Lovely to see, thank you for posting. My father taught me how to marble on paper nearly seventy years ago just using the water bath and some old oil paint he had left over from various jobs. We practised on old newspapers first, then used brown paper bags from the greengrocer, then when I became accomplished with that, some wallpaper lining paper that he cut into smaller sheets for me. I still remember how amazed I was at the results! All the best to you and your family, both in art and in life!
30-40 years ago I finely grated colored chalks onto a tub of water, and laid paper on top to pick up the chalk. I don’t remember if I sealed the paper with anything or not, but if I did it would have been hair spray. Last year I was looking through stuff for junk journaling and found some of the marbled paper, beautiful as ever.
I researched suminagashi and ebru art for my art students and it was a hit! For ebru art or Turkish marbling on a budget, I used liquid startch from walmart for 3 bucks, to replace the carrageenan or ox gall. It thickens the water well. Mixed it with warm water (try 1:1,you will have you experiment with the ratio) and placed it in a shallow cooking pan. (The metal cookie sheets from the dollar store are great). I used semi watered down acrylic ink and used a fanned out brush to splatter the paint onto the surface of the water. I just used a paint pad from the dollar store and got really beautiful results. Instead of scooping it up, I did rest the paper on the surface of the water for a few seconds and then lifted it. To make the combs to pull through the paint on the surface,I used tooth picks and stuck them in cardboard strips. Drag them in different directions to create various patterns! Suminagashi (japanese paper marbling) works best with the actual boku undo ink and rice paper from amazon. Cooler water, still use the shallow pan. Try it out. I was obsessed for quite some time. Made some really awesome prints.
This is the first time i've seen marbling done with oil based colors, thanks for that, it looks amazing and the presentation is awesome :-D You can do suminagashi marbling with cheap water soluble acrylics. Add some water (and a drop of dish soap if it doesn't spread) and then dip a brush into the color and immerse just the very tip of the brush into the water. Alternate with another color or with a brush that only has water + dishsoap on it. The result is more transparent than with your technique. The more circles the darker it will be.
You two are adorable! I really enjoyed this, thanks so much. I've been watching marbling videos for almost a week straight now and I think your method is going to be the ONE!! Yay! Thank you Josie (and GIGI!!) :)
That little girl is IN her ELEMENT! Great video. Always looking for crafts/ activities to do in elder care--this was easy to follow and beautifully done!
GIGI!!!!!!!!!!!!! You are awesome. Love the paper idea. Got plenty of art resin tints, paper and too many plastic tubs. Will have to play a bit. Perfect project with munchkins too.
Awesome. I will have to try it. I've done traditional marbling. Ox gall is made from the ox gall plant and it helps disperse the inks across the surface of the water. No oxen were harmed in the making of the ox gall! Annemarie Ridderhof does traditional style marbling and has a really cool video to explain how to do it as well as the Japanese version, Sumigashi. There are several different methods, like floating the paint on shaving cream. Also, you can use the same acrylic paint you use for pouring to do paper marbling. It is a lot of fun. I think that's why I really like doing the acrylic pouring on canvas, it looks a lot like free form marbling. Looks like you were having a lot of fun!
I wish I had an assistant like yours. (Mine turned into an adultish person; her brother is still here, but not as interested in making messes.) I may have to give this a go. It looks very fun, and I love a good color experiment. I loved your soundtrack, too. You need a TV show.
This is fun. I will try using the resin tints. We have always used Bokuundo Marbling Kits. The kids can do it and it is inexpensive. This will be a new and fun way to marble paper. Thank you
Great video, super simple technique! (no ox gall!) Do you wash off the prints after they have been dyed? I see ink floating about on the finished ones. Also, do you fix it in any way?
This is quite cool but i want the marbled look from laying the paper on top of the water. Yours is fun for a different look of bubbles and circles. Your assistant is so much fun...and she did cool work with you.
Hi, try mixing up a wallpaper paste(fairly loose, it tightens up quickly) then use your same container...your inks will stay put with whatever designs you create. Then tip your paper the traditional way!
