Marbled watercolor and oil painting with kids materials.
Marbling with watercolor paint.
Read more below to see how it went and our tips and tricks for keeping this colorful art activity fun with minimal mess yes this can get messy.
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.
Ancient method of decorating paper.
The colors of the historical natural palette are subtle but pleasing.
Examples do exist of cloth marbled with watercolor paints notably the cover of charles woolnaugh s 1853 book the art of marbling.
Historically all water based marbling was accomplished with watercolor or gouache paints formulated from natural pigments and binders.
Easy diy paper marbling at home materials.
Watercolor paper was the perfect thickness and absorbed the inks beautifully.