Finally i took a cue from my marbled drawer pulls and decided to frame some homemade marbled paper art.
Marble paper art project.
By leeann mckinney greetings crafty friends.
We used watercolour paper for our project today but we ve also used white card stock and regular printer paper.
Unfortunately most of the instructions i found online called for expensive dyes or paints something called alum and other specialized tools.
Then use your marbled paper for cards gift wrap or place it in a frame for one of a kind art.
When i originally brought milk painting to school as a science project my friend theresa suggested dipping paper in the milk to see if we could transfer the design and preserve it.
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This marbled paper craft is one i learned was when i was taking my art education class back in college.
I have a binder full of ideas and this is one i pulled out a while ago when we were making our marbled valentine hearts with shaving cream the kids had a blast the first time we did it and i wanted to make the cover for our kids art and activities binder for this school year.
Another great and outstanding marble project to bring marble effect to your modern spaces.
One of the most popular posts here on babble dabble do has been milk painting and i can see why the process makes really wild and beautiful designs.
In fact this is a great science project for the whole family.
Step by step instructions here abeautifulmess.
Here are some of my favorites that i can t wait to try with my little ones.
A few weeks ago lucy and i had our first experience marbling paper we both were so enthralled with the activity that we ended up.
I was watching youtube and came across this shaving cream ink marbling technique from ginak and just had to try it.
The more colour swirls you have in your shaving cream the more marbled your paper will turn out.
After seeing the excitement my daughter had when we recently marbled paper i searched high and low for other cool marbling projects for kids.
Suddenly my cheap art project was looking a lot more expensive.
This is a quick fun card style to make you can use any re inkers you have in your stash and mix match with plain colors and beautiful metallic tones.
When you re happy with how swirled your colours are grab your paper.
Just grab an absorbent paper and then marbleize it using different oil paints paint thinners and methylcellulose and after you paper marble painting is ready just frame it up for a graceful look and design.
A trip down the rabbit hole of google showed me that there are multiple ways to paper marble we ve tried shaving cream marbling with much success but i was looking specifically for how to recreate the art of japanese paper marbling at home which involves using water and ink to create vibrant prints.
