Marbling Paper With Shaving Foam

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Marbling paper with shaving foam.

German artist gerhard richter is well known for his abstract works. Apply a small amount of shaving cream to the pan or use wax paper so that you can make a layer that is a little wider than your cardstock sheet and about 1 4 1 25 cm thick. This is one of our all time favorite art activities. Underneath this top layer of paint richter sometimes paints a detailed composition which sometimes peeks through.

Lift up your fabric from the corner and place it down on a paper towel. The best easiest and cheapest diy marbled paper is done with shaving cream marbling. Lay the paper onto the surface of the shaving foam. You can cut your paper into fun shapes such as hearts butterflies or easter eggs.

I placed a layer of shaving foam in my glass bowl and squirted drops of ink onto the foam. Leave marbled paper to dry. I then used a pipette to stir everything together to form patterns. 2 use the back of a squeegee or you can use a ruler to spread the shaving cream out to a nice even layer.

The idea that you could transfer a swirly pattern of colours onto a piece of paper just by pressing the paper into a pan of shaving cream kind of perplexed me. Scrape the foam off using a ruler starting at one narrow end with the ruler upright and a firm movement. Cut paper to the desired size and shape. Lift paper off and lay on a flat surface.

In this activity we will scrape the foam off the paper to. Paper crafts are always fun but when i first heard about marbling with shaving cream and food colour i was skeptical. It is a very quick easy project and a lovely way for children with adult supervision to experiment with colours and patterns. Place your fabric right side down onto the shaving foam and use your hand to smooth out the fabric so that its all touching the shaving foam.

Gently press down on the paper so that it comes in contact with the colors on the foam. Supplies needed and where to buy them. In these paintings he scraped paint across the canvas. Marbling with shaving foam this is a great alternative project to traditional marbling that uses everyday items that you have in the home shaving foam food colouring paper card etc.

Using a method i found online i tried marbling experiments using marbling ink and watered down acrylic paints with shaving foam. Watch how to easily marble paper using shaving cream craft paint. I had to try it to find out.