This has got to be the best UA-cam video I’ve seen yet, and I’ve seen a lot! I wish I knew how to make the videos and edit them like you do. I really want to learn so I can do some with my art. Any advice is appreciated 🤗! Love your adorable assistant! 💞
So VERY COOL!!! Mesmerizing to watch!!! I’ve seen people use foam shaving cream with alcohol inks, but not sure that would work with the oil based colors.
I used shaving cream and food coloring with students. Even with a ton of dye the colors came out very pastel. do you have experience with using shaving cream and getting bright colors?
I'm a cardmaker and was just thinking this myself but need to find a way to set the color. If anyone comes up with a solution, please post. Thanks for the great video.
This is amazing! I did a paper marbling workshop in my town and fell in love with this but the cost! Question though, if both sides get ink what is the best way you’ve found to dry the pages? Does a drying rack ruin one of the sides?
My kids and I have made marble paper with shaving cream and food color and/or acrylic paint. It is so addictive. I wonder how your paper dries so flat though. Mine maintains some curl to it even though I press it between books once the color won't smudge anymore.
Hey Josie you achieved wonderful results with this technique! Would you do a video geared toward crafters who want to use these ingredients for marble "swirling" items like mini flower pots, guitars and iphone case? Thanks!
I love that this method dyes both sides of the paper! How do you dry them with a double-sided design, just a line and some clips? Do you rinse the paper after dipping it or just let the extra dye drip off?
I am obsessed also .i have been marbling with a childs kit i got on amazon for 9.99 the tiny paints are almost gone,i dont know what paint it was ,so im going to try watercolors and acrylics ,maybe even oils ,i got carrageenan and small bottle of ox gall,wish me luck ,thank you
Beautiful! For me, I think it would be too thick to use in collage. What are some of the ways that you and your viewers like to use the marbled watercolor papers?
Dunno if you've been told already, but you can also use almond milk (the Silk brand works excellently) as your "sizing," and regular acrylic paint, watered down just a bit. You need to pre-treat the paper with alum dissolved in water, first, then let it dry. And then apply it down flat on top of your colors, in the traditional method. And you can get gorgeous results, even using regular copy method.
I tried your technique and really liked it. I used some tape to block off areas - sort of worked. My yellow tint dispersed throughout the water so everything came our yellowish. Bought the tints you used but my bottles are different. I have photos but don't know how to attach them here.. Thank you
Thank You Josie & Gigi!! I've been wanting to try this; but like you said, videos I've seen the stuff they use to do it is so expensive plus so many products to do it. I'm gonna try n find the resin tinted you Lovely Girls used & give this a try. I've only found your channel recently; so GLAD I did!!! 😉🙂 Take Care Girls ... Hugz, Jill 🤗🤗🙂
I remember doing this 60 years ago at school using 'Airfix' model enamel paints - we got in a right old mess, the only thing that didn't get paint on it was the paper.
This is very cool. Sort of like the Marabu Easy Marbling product but glitzier. I would think you could use any absorbent paper also, like Arches 88 or BFK Rives. I'm going to try your technique although I think the inks are very pricey. The cheapest technique is Suminagashi.
The presenters are using craft-grade oil-based pigments (paints? colors?) -- so the oil should eventually dry, either by evaporation or -- like boiled linseed -- by oxidation. Put the marbled paper someplace warm and mostly dust-free, to encourage this. May take a week or two, tho :-) The pigment colors are generally much 'stronger' than any color from the oil, so you shouldn't need to worry about the oil yellowing (and the oil won't yellow much...). Oil won't cause paper to disintegrate ("wrapping in wax paper" is a common way to protect foodstuffs, engineering components, etc.; and wax is just oil, but stiffer :-) You might, however, be careful to keep your finished item out of direct sunlight; because a few years of direct sunlight may cause the pigments to fade, and / or the paper to decay.
This is beautiful. We are exploring printmaking with our coop this year. I was wondering how long this paper takes to dry, and can you do ink prints on top to layer?
One last question- I ordered Metalics + Pearls Art Resin. I noticed that the paint is dry but metallics smear. Should I use a clear finishing spray? I used water color paper. Came out beautiful!
I find that all the colors stay a little sticky if they are on there too heavy. I've never tried to spray them but that could work! Let me know what you find!
