Paper That Is Good For Chalk Marbling
Pull the paper off the water and tadah.
Paper that is good for chalk marbling. Another really easy way to do paper marbling is using shaving cream and food coloring. Each color is thinned to a good consistency and mixed with the appropriate amount of surfactant. Marbling is easy to pick up and good fun if you don t mind getting a little bit messy but when you strive for professional results you really need to be taught by the pros. Use a craft stick to scrape off the shaving cream that is stuck to the paper.
Lakes are prepared for marbling just like any other watercolor pigment. Use at least 2 or 3 different colors for the best effect. Let it sit for about 30 seconds. Drop the paper on the chalk.
Scrape some chalk dust over the water so that the dust floats in the water. Stir with an old comb or whatever you have to get a nice design. With a pencil skewer or toothpick make swirls or patterns in the chalk on top of the water. 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.
Dries in a jiffy about half an hours. There are a number of books i have read over the years that have helped me become more competent in paper marbling some of which have gone out of publishing but many of. This episode shows you two very easy methods. Return this excess shaving cream to the plate.
Press lightly and lift gently. Dries in a jiffy about half an hours. Drop the paper on the chalk. There are so many different methods to marble paper.
Starting with a corner lift the paper off of the shaving cream and place it cream side up on the table. You can also use colored construction paper depending on the colors of chalk you use. The mordanted paper absorbs the marbled print a bit more quickly with a slightly sharper quality but this shows that pre mordanted paper is not a requirement. You can also use colored construction paper depending on the colors of chalk you use.
Stir with an old comb or whatever you have to get a nice design. Let it sit for about 30 seconds. You don t want chunks of chalk you want fine powder. The process is broken up in easy steps so everyone can hav.
You should now have a beautiful marbleized piece of paper.