Marble Painting On Fabric

Fabric to marble you can use these white bandanas since the edges are already finished.

Marble painting on fabric.

You can find it here. Slowly drip the paint into your liquid starch mixture. 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. I used a stick to create patterns in this one.

It works well on a rainy day when kids can t play outside and also with people who have special needs. You should be going for a milky look to your paint. To water down your paint a bit add equal parts water to your acrylic paint and mix with a wooden skewer. Here are the designs i created.

Marbling is the process of floating fabric paints on the surface of a thick cellulose solution called size somewhat like oil on water. Adding fabric paint to your marble painting. How to water marble with acrylic paint. I was browsing pinterest one day and came across instructions on how to dye paper to create a marbled effect.

Marbled fabric has a large colorless blotch an air bubble was trapped between the paint and fabric when it was lowered. Prepare your fabric the day before before you marble the fabric it needs to be soaked in alum. Marbled fabric has a subtle break in the pattern a hesitation line caused by a lack of fluidity in lowering fabric. I splattered paint on the marbling medium to create this marbled fabric.

The floating paints are swirled into patterns. 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. This technique is simple yet adds an interesting layer to the marbled fabric design. Designs created from marbling with acrylic paint on fabric.

Marbled fabric has a thin colorless line a string was probably stuck to the fabric preventing paint contact. Just be sure your container is large enough to hold them lots of old newspaper. If you add too much water and you will lose the vibrant colors. This will help the paint to adhere to the fabric.

The remaining paint can be scooped from the surface of the medium with strips of newspaper allowing you to marble the next piece. Step 08 rinse the fabric in cool water being careful not to wring or twist the fabric. A project perfect for all ages and abilities marble painting is a quick and easy craft everyone is sure to enjoy. The paper looked gorgeous and i was curious to see whether the same technique could be applied to fabric.