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Marbling Paints

 

 

 

 

 

 

  • Possible Paints: water colors, acrylics, oils, drawing inks, tempera
  • Liquitex Acrylic Jar Colors: Mix paint with distilled water to consistency of thin cream. If paint is too thick it will sink; if too thin will spread out quickly and be transparent.
  • Marbling Gall (or Ox Gall):  A wetting agent.  breaks the surface tension of the size which makes colors spread on the surface of the size.  Some colors need it, some colors don't. 
    Ox gall is bile from the gall bladder of a cow and it does two things.
    • enables the paint to resist the surface tension of the size and thus to float.
    • surrounds each droplet of color so that it can't blend with a second color to form a third.
  • Muffin tins
  • Stirrers for paint
  • Empty Plastic Jars:  Ideal for mixing and storing paints

Additives:

  • turpentine, spirits of soap, detergent, photo-flo, ox-gall, olive oil

© Beth LaCour 2001-2003