Marbling With Watercolor Paint
The colors of the historical natural palette are subtle but pleasing.
Marbling with watercolor paint. Historically all water based marbling was accomplished with watercolor or gouache paints formulated from natural pigments and binders. Watercolor paper was the perfect thickness and absorbed the inks beautifully. Examples do exist of cloth marbled with watercolor paints notably the cover of charles woolnaugh s 1853 book the art of marbling. Easy diy paper marbling at home materials.
Watercolor paint watercolor paper we cut these sheets in half pipettes or droppers oil we used vegetable oil you ll also need a tray to contain spills plastic cups butcher paper or cloth to lay your paintings on and paper towels. The main basic supplies needed when doing acrylic paint marbling are below. Wood pieces ornaments gift tags. Ancient method of decorating paper.