Water Marbling With Oil Paint

Before we got started we made a comb by taping toothpicks into a small strip of card stock.

Water marbling with oil paint.

The paints we tried are oil based so this was. Creative learning for kids. Lay out your paper over your work surface to project from paint. Marbling with oil marbling with oil.

Wear disposable gloves this was a must in keeping messes to a minimum as oil based paints. Add oil color mixture to water. Basic supplies step 1. You should be going for a milky look to your paint.

Pour an inch of water give or take into a shallow pie pan or baking dish. If you add too much water and you will lose the vibrant colors. Mix oil and color. Using the wooden skewer.

Add some water to your shallow pan about halfway through. Then we just poured the paints on top of the water. Pour a small amount of vegetable oil into a dish and add food coloring. Slowly drip the paint into your liquid starch mixture.

Sometimes we did little drops. Then you can dip your object into the paint and create something beautiful in minutes. Add watercolor paints to your clear plastic cups. 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. Marbling with oil and food coloring step 1. 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. Dilute with some warm water to make it more fluid to pick up with your droppers.

Generally when the activity of painting comes to mind we think of paintbrushes. How to water marble with acrylic paint. Put a few drops of either watercolor or food coloring. 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.

In one cup add some vegetable oil.