Marbling samples.

Now I've decided on using the marbling process to create a t-shirt, I needed to get some sampling done. I tried out the process first on paper. I got a tray a filled it with water, Got some bright coloured inks and a small pipette. I mixed different colours together to get a different effect. I did this having my original colour pallet in mind. You simply take a small pipette of ink, using the darker colour first, and squeeze the ink into the water, then place the lighter colour on top of the darker colour in the water. I then took a wooden stick and mixed the water, colours and the inks together to get different shapes and effects in the water.
I photographed the water before I placed the paper into it. I loved the look of the water with the inks placed in it. I photographed my paper samples after they had been placed in the ink and water. I was really pleased with the results of the samples. I used different colours for different samples. I placed paper into the same ink try more than once to get different effects, the more paper i placed in the water the more the inks faded and the less marks it made on the paper, but it was still just as effective. The colours and shapes really represented the look I wanted to get. I can't wait to try it out on fabric!