Marble Paper With Liquid Starch

Remove the paper from the water bath and place it painted side facing up on newspaper to dry.

Marble paper with liquid starch.

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. This is a marbling technique for kids that i ve always wanted to try and sorta did and sorta didn t. Hold the paper over the starch while the excess drips off.

Place the paper painted side facing down onto the surface of the water in the tub to remove the starch. Corn starch in 1 2 cup cold water. 4 how to marble paper with liquid starch. Make a double recipe of liquid starch by dissolving 4 tbs.

Bring 6 cups water to a boil in a sauce pan. 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. Let the paper dry overnight or speed drying with a blow dryer. Then lower your paper into the starch with the alum treated side down.

For best results allow the marble paper to dry overnight. 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. Fill the other tray with water. 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.

Next pour liquid starch into a tray and add drops of paint to the starch to create your design.