Paper Marbling With Vegetable Oil

The paints we tried are oil based so this was very important.

Paper marbling with vegetable oil. Where there are oil bubbles the water based food coloring won t stick to the paper. Put a few drops of either watercolor or food coloring in each bowl. Vegetable oil we also experimented with baby oil little bowls for individual colors. The first time we worked on this we did it outside.

Press lightly and lift gently. If your first attempts at marbling paper don t work out quite as well as you d hoped don t despair. Spoons for stirring mixing the colors. Here s how to use the oil marbling technique.

Dilute with some warm water to make it more fluid to pick up with your droppers. Repeat these steps for multiple colors my kids decided to use purple pink blue green and yellow food coloring. Then add 1 teaspoon of food coloring into the same dish. Put about 1 2 tablespoon of cooking oil into a small bowl.

A second tray or bucket larger than your paper filled with water. Alum is a mordant meaning it causes color to set on the paper. Pour oil into little bowls it does not take much. Place these on a tray to contain any spills.

Lay out your paper over your work surface to project from paint. All you need is some vegetable oil some liquid food coloring a shallow tray or dish and some decently heavy paper. Like most crafting methods practice makes perfect. Materials vegetable oil food coloring or liquid watercolors watercolor paper or cardstock cut into quarters droppers optional dishes and utensils pie pan or baking dish small cups or bowls forks spoons baby oil or mineral oil may work just as well but we used vegetable oil.

Tips for marbling paper. We also used some little condiment cups with lids to mix our oil and food coloring but you could use any container with a lid. But it was a long fun day. In anticipation for this visit we made lists of possible crafts and paper marbling appeared on both lists.

Remove the paper and set aside to dry. Without it the marbling will be faint and blurry. We d seen several methods but we had almost all the supplies to marble with oil paints so we decided to try that out first. You ll see some of the oil seep through the paper.

Beat it hard with a fork until well blended. Wear disposable gloves this was a must in keeping messes to a minimum as oil based paints do not come off easily. Take a piece of white paper and lay it on the shaving cream. In one cup add some vegetable oil.

Lay down newspaper over a large work table and the floor around it. Drop paint on the paper and then drops of oil over the paint. One tray larger than your paper with raised edges. Having the best oil paints can make creating these easier.

Stir vigorously to be sure oil and color are mixed well as they can be. Lay down some butcher paper or a cloth over your table and have your watercolor paper ready. For detailed instructions check out juggling with kids. You cover a baking sheet in shaving cream then add drops of food coloring and use a toothpick or a knife to create a marbled look.

Here are some. Step 1 set up your workspace. Add some water to your shallow pan about halfway through.