Marbling Paper Ink

Add your watercolor paper down on the water rough end we cut our paper to a size that fit our pan fully submerging to capture all the paint onto the paper.

Marbling paper ink.

Remove and pat dry with a paper towel. In the beginning of my video i show many examples of alcohol ink marbling. As you can tell from our video below the paint dries almost immediately onto the paper. I used a heavy watercolor stock for my paper but i think you could get away with a nice cardstock.

Oil based inks in a tank of water being prepared for marbling. They are pigment inks made of high grade cosmetic pigment with p v a. You could also use copic marker refill. It may seem straightforward until you consider buoyancy and other variables in the mix.

Method 1 water marbling all you need for this technique are some alcohol inks paper a tray and water. Today you can make your own rich designs by marbleizing paper to use as stationery and cards. This package contains six marbling colour inks in 12ml tubes orange red yellow green blue and black. I filled a shallow bowl with water and dropped in 3 4 drops of 3 4 different colors of ranger alcohol inks.

The technique is quite easy. Marbling is achieved by floating pigment on water and laying paper over the water to transfer the pigment design onto the paper. During a special process. There are several methods for making marbled papers.

Marbleizing which involves using absorbent papers to pick up ink from a water bath dates to the twelfth century when it was practiced in japan and possibly china. Beautiful hand marbleized paper is often used in bookmaking or other paper crafts. My experience was certainly a comedy of trials and errors but after a bit of experimenting i hit my marbling sweet spot. These innovative marbling inks are not ordinary dyes.

Fill your tray with about 1 2 1 inch of water. Save money by making your own mableizing ink. The marbling pigments sold by most arts and crafts suppliers can be quite expensive and are not always readily available.