Marble Painting On Fabric

Just be sure your container is large enough to hold them lots of old newspaper.

Marble painting on fabric. A project perfect for all ages and abilities marble painting is a quick and easy craft everyone is sure to enjoy. Here are the designs i created. The paper looked gorgeous and i was curious to see whether the same technique could be applied to fabric. Prepare your fabric the day before before you marble the fabric it needs to be soaked in alum.

I splattered paint on the marbling medium to create this marbled fabric. No agitation to the paint drops here i just picked up the paint as is. Adding fabric paint to your marble painting. Marbled fabric has a large colorless blotch an air bubble was trapped between the paint and fabric when it was lowered.

Marbled fabric has a subtle break in the pattern a hesitation line caused by a lack of fluidity in lowering fabric. Fabric to marble you can use these white bandanas since the edges are already finished. 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 can find it here.

I was browsing pinterest one day and came across instructions on how to dye paper to create a marbled effect. I have done this craft with seniors adults with special needs and children ages five to 13. This will help the paint to adhere to the fabric. 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.

Step 08 rinse the fabric in cool water being careful not to wring or twist the fabric. Marbling is the process of floating fabric paints on the surface of a thick cellulose solution called size somewhat like oil on water. I used a stick to create patterns in this one. Marbled fabric has a thin colorless line a string was probably stuck to the fabric preventing paint contact.

If you add too much water and you will lose the vibrant colors. The floating paints are swirled into patterns. 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.

The remaining paint can be scooped from the surface of the medium with strips of newspaper allowing you to marble the next piece. This technique is simple yet adds an interesting layer to the marbled fabric design. A fun tutorial on how to marble farbic with acrylic paint this diy fabric marbling technique is a unique method and an awesome way to create cool patterns you can somewhat control and transfer to other surfaces. It works well on a rainy day when kids can t play outside and also with people who have special needs.