Marbling With Acrylic Paint Dish Soap

I followed gorgeous shiny things instructions to a t with a few exceptions.

Marbling with acrylic paint dish soap. In maker space we tried out a brand new paint marbling project using wood and were thrilled by the response it received. Instead of buying white and gray glazes i used the leftover white paint i had from my banquette project and some gray paint i had stashed in a cabinet. Make sure the type of paint is acrylic paint if you use tempera or poster paint instead these will wash right off. How much paint you use depends on the size of the bottle.

We did this outside i don t recommend using your kitchen sink finished artwork just a couple of troubleshooting tips. 3 ways to create cells without silicone which one works the best i m using dish soap by dawn for this acry. Here is the tricky step. Bucket or large bowl must have a capacity greater than one gallon acrylic paint.

First prep your paper. New acrylic pouring with dish soap experiment. The marbling process involves floating acrylic paint on top of a base of thickened water swirling and moving the paint into unique patterns then dipping in a piece of wood that will be stained with the pattern. In general 1 to 3 tablespoons 15 to 44 ml total will be plenty.

Use a spray hose to completely rinse off the dish soap. Keep in mind that you can always add more paint to the bottle after the first layer dries. How to make marbled paper. Add 2 tablespoons of alum and mix well.

You want your paint to be extremely thin so in each shallow compartment i filled it 3 4 the way with water and to it i added 2 3 drops of paint and 1 small drop of dish soap. Pour 2 to 3 colors of acrylic craft paint into the bottle. I used one of those plastic paint trays with the small shallow areas for paint.