Wood pieces ornaments gift tags.
Marbling with watercolor paint.
Watercolor paint watercolor paper we cut these sheets in half pipettes or droppers oil we used vegetable oil you ll also need a tray to contain spills plastic cups butcher paper or cloth to lay your paintings on and paper towels.
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.
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.
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.
Ancient method of decorating paper.
Watercolor paper was the perfect thickness and absorbed the inks beautifully.
Historically all water based marbling was accomplished with watercolor or gouache paints formulated from natural pigments and binders.