Marbling With Oil Paint On Canvas

You can also use canvas paper or canvas that comes in pads as long as they say they re suited for oil painting and are gessoed.

Marbling with oil paint on canvas. But otherwise canvas marbling would be a great creative idea. Turpentine easily found at a hardware store. Graham paints we had on hand. Classical oil painters have painted primarily on wood board and canvas for hundreds of years.

Fill the pie dish with an inch of water. Paper has not typically been used by traditional oil painters because oil and solvents from oil paint can cause the paper to degrade and because it is thought that oil paintings on paper can be prone to cracking when subjected to changes in humidity. Almost any object that you can lightly dip into your container can be marbled with acrylic paint. The result is an explosion of reds and greens in a formation of various sizes of circles.

A very nice video with a technique where no result can be duplicated. Put a few drops of either watercolor or food coloring in each bowl. A marbling effect can be created on canvas using acrylic paint by diluting the paint with water letting the paint gather and drip and adding various colors into the mix. One good video about the marbling art on water.

Once she is happy with the way her oil paints have formed as a marbling she then works into it direct with a paint brush to gain extra detailing. Allow the paint to move fluidly on the canvas to look like marble with creative advice from a professional artist in this free video on painting with acrylics. Pour oil into little bowls it does not take much. Use one color or many.

Itir orcun demonstrating marbling and oil colour on canvas. Use a dropper or spoon to transfer the oil color mixture to the dish of water. Stir vigorously to be sure oil and color are mixed well as they can be. Where to buy marbling paint.

Get your canvas and have fun. Big plastic bin to float the paint in small containers to mix paint colors and. Oil paint colors cheap oil paints should work just fine we used the m. Add oil color mixture to water pour an inch of water give or take into a shallow pie pan or baking dish.

Tubes of oil paint in a basic palette.