Water Marbling With Oil Paint

Add some water to your shallow pan about halfway through.

Water marbling with oil paint. Pour oil into little bowls it does not take much. In one cup add some vegetable oil. Generally when the activity of painting comes to mind we think of paintbrushes. Basic supplies step 1.

Add watercolor paints to your clear plastic cups. Slowly drip the paint into your liquid starch mixture. Pour a small amount of vegetable oil into a dish and add food coloring. Marbling with oil marbling with oil.

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. The paints we tried are oil based so this was. Dilute with some warm water to make it more fluid to pick up with your droppers. Since spray paint is oil based the paint floats on water.

Using the wooden skewer. If you add too much water and you will lose the vibrant colors. How to water marble with acrylic paint. Before we got started we made a comb by taping toothpicks into a small strip of card stock.

Lay out your paper over your work surface to project from paint. Creative learning for kids. Sometimes we did little drops. Put a few drops of either watercolor or food coloring.

The oil paint method of marbling is a bit more labor intensive but it allows you to create totally customized colors. Once we were. You should be going for a milky look to your paint. Then you can dip your object into the paint and create something beautiful in minutes.

Wear disposable gloves this was a must in keeping messes to a minimum as oil based paints. Pour an inch of water give or take into a shallow pie pan or baking dish. To water down your paint a bit add equal parts water to your acrylic paint and mix with a wooden skewer. 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.

Mix oil and color.