Marbling Paper With Liquid Starch

Paper marbling with liquid starch.

Marbling paper with liquid starch.

You most likely have all the ingredients right at home you need for this marbling technique. This post even has a video to help you along. Remove the paper from the water bath and place it painted side facing up on newspaper to dry. In one tray mix a starch bath with 4 cups liquid starch and 1 tsp.

4 how to marble paper with liquid starch. Fill the other tray with water. Place the paper painted side facing down onto the surface of the water in the tub to remove the starch. 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.

To make this fun and easy marbleized paper you will need. You can change up the size of the pan just keep the proportions of starch and alum the same. Let the paper dry overnight or speed drying with a blow dryer. Next pour liquid starch into a tray and add drops of paint to the starch to create your design.

I ve tried a number of different techniques for marbling paper but this one is my favorite. Then lower your paper into the starch with the alum treated side down. I start by pouring about an inch of liquid starch into an old 9 x12 pan. See recipe to make homemade liquid starch above how to water marble with acrylic paint.

To marble paper start by mixing alum and warm water and wiping the solution over your sheet of paper with a sponge. 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. Liquid starch is a much more dense liquid and will often allow for the paint to sit at the top allowing for you to dip an item into it for marbling. Paper marbling with shaving cream from handmade kids art.

You can also switch out the water and use the liquid starch instead. It s cheap easy and relatively not messy. Hold the paper over the starch while the excess drips off. We used liquid starch and acrylic paints to marble our own paper.

Corn starch in 1 2 cup cold water. Make a double recipe of liquid starch by dissolving 4 tbs. Trays should be larger than paper in cups dilute 2 parts of each paint color in 3 parts water. Bring 6 cups water to a boil in a sauce pan.

This is a marbling technique for kids that i ve always wanted to try and sorta did and sorta didn t.