Paper Marbling With Acrylic Paint And Liquid Starch

To water down your paint a bit add equal parts water to your acrylic paint and mix with a wooden skewer.

Paper marbling with acrylic paint and liquid starch. For my facebook live this week wednesdays at 10am i did a demonstration of marbling paper with paint and liquid starch. 1 2 tsp alum helps paint adhere to the paper 2 cups liquid starch liquid acrylic paints a long wooden skewer a 9 x 13 pan and white copy paper cut to fit the inside your pan. You can change up the size of the pan just keep the proportions of starch and alum the same. For best results allow the marble paper to dry overnight.

Remove the paper from the water bath and place it painted side facing up on newspaper to dry. Liquid starch is a much more dense liquid and will often allow for the paint to sit at the top allowing for you to dip an item into it for marbling. See recipe to make homemade liquid starch above how to water marble with acrylic paint. Hold the paper over the starch while the excess drips off.

This is a great marbling technique for making lovely holiday crafts cards handmade gifts. Dec 22 2018 how to do paper marbling with acrylic paint and liquid starch. Place the paper painted side facing down onto the surface of the water in the tub to remove the starch. Marbling is one of our favorite art activities and one that we ve done many different.