Hi, what is the resulting quality of the paper after marbling. Can it be painted over easily? As in, could i use acrylics over the top or is it now too oily to respond to water based products?
You might be able to use oil paint if you thinned it down with some kind of a solvent/linseed oil or something. I haven't tried it, so let me know what happens!
Thank you Josie!!! Like you, I thought marbling involved too much $ and mess. With the help of your video and tips I know I can do this and I will! Can’t wait! 😘
Hi, thank you for the amazing technique I tried it in my after school arts class, and it worked amazingly, the kids loved it, but the only problem was that it never completely dries, if you rub a finger on it it smears the tint. Did this also happen to you?
Seems like once the paper is dried, the tint keeps coming off onto my hands. Maybe I haven't let it dry long enough before handling? Or will it always be like this?
Lovely to see, thank you for posting. My father taught me how to marble on paper nearly seventy years ago just using the water bath and some old oil paint he had left over from various jobs. We practised on old newspapers first, then used brown paper bags from the greengrocer, then when I became accomplished with that, some wallpaper lining paper that he cut into smaller sheets for me. I still remember how amazed I was at the results! All the best to you and your family, both in art and in life!
30-40 years ago I finely grated colored chalks onto a tub of water, and laid paper on top to pick up the chalk. I don’t remember if I sealed the paper with anything or not, but if I did it would have been hair spray. Last year I was looking through stuff for junk journaling and found some of the marbled paper, beautiful as ever.
I researched suminagashi and ebru art for my art students and it was a hit! For ebru art or Turkish marbling on a budget, I used liquid startch from walmart for 3 bucks, to replace the carrageenan or ox gall. It thickens the water well. Mixed it with warm water (try 1:1,you will have you experiment with the ratio) and placed it in a shallow cooking pan. (The metal cookie sheets from the dollar store are great). I used semi watered down acrylic ink and used a fanned out brush to splatter the paint onto the surface of the water. I just used a paint pad from the dollar store and got really beautiful results. Instead of scooping it up, I did rest the paper on the surface of the water for a few seconds and then lifted it. To make the combs to pull through the paint on the surface,I used tooth picks and stuck them in cardboard strips. Drag them in different directions to create various patterns! Suminagashi (japanese paper marbling) works best with the actual boku undo ink and rice paper from amazon. Cooler water, still use the shallow pan. Try it out. I was obsessed for quite some time. Made some really awesome prints.
Great tips, thanks for sharing them!
This is the first time i've seen marbling done with oil based colors, thanks for that, it looks amazing and the presentation is awesome :-D
You can do suminagashi marbling with cheap water soluble acrylics. Add some water (and a drop of dish soap if it doesn't spread) and then dip a brush into the color and immerse just the very tip of the brush into the water. Alternate with another color or with a brush that only has water + dishsoap on it. The result is more transparent than with your technique. The more circles the darker it will be.
You two are adorable! I really enjoyed this, thanks so much. I've been watching marbling videos for almost a week straight now and I think your method is going to be the ONE!! Yay! Thank you Josie (and GIGI!!) :)
That little girl is IN her ELEMENT! Great video. Always looking for crafts/ activities to do in elder care--this was easy to follow and beautifully done!
GIGI!!!!!!!!!!!!! You are awesome. Love the paper idea. Got plenty of art resin tints, paper and too many plastic tubs. Will have to play a bit. Perfect project with munchkins too.
oh girl you are READY!
Awesome. I will have to try it. I've done traditional marbling. Ox gall is made from the ox gall plant and it helps disperse the inks across the surface of the water. No oxen were harmed in the making of the ox gall! Annemarie Ridderhof does traditional style marbling and has a really cool video to explain how to do it as well as the Japanese version, Sumigashi. There are several different methods, like floating the paint on shaving cream. Also, you can use the same acrylic paint you use for pouring to do paper marbling. It is a lot of fun. I think that's why I really like doing the acrylic pouring on canvas, it looks a lot like free form marbling. Looks like you were having a lot of fun!
I wish I had an assistant like yours. (Mine turned into an adultish person; her brother is still here, but not as interested in making messes.) I may have to give this a go. It looks very fun, and I love a good color experiment. I loved your soundtrack, too. You need a TV show.
