Marble Painting On Fabric

If you add too much water and you will lose the vibrant colors.

Marble painting on fabric.

I was browsing pinterest one day and came across instructions on how to dye paper to create a marbled effect. Here are the designs i created. Marbled fabric has a thin colorless line a string was probably stuck to the fabric preventing paint contact. It works well on a rainy day when kids can t play outside and also with people who have special needs.

The floating paints are swirled into patterns. I splattered paint on the marbling medium to create this marbled fabric. I used a stick to create patterns in this one. How to water marble with acrylic paint.

Step 08 rinse the fabric in cool water being careful not to wring or twist the fabric. Designs created from marbling with acrylic paint on fabric. The remaining paint can be scooped from the surface of the medium with strips of newspaper allowing you to marble the next piece. Marbled fabric has a large colorless blotch an air bubble was trapped between the paint and fabric when it was lowered.

Just be sure your container is large enough to hold them lots of old newspaper. No agitation to the paint drops here i just picked up the paint as is. Then you capture your design by laying a treated piece of fabric or paper down on top of the paint to transfer the swirls to the fabric. You can find it here.

To enhance your marbled fabric or to add a little more interest to a not so favorite design try adding the lumiere fabric paints in splatters and splashes with a paint brush. You should be going for a milky look to your paint. To water down your paint a bit add equal parts water to your acrylic paint and mix with a wooden skewer. Slowly drip the paint into your liquid starch mixture.

Adding fabric paint to your marble painting. Marbling is the process of floating fabric paints on the surface of a thick cellulose solution called size somewhat like oil on water. I have done this craft with seniors adults with special needs and children ages five to 13. This technique is simple yet adds an interesting layer to the marbled fabric design.

A project perfect for all ages and abilities marble painting is a quick and easy craft everyone is sure to enjoy. Prepare your fabric the day before before you marble the fabric it needs to be soaked in alum. Fabric to marble you can use these white bandanas since the edges are already finished. This will help the paint to adhere to the fabric.