Lots of juicy colors pictured here, but actual results may vary.
One of the trickiest things about marbling is the difficulty in achieving just the right color. The color in the jar is not necessarily the color that you will see in the finished print. Some changing of the hue/shade/tone is inherent in the process and can be quite unpredictable.
For me, that's the most frustrating part about marbling. I kind of like things to be *exact*. That's the engineer in me. But I'm learning to go with the flow. Sometimes, I just need to love that wacky marigold color that prints when I was expecting vivid orange. Or the acid-yellow that I get when I wanted a lovely apple-green. Marbling is teaching me to be more flexible.
5 comments:
What a beautiful post about colors! Your marbling is gorgeous, and I understand the "need to be more flexible" with the finished and sometimes unexpected colors that occur...
I never know if teal or navy is coming out of my dye pot until it dries ;)
I would love to do marbling. I am not artistic when it comes to paint though. :( Maybe one day! In the meantime I can enjoy gorgeous work like yours!!
Nice work. Thanks for stopping by my blog this morning too.
Marbling is so much fun! I haven't done it in quite awhile (last summer). Your post today makes me want to just go and play with my paints for awhile and have fun doing something a little different. My inner child wants to play today. :)
Marbling looks like an interesting technique. The designs are very pretty!
Hey, Stella,
Your floating paints are intriguing! Marbling looks like lots of fun. I have always admired those fancy endpapers in out-of-print books. Glad to know people like you are keeping that art alive!
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