"adultish" hilarious. They do that! I totally need a TV show!
YES, (adultish person) totally made me laugh.... Thanks for the encouraging words. I think this was my best video yet (there's a lot to learn!)
oh hahaha I replied TWICE. typical. just trying to respond to EVERYTHING!
Thanks to you and Gigi for Sharing this. Looks like fun.
thanks for watching!
I love it but your assistant is one of the best I ever see.Thank you.
isn't she the cutest???
Oh also, I love the way you recorded this, and Gigi is an adorable budding artist! 👩🏻🎨
Awesome video Josie! Laughed, smiled, and learned all at the same time.
oh my gosh, that's a total ad line I've got to use!
That pink one is sooo beautiful!
I love this video. Thanks! Helpful, funny and beautiful marbling !!
Haha! What a fabulous duo! Not just informative but what wonderful, entertaining personalities you both have.
A delight to watch.
This is fun. I will try using the resin tints. We have always used Bokuundo Marbling Kits. The kids can do it and it is inexpensive. This will be a new and fun way to marble paper. Thank you
Great video, super simple technique! (no ox gall!) Do you wash off the prints after they have been dyed? I see ink floating about on the finished ones. Also, do you fix it in any way?
This is quite cool but i want the marbled look from laying the paper on top of the water. Yours is fun for a different look of bubbles and circles. Your assistant is so much fun...and she did cool work with you.
i have been looking for a nice art channel and this is the best one i have ever seen in a long time
OH NOW I'M EXCITED AGAIN about marbling. Going to get set up
Exciting! So happy for you. 😄
Hi, try mixing up a wallpaper paste(fairly loose, it tightens up quickly) then use your same container...your inks will stay put with whatever designs you create. Then tip your paper the traditional way!
ooooo far out! good tip!
Hey Gigi, you're an awesome helper!
WOW!!! Those are awesome results!!!
This has got to be the best UA-cam video I’ve seen yet, and I’ve seen a lot! I wish I knew how to make the videos and edit them like you do. I really want to learn so I can do some with my art. Any advice is appreciated 🤗! Love your adorable assistant! 💞
Oh geez I don't feel super professional--I'm just figuring it out as I go! Thanks for you kind words!
So VERY COOL!!! Mesmerizing to watch!!! I’ve seen people use foam shaving cream with alcohol inks, but not sure that would work with the oil based colors.
Yes, I've seen the shaving cream method too. Tons of great ways to do this!
Gaaaahh! Brilliant method. And you've got an exuberant assistant to boot. 😊
yup, verrrrrry exuberant!
I'm a late comer to this craft. It's so exciting 😍😍 Love the music and the spirited assistant 😃😃😃
This was so fun to watch ! Can't wait to try it 😀
This is so cool! How did you dispose of the water when you were finished? I don't want oil going down my drains. I hope someone can answer.
You're funny and nice. Happy to land here.
Thanks for coming
I tried it with nail polish and it worked🎉🎉
And much quicker to dry, than the oil-based colors, presumably. Good call, thanks.
I use shaving cream to hold the colors and lay the paper on top, comes out great and you can do it a few times and get totally different results.
awesome, I keep hearing about the shaving cream method. Got to try it!
I used shaving cream and food coloring with students. Even with a ton of dye the colors came out very pastel. do you have experience with using shaving cream and getting bright colors?
Cool art ilove it I learned a lot
Wow! That’s awesome! It would be cool for someone that makes cards.
These would make great cards!
I'm a cardmaker and was just thinking this myself but need to find a way to set the color. If anyone comes up with a solution, please post. Thanks for the great video.
Loved your video and presentation! Thank you!
I adore absolutely everything in this video. Thank you! Gonna see if I find similar "ingredients" here in France to do experience with my son
Good luck! let me know how it goes!
Hey, i'm looking to also produce some marbling and also live in france. Any tips?
This is awesome! My mom and I will try it. Thanks for the tutorial
Great results!!
Fabulous video n love music !! best marbling video iv seen and I have watched lots of them ...so thankyou
🌻Totally rocking my world. Love this Josie and GG 🌈❤️
thanks for your comment! Gigi really makes it come alive!
