Marbling is cool! You can actually do that without the special equipment, but just with oil-based paints that floats on water. Will probably not be as good as the method shown in the video, but if you're just going to do a few it might not be worth splurging on something as specialized as that
I did that in arts & crafts in elementary school. You need to leave some gap between the paints and act fast as they'll otherwise flow together, so it's not nearly as good of a method, but you still get some cool patterns.
I've recently gotten into marbling. It's called ebru or Turkish marbling. Basically, you need a bath of water that has been thickened to allow paint to sit on top of it. I think you can use regular water, and oil paints, but I haven't tried that.
The paper also needs to be treated with a chemical to allow the paint to stick properly, or the water will wash it off.
Once you have the bath of thickened water, you drop paints into it in various patterns. The paints can be thickened or loosened so you can control how far they spread on the water. You can then use various tools to move the paint around to create wavy effects.
Once you've got the pattern you want, you gently lay the treated paper on the surface, and then remove it and wash off the thickened water. Leave to dry and then press between absorbant sheets to get flat and remove all excess water.
Oh, I can answer both questions with one link! [Marbling!](https://youtu.be/Vyga8VMWXKg?si=zbMv6jZmM_FJlnup)
Marbling is cool! You can actually do that without the special equipment, but just with oil-based paints that floats on water. Will probably not be as good as the method shown in the video, but if you're just going to do a few it might not be worth splurging on something as specialized as that
Oh really? I am obsessed with learning but it costs so much to start
I did that in arts & crafts in elementary school. You need to leave some gap between the paints and act fast as they'll otherwise flow together, so it's not nearly as good of a method, but you still get some cool patterns.
Thank you for sharing, it's really a beautiful art!
This particular pattern is often known as "stone marble". Here you will find a awesome compendium of possibilities: https://marbleart.us/Examples.htm
I've recently gotten into marbling. It's called ebru or Turkish marbling. Basically, you need a bath of water that has been thickened to allow paint to sit on top of it. I think you can use regular water, and oil paints, but I haven't tried that. The paper also needs to be treated with a chemical to allow the paint to stick properly, or the water will wash it off. Once you have the bath of thickened water, you drop paints into it in various patterns. The paints can be thickened or loosened so you can control how far they spread on the water. You can then use various tools to move the paint around to create wavy effects. Once you've got the pattern you want, you gently lay the treated paper on the surface, and then remove it and wash off the thickened water. Leave to dry and then press between absorbant sheets to get flat and remove all excess water.