Marble Paper With Liquid Starch

For best results allow the marble paper to dry overnight.

Marble paper with liquid starch.

See recipe to make homemade liquid starch above how to water marble with acrylic paint. Place the paper painted side facing down onto the surface of the water in the tub to remove the starch. We made our own starchy medium with cornstarch and it was only partially effective but apparently you can use liquid starch to marble paper easily as the starch keeps the paint near the surface. Let the paper dry overnight or speed drying with a blow dryer.

This is a marbling technique for kids that i ve always wanted to try and sorta did and sorta didn t. 4 how to marble paper with liquid starch. Fill the other tray with water. In one tray mix a starch bath with 4 cups liquid starch and 1 tsp.

Make a double recipe of liquid starch by dissolving 4 tbs. Corn starch in 1 2 cup cold water. Remove the paper from the water bath and place it painted side facing up on newspaper to dry. Trays should be larger than paper in cups dilute 2 parts of each paint color in 3 parts water.

Hold the paper over the starch while the excess drips off. Then lower your paper into the starch with the alum treated side down. Mark one side of your watercolor paper with an a and use a sponge brush to apply alum solution evenly to that side of the paper. Bring 6 cups water to a boil in a sauce pan.

You can also switch out the water and use the liquid starch instead.