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No, I just use acrylic paint. Some of the more traditional patterns like tiger eye and stormont require other chemicals, and don’t necessarily work well with acrylic paint. I focus just on combed patterns.

Mine too!

I don’t use ox gall. I just dilute acrylic paint with distilled water, that’s all. Not all acrylic paint works, you have to kind of hunt around for what works. I use Utrecht, lots of their colors work excellently.

Yes, for the first base layer it’s important for each drop to be inside the previous. Otherwise you end up with breaks in the final pattern where the colors never quite meet. For the first row up the middle I’m waiting for each drop to spread a little before I place the next one inside it. The two outside rows I can place more quickly since the first row has already spread out.

@rachelcampbell6147 thank you for the reply, I will try that tomorrow!

I mostly use Utrecht acrylic paint and mix my own colors from those.

You can mute the sound on a video, you know. Feel free to do so if you don’t like the music. There’s no other audio on the video so you won’t be missing anything. 🙂

Popping little bubbles or pushing any thing that might be floating on top under the surface so it doesn’t mess up the pattern.

Thanks!

I really loved using Texoprint, it was perfect for marbling! But it looks like they've stopped making it. Now I'm using Munising 30-pound paper that I get from marbleart.us . It's a little thicker than Texoprint, but it works just as well for marbling. I use Hahnemuhle Ingres too, and even mohawk text-weight paper when it's all I've had on hand. Really, just about any paper will work. But Munising (and Texoprint) is the best because it doesn't expend and cockle like other papers and you don't have to worry about it tearing when it's wet. I hang my papers to dry and sometimes the corners will rip off of the other paper if I forget to be careful! I'm so used to Munising which I've never had tear even when completely wet. Ideal for marbling! Highly recommend it.

@@rachelcampbell6147 Thank you so much for your detailed reply I appreciate it. I’m Uk based and tried to order some paper from Tala but they wanted $130 postage!! So I will see what I can get here

No, my paints are just diluted with distilled water, I don’t use any ox gall.

I’ve only gotten carrageenan from places selling it specifically for marbling, so I don’t know if there are significantly different varieties and if some wouldn’t work for marbling. I’ve gotten it from marbleart.us and talasonline.com. I think it’s around $50 for a pound. But that can last a while, depending on how often you’re marbling. I use 2-3 tablespoons per gallon I usually make up about 4 gallons to use in my tray for 2-3 days.

@@rachelcampbell6147 Thank you! :)

I got my tray from colophonbookarts.com

I don’t usually stop with the chevron pattern because there are so many cool patterns to make after it. But it’s nice sometimes to keep it simple and just enjoy the colors. ☺️

I listen to podcasts while I work but forgot my headphones that day so I had to mute the sound. 😆 I got my marbling tray at colophonbookarts.com I’ve been using it for years, great design!

Yeah, it keeps the empty surface of the bath from being pulled into the pattern by the combs and leaving gaps in the pattern.

I’m pulling the paint all the way to the edge of the tray and sort of sticking it to the sides. So the entire bath is covered with a solid layer of paint. If there is any bath that is not covered at the edges it will get pulled into the pattern by the combs and leave gaps in the pattern.

It’s a classic! And thanks! I have studio space again so hope to keep more videos coming. :)

A question if you don’t mind. What is the best paper to use? Thank- you