I just paper-marbled yesterday with the traditional ebru-technique which uses Carrageean to make the water gooey so the colours actually float on it. Also, for all the techniques the colours would have sticked better if you pre-treated the paper with alum.
You know what would be cool? I kinda want you to try doing Batik on fabric! I feel like you can make some nice patterns! Also I thought you were on hiatus because youtube keep forgetting to recommend you to me. Nice to see that you're still being creative! ^^
You can also use ink and soap with water. The soap with water acts like "clear paint" and you make little dots inside of each other. It looks super cool
I’ve done this for the past 6 years with my 7 year old for every holiday. It’s great for homemade valentines cards, birthday cards, and everything else you can think of. My favorite method is to use shaving cream, liquid watercolor, and a squeegee to wipe it all off. The liquid water color is excellent because it doesn’t really get muddy and the paper won’t get soggy.
I'm going to school for Paper Engineering, and this is the kinda stuff we've been doing in lab. Thought it was funny you uploaded a video on it at the same time.
Nail polish dipping is super tempermental. It takes some patience, technique & multiple tries to get it right. Granted, it's not great with paper. Works best for 'hydro-dipping' ceramics like mugs, etc.
had to fulfill an art credit in college; the paper engineering program offered a course "art and early history of papermaking". i learned so damn much in that class; there was a lab portion of the course where we went crazy making paper: suspending fibers in okra mucilage, using macho-machines for paper-runs, marbling paper, etc etc etc. it was so cool! marbling "lab" was such a fun day and you've the spirit of that day!
I love your trial and error process in the video. You're saving the rest of us the time of finding out those errors ourselves and for that your a damn champ. ♡
When I was a kid we’d drip different coloured inks onto water, gently move it around and then lay paper on top. We used the paper for all sorts of things 🙂
You could use a matte or gloss spray fixative on top of the spray paint one. It's meant for use on top of artwork made with pastel, charcoal etc so would work perfectly 😊
I did this with oil paint once. You fill a pan with water, you mix oil paint with turpentine and then you just drop the paint on the water. Amazing effect
Coloured wax on card makes a cool marbling effect too, if you use an old iron and melt the wax on it then smush it on card (photo paper might be the best) it's super textured and cool looking
also i have a suggestion for the suminigashi. what i've done is to use black ink and dish soap. ur gonna mix the soap with some water. and so u have two brushes, one for the ink and one for the soap. then u have ur pan of water, ur gonna dip the very tip of the brush into the ink and then dip it onto the water. do the same for the dish soap. when u do that, the soap will like disperse (?) the ink and the black is gonna spread out. it super satisfying. one u have ur desired pattern u just do the thing with the paper. i usually have another tub of water next to me and u just rise off the extra ink and soap in the other bucket and then set it out to dry instead of blotting it with a paper towel. i think u should try this next time!
For Japanese marbling it is necessary to previously soak and dry the sheets to work with a special product. there is also a thickener for the water that helps to work the marbling.
Shaving cream paper marbling is my fav 😜 I recommend investing in a cheap squeegee so you don't have to stain your hands and you can scrape the cream of cleanly 😙
I really enjoyed the editing, all the background comments and sound effects with the movements of the camera 😚👌 also how mad you went with the sprinkles and shaving foam was just great
You should try color pens/markers on plastic and spraying with alcohol. The more alcohol the more toned down the color is. I used this technique when I was in high school and it is very easy to do.
FYI if you want to dilute nail polish you should use nail polish thinner instead of remover or acetone. Acetone actually breaks the acrylic bonds in the polish, thinner won't do that. That could be why it dried unusually quickly on top of the water.
You can actually use oil paint to marble...it always turns out great. Just mix the paint with some solvent to dilute and make it runny then add it to the water bath.
Hey Shmoxd, what kind of paper thickness would you recommend using for this kinda thing? Super keen to try the shaving cream method and use the paper for black ink work after
I absolutely love how you used almond milk, maybe you did or didn't think about it, but just because you didnt use real milk means that all the people that will try this will also use almond milk, which will just safe all these cows that would produce the milk from harm. Thank you for this.
@@HopelessJester lol no its not, not as bad as the meat and animal product industry. most of the rainforests that are chopped for farming is to feed the animals of the industry.
@@iLitAfuseiCantStop Shmoxd (and other youtubers, too) has a video about it on his channel - it’s bare easy! Not a lot is needed as you use paper to make the paper; it’s more prep than anything.
The shaving cream one also works awesome with drawing ink or acrylic paint🎨 Oh there's also this cool stuff called Brusho...its like powdered paint? It would probably be great in the shaving foam🤔
Here is how we did it in the bookbinding workshop I had an apprenticeship in, if you want to try: You start with a base of cellulose paste glue, or other wallpaper glue. It should sort of have the texture of thick water, so not too thick and goopy, but not thin and watery. It should still flow easilly if you tilt the pan. The paint is just acryllic paint, but thinned a lot with water. This should be very runny but well pigmented. I usually use jar lids for each of my colors, with a paint brush for each. And that's all you need. Use the paint brushes, dip them in the color and shake drops all over the pan with the paste. The drops should spread out. Do this with the colors you want until the drops no longer expand. Then use a scewer to drag the pattern you want. Place your paper on the surface, and when you remove it, drag it over the edge of the pan to remove as much paste as you can. You can then use a window scraper to gently remove even more. Let it dry. Clean off the excess paint in the pan with a piece of scrap paper.
"some paper?" The type of paper really effects the results! What did you use? Also, for the suminagashi, if you make some carrageenan water it holds the colors in place more and has a pretty different effect, much easier to control. Also, I think most of the methods that use non-art materials probably aren't archival (they'll degrade over time just from what the materials are made from.)
For some reason, I'm thinking about taking spritz bottles filled with food coloring, and spritzing that onto the shaving cream. I too have fixated on seeing the sprinkles work, and want to see a confetti cake styled piece of paper. Also, thinner paper for like, cool personalized wrapping paper... Oh, OH!! How about taking Sunday newspaper comics, crumpling/shredding them on top of blank paper, then spritzing that with rubbing alcohol/acetone...