So very cool! Can’t wait to try it!
This is amazing! I did a paper marbling workshop in my town and fell in love with this but the cost! Question though, if both sides get ink what is the best way you’ve found to dry the pages? Does a drying rack ruin one of the sides?
If I remember correctly I hung these on a line, with a little clip.
What do you use this paper for? They are beautiful!!
Came across on UA-cam. You're great, I study art at uni and this is by far more informative and fun! Keep going.
Have you played with suminogashi? It looks like fun too 😊
This looks awesome can’t wait to try this with my 9 yr old, I hope she has as much fun as your assistant 😃
My kids and I have made marble paper with shaving cream and food color and/or acrylic paint. It is so addictive.
I wonder how your paper dries so flat though. Mine maintains some curl to it even though I press it between books once the color won't smudge anymore.
I think it helps to work with heavier weight paper.
How do you dry the paper?
Wonderful thank you - so many ideas I could combine this with.
Totally love your ideas & techniques - and Gigi too - thank you!!!
Soooo cool 😎Thanks
love it! great video, but, i cant seem to find those resintints?
Hey Josie you achieved wonderful results with this technique! Would you do a video geared toward crafters who want to use these ingredients for marble "swirling" items like mini flower pots, guitars and iphone case? Thanks!
That sounds cool! I don't think this product would work for hard objects because it needs something absorbent. I'll have to experiment though!
I love that this method dyes both sides of the paper! How do you dry them with a double-sided design, just a line and some clips? Do you rinse the paper after dipping it or just let the extra dye drip off?
I actually lie them flat. It doesn't disturb the design on the back but it will leave a mark on your floor
Leah Groess I was wondering the same thing. Going to try and lay flat on wax paper and see what happens
yup it'll be fine, doesn't disturb the design on either side
Interesting! Is this for paper only?
How do you dry these amazing works?
Josie, love ur videos ! What brand of resin tint are u using ?
I’ve seen with nail polish in water to cover phone cases. Wonder if that would work like the tint?
I've got to try this! Stand by
Tell Gigi she did great!!
She watched it the other day and said, "that wasn't me."
Maybe it was her secret twin? 😮😄
I am obsessed also .i have been marbling with a childs kit i got on amazon for 9.99 the tiny paints are almost gone,i dont know what paint it was ,so im going to try watercolors and acrylics ,maybe even oils ,i got carrageenan and small bottle of ox gall,wish me luck ,thank you
Beautiful! For me, I think it would be too thick to use in collage. What are some of the ways that you and your viewers like to use the marbled watercolor papers?
Dunno if you've been told already, but you can also use almond milk (the Silk brand works excellently) as your "sizing," and regular acrylic paint, watered down just a bit. You need to pre-treat the paper with alum dissolved in water, first, then let it dry. And then apply it down flat on top of your colors, in the traditional method. And you can get gorgeous results, even using regular copy method.
thank you for this tip! what do you mean by copy method?
So cool! Thank you so much ❤
No problem!
I loved the Gigi input!! 😍😍 So pretty and you make it look so easy!! 💖💖🙀🙀
Isn't she the best????
Josie Lewis Art She is adorable!! 😍😍😍😍
What is the ink set you used,look very good.
I tried your technique and really liked it. I used some tape to block off areas - sort of worked. My yellow tint dispersed throughout the water so everything came our yellowish. Bought the tints you used but my bottles are different. I have photos but don't know how to attach them here.. Thank you
I got mine when they were first released, I think they've changed the packaging a bit. I do find that some of the colors disperse more than others.
Thank You Josie & Gigi!! I've been wanting to try this; but like you said, videos I've seen the stuff they use to do it is so expensive plus so many products to do it. I'm gonna try n find the resin tinted you Lovely Girls used & give this a try.
I've only found your channel recently; so GLAD I did!!! 😉🙂
Take Care Girls ... Hugz, Jill 🤗🤗🙂
so kind! Hopefully you make something amazing! Keep me posted.
so sweet!
I really want to play with this!
That looks fun! Is resin dye the same as resin tint?
