Water Marbling With Oil Paint

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

Water marbling with oil paint.

Basic supplies step 1. Dilute with some warm water to make it more fluid to pick up with your droppers. Pour an inch of water give or take into a shallow pie pan or baking dish. Add watercolor paints to your clear plastic cups.

Before we got started we made a comb by taping toothpicks into a small strip of card stock. Then we just poured the paints on top of the water. Put a few drops of either watercolor or food coloring. Add some water to your shallow pan about halfway through.

Add oil color mixture to water. The paints we tried are oil based so this was. Generally when the activity of painting comes to mind we think of paintbrushes. If you add too much water and you will lose the vibrant colors.

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. Marbling with oil marbling with oil. Wear disposable gloves this was a must in keeping messes to a minimum as oil based paints. Once we were.

Slowly drip the paint into your liquid starch mixture. Sometimes we did little drops. Pour oil into little bowls it does not take much. In one cup add some vegetable oil.

The oil paint method of marbling is a bit more labor intensive but it allows you to create totally customized colors. 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. Marbling with oil and food coloring step 1. Pour a small amount of vegetable oil into a dish and add food coloring.

Then you can dip your object into the paint and create something beautiful in minutes. Since spray paint is oil based the paint floats on water. Mix oil and color. Creative learning for kids.

You should be going for a milky look to your paint.