Marble Painting On Fabric

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.

Marble painting on fabric.

I splattered paint on the marbling medium to create this marbled fabric. 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. How to water marble with acrylic paint. You can find it here.

To water down your paint a bit add equal parts water to your acrylic paint and mix with a wooden skewer. The paper looked gorgeous and i was curious to see whether the same technique could be applied to fabric. The remaining paint can be scooped from the surface of the medium with strips of newspaper allowing you to marble the next piece. The floating paints are swirled into patterns.

No agitation to the paint drops here i just picked up the paint as is. It works well on a rainy day when kids can t play outside and also with people who have special needs. Marbled fabric has a thin colorless line a string was probably stuck to the fabric preventing paint contact. If you add too much water and you will lose the vibrant colors.

Just be sure your container is large enough to hold them lots of old newspaper. Fabric to marble you can use these white bandanas since the edges are already finished. I was browsing pinterest one day and came across instructions on how to dye paper to create a marbled effect. Slowly drip the paint into your liquid starch mixture.

Designs created from marbling with acrylic paint on fabric. Marbled fabric has a large colorless blotch an air bubble was trapped between the paint and fabric when it was lowered. I used a stick to create patterns in this one. This technique is simple yet adds an interesting layer to the marbled fabric design.

This will help the paint to adhere to the fabric. I have done this craft with seniors adults with special needs and children ages five to 13. You should be going for a milky look to your paint. Prepare your fabric the day before before you marble the fabric it needs to be soaked in alum.

Here are the designs i created. A project perfect for all ages and abilities marble painting is a quick and easy craft everyone is sure to enjoy. Marbled fabric has a subtle break in the pattern a hesitation line caused by a lack of fluidity in lowering fabric. A fun tutorial on how to marble farbic with acrylic paint this diy fabric marbling technique is a unique method and an awesome way to create cool patterns you can somewhat control and transfer to other surfaces.