I remember doing this 60 years ago at school using 'Airfix' model enamel paints - we got in a right old mess, the only thing that didn't get paint on it was the paper.
That is so great
I really love this!!
you two are adorable
This is very cool. Sort of like the Marabu Easy Marbling product but glitzier. I would think you could use any absorbent paper also, like Arches 88 or BFK Rives. I'm going to try your technique although I think the inks are very pricey. The cheapest technique is Suminagashi.
I've got to try suminagashi!
wow thanks so much. Will the oil in the pigment yellow or disintegrate the paper over time?
The presenters are using craft-grade oil-based pigments (paints? colors?) -- so the oil should eventually dry, either by evaporation or -- like boiled linseed -- by oxidation. Put the marbled paper someplace warm and mostly dust-free, to encourage this. May take a week or two, tho :-)
The pigment colors are generally much 'stronger' than any color from the oil, so you shouldn't need to worry about the oil yellowing (and the oil won't yellow much...).
Oil won't cause paper to disintegrate ("wrapping in wax paper" is a common way to protect foodstuffs, engineering components, etc.; and wax is just oil, but stiffer :-)
You might, however, be careful to keep your finished item out of direct sunlight; because a few years of direct sunlight may cause the pigments to fade, and / or the paper to decay.
I have wanted to do marbling for sooooooo long! And now I can because you made it easy! Xo paintedwitchcraft
witchcraft! My brew! Wahahahahah
Love your technique! One question, what would you use the marbled paper for?
I just made a greeting card out of it, and I was also thinking collage material or even just framing it as an abstract painting!
This was my question exactly!! Thanks!
Love marbling - have you tried this on fabric?
This is beautiful. We are exploring printmaking with our coop this year. I was wondering how long this paper takes to dry, and can you do ink prints on top to layer?
I use oils and solvent!
right on!
What kind of other colors can we use, if you don’t have this brand?
OMG! So frigging cool! Can you dip more than 1 piece of paper per bucket o’ tints?
absolutely, you can do several before you need to add more ink
this would really be nice for book marks ty
New here, love your style. Good stuff!
One last question- I ordered Metalics + Pearls Art Resin. I noticed that the paint is dry but metallics smear. Should I use a clear finishing spray? I used water color paper. Came out beautiful!
I find that all the colors stay a little sticky if they are on there too heavy. I've never tried to spray them but that could work! Let me know what you find!
I will try and let you know!
Any suggestion on best paper to use?
How did you make the small black dot of ink for the " background "? I like how it fills the positive white spaces around the colours
Hi, what is the resulting quality of the paper after marbling. Can it be painted over easily? As in, could i use acrylics over the top or is it now too oily to respond to water based products?
Hi, do you need to thicken the water?
Gah! You’ve done it again! I have to try this!
DO IT! Let me know how it goes.
Is epoxy resin colorant the right thing?
Can we use oil paintings
You might be able to use oil paint if you thinned it down with some kind of a solvent/linseed oil or something. I haven't tried it, so let me know what happens!
since this is oil based would i be able to use water based media on the paper after it dries?
I bought some resin tints and tried this, but they just sank to the bottom. I take it all resin tints are not oil based?
Thanks
But I have a Question
Can you use any kind of paper?
I use a watercolor paper made from cotton content so it absorbs the ink.
Thank you Josie!!! Like you, I thought marbling involved too much $ and mess. With the help of your video and tips I know I can do this and I will! Can’t wait! 😘
Hi, thank you for the amazing technique I tried it in my after school arts class, and it worked amazingly, the kids loved it, but the only problem was that it never completely dries, if you rub a finger on it it smears the tint. Did this also happen to you?
I forgot to mention that this is after 3 weeks of it being on the drying rack.
It depends on the absorbancy of the paper and also how thick the ink blobs are. But yes, this has happened to me. Glad you had fun trying it!
Thanks for the reply! It seemed to have dried now after 4 weeks. I'll try some thicker paper next time:) Or try to dry it with a blow dryer too.
How do you dispose of the 'water' please?
Seems like once the paper is dried, the tint keeps coming off onto my hands. Maybe I haven't let it dry long enough before handling? Or will it always be like this?
How do you let them dry when they are wet on both sides