Marbling Paint On Wood

Blend out fine veins.

Marbling paint on wood.

Wood pieces ornaments gift tags. When you re applying a marble. Start with your plain wood panel and protect your work surface well. Use a dry blending brush to smooth out the fine veins.

The main basic supplies needed when doing acrylic paint marbling are below. Repeat this step at least two times and add in some white veins to create highlighted areas. The marbling process involves floating acrylic paint on top of a base of thickened water swirling and moving the paint into unique patterns then dipping in a piece of wood that will be stained with the pattern. Marble panels and tabletops may be outside your budget but a little faux painting can transform pedestrian wood to luxurious veined stone.

How to marbleize wood. Then mix your paint in disposable cups. First you will need to marble the wood panel. For this i have an acrylic paint pouring technique that will give you a marbled look.

Water or liquid starch wooden skewer disposable containers acrylic paints 4 disposable plastic cups thick paper like card stock or watercolor paper other items you could marble. Sponging white back into the marble pattern is a secret weapon. This technique is messy so i use scrap cardboard to cover my table. How to draw marble.