The day we lost our marbling..

Marbling is a simple process that can go badly wrong. You need a flat tray of water, some reasonable paper and some marbling inks which can be purchased from any shop selling artist materials or in craft shops.

The ink is carefully dripped onto the surface of the water where it floats. If you put drops of two or three colours that is enough. Then use a comb or stick to gently swirl the inks into a pattern or random swirls. The paper is then gently lowered over the surface and left for a few second to absorb the ink from the water surface. Fish it out and place it on a rack to dry.

This is one of those activities that you get better at with practise!

 

 

After a while you could try marbling envelopes or other paper. We also tried working over the top of these, using them as backgrounds and in collage.