was very important. Stir vigorously to be sure oil and color are mixed well as they can be. Turpentine easily found at a hardware store.

Lay out your paper over your work surface to project from paint. You should be going for a milky look to your paint. Create fun patterns and let kids decide what colors and and shapes they want.