Water Marbled Paper

A watertight tray is filled with a substance that will hold the ink on the surface.

Water marbled paper.

If you decide to do this with your kids choose the shaving cream and food color method as it is. Pour the liquid into an empty pan. Mix the marbleizing solution in a bowl combine 1 2 cup of methyl cellulose with 4 quarts cold water whisking to incorporate powder. Make sure the paper.

When the mixture is free of lumps let it sit about an hour stirring at 15 minute intervals until it is syrupy. Using a number of simple tools combs complex and evocative compositions can be created. A second tray or bucket larger than your paper filled with water. Step 1 set up your workspace.

The patterns are the result of color floated on either plain water or a viscous solution known as size and then carefully transferred to an absorbent surface such as paper or fabric. Set aside on top of your parchment paper or newspaper to dry. A clothesline or drying rackstep 2 mix alum and warm water optional. To make enough alum for several dozen sheets of paper stir 1 tbsp.

Depending on what kind of paint you use it may be necessary to add something to thicken the water. Lay down newspaper over a large work table and the floor around it. Add a few drops of ink at various parts of the water. This art form allows you to design and create decorations from oil paints floating on water.

You should also opt for an uncoated paper coated papers won t absorb any pigment. The best paper for marbleizing is thick enough to be absorbent while standing up to the water bath but not so thick that it s inflexible. It is creative and easy so they can participate and get engaged. Add your watercolor paper down on the water rough end we cut our paper to a size that fit our pan fully submerging to capture all the paint onto the paper.

One tray larger than your paper with raised edges. Water will do this but to control the marbling effectively something more viscous. As you can tell from our video below the paint dries almost immediately onto the paper. Then take the non brush end of the paint brush to push the inks around the water in a pattern.

If it s too thick the paper will push away the pigment when you gently lay your sheet onto the pigmented water. Making marbled paper is a great activity for you to do with your kids. Alum is a mordant meaning it causes color to set on the paper. Remove and pat dry with a paper towel.

Arzanàrt is an artistic workshop that produces handmade venetian marbled paper. Step 3 carefully place your paper on the surface of the water. Without it the marbling will be faint and blurry. To put it simply water marbling is the process of floating layers of color on the surface of water then applying something in this case paper to absorb that color along with its unique pattern.