Marbleized Paper

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Marbleized Paper
Awesome !

• By Tabetha Moore

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What is marbleized paper?

• Marbling is the art of printing multi-colored
  swirled or stone-like patterns on paper or
  fabric.
• The patterns are formed by first floating the
  colors on the surface of a liquid,
• Then laying the paper or fabric onto the colors
  to absorb them.

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What you will need

• water
• enough to fill container
• utensil to scrape chalk
• plastic knife, popsicle stick
• anything straight will work
• white printing paper
• several sheets in case of mistakes

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What you will need

• shallow tray
• big enough to hold paper
• sidewalk chalk or chalk pastels
• whichever is most convenient
• chalk pastels work the best

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What to do First!

• Cover the tables with news paper or plastic
• Place containers with water in them on table
• Place white paper, chalk, and scraping utensil
  beside each container

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Lets Get Started!

• Pick out two or three of your favorite colors,
  or colors you think might look cool together.
• We will look at some color schemes on the color
  wheel to see what effects different colors have
  on each other
• www.crayola.com

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• Triadic colors are high-energy colors that are
  found by choosing three colors that are separated
  by 120 degrees on the color wheel. The primary
  (red, blue, and yellow)
• complementary color scheme is made of two colors
  that are opposite each other on the color wheel.

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• Monochromatic colors are all the hues (tints and
  shades) of a single color.
• Analogous Colors sit next to each other on the
  color wheel.

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The Process

• Take the colors that you picked, and your
  scraping utensil.
• Scrape each color of chalk into the water and
  gently swirl the water to mix the colors.
• Dont swirl too much or the colors will fall to
  the bottom of the water.

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Finished Product

• Gently lay your paper on top of the water so that
  it picks up the colors.
• Do not push it underneath the water.
• Then slowly pick the paper off the surface and
  lay it color side up on the table to dry.
• Now you should have a marbleized piece of paper
  that you can make many paper crafts with.

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Related Projects

• You can make pretty cards.
• You can cover a journal with this paper.
• You can use it for origami.
• Use your imagination to make more creative ideas!