Marbling Paper Ink

You could also use copic marker refill.

Marbling paper ink.

As you can tell from our video below the paint dries almost immediately onto the paper. Fill your tray with about 1 2 1 inch of water. During a special process. I filled a shallow bowl with water and dropped in 3 4 drops of 3 4 different colors of ranger alcohol inks.

There are several methods for making marbled papers. My experience was certainly a comedy of trials and errors but after a bit of experimenting i hit my marbling sweet spot. 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. In the beginning of my video i show many examples of alcohol ink marbling.

I used a heavy watercolor stock for my paper but i think you could get away with a nice cardstock. It may seem straightforward until you consider buoyancy and other variables in the mix. These innovative marbling inks are not ordinary dyes. Today you can make your own rich designs by marbleizing paper to use as stationery and cards.

Various additives or surfactant chemicals are used to help float the colors. 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. The technique is quite easy. Set aside on top of your parchment paper or newspaper to dry.

Oil based inks in a tank of water being prepared for marbling. This package contains six marbling colour inks in 12ml tubes orange red yellow green blue and black. They are pigment inks made of high grade cosmetic pigment with p v a. Remove and pat dry with a paper towel.

A shallow tray is filled with water and various kinds of ink or paint colors are carefully applied to the surface with an ink brush. Save money by making your own mableizing ink. Marbling is achieved by floating pigment on water and laying paper over the water to transfer the pigment design onto the paper.