Acrylic Paper Marbling for Beginners, Step 1: How to thicken water for acrylic paper marbling

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  • A step by step tutorial showing you how to prepare and use methylcellulose and carageenan for acrylic paper marbling.
    Materials used in this tutorial include:
    Methylcellulose 5 grams per litre of water.
    or (Carageenan 7 grams per litre water)
    Pebeo acrylics, red (vermillion) and blue (cyan)
    A4 copy paper
    A4 Plastic paper tray with lid
    2 litre plastic bottle
    litre measuring jug
    plastic hair roller pins
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  • @lizzieatherfold2293
    @lizzieatherfold2293 10 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Thank you for sharing this information it’s greatly appreciated

    • @JamesMouland
      @JamesMouland  10 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Glad it was helpful!

  • @dienekevugts5572
    @dienekevugts5572 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Thank you for this video. It was something I was looking for.

    • @JamesMouland
      @JamesMouland  2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Glad it was helpful!

  • @energysavingday
    @energysavingday หลายเดือนก่อน

    Very helpful. Thank you for sharing your knowledge and advice

  • @designsbyjulles
    @designsbyjulles 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Cheers! 🎉

  • @marycarmenamezcua8516
    @marycarmenamezcua8516 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Thanks. Very good your class and tips 👏👏👏🙌🙌🙌

  • @designsbyjulles
    @designsbyjulles 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Love your videos (as I am a beginner) and I’m watching them from all the way from Australian !!! (However a Brit from Bournemouth at heart ❤) Keep them coming!

    • @JamesMouland
      @JamesMouland  2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Love Bournemouth and Australia, spent 2 years going round the outside and up the middle. Where abouts you living?

    • @designsbyjulles
      @designsbyjulles 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@JamesMouland Melbourne! Been here 35 years but still miss home. Looking at learning to print on fabric as I’m a Fashion Designer so I found your videos very educational - thank for your time. You never know who are watching your videos both near & far away… keep them coming and Happy Easter 🐣

    • @JamesMouland
      @JamesMouland  2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@designsbyjulles thats great Happy Easter and Happy Marbling!

  • @sandrastowell7672
    @sandrastowell7672 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    ❤ very clear presentation!

    • @JamesMouland
      @JamesMouland  3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Glad you think so!

  • @doninis1354
    @doninis1354 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Very helpful. I just need space for bigger projects 😉 thank you.

    • @JamesMouland
      @JamesMouland  3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Glad it was helpful! Good luck, finding bigger space. Whereabouts are you?

  • @CarmillaN
    @CarmillaN 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Thanks!

    • @JamesMouland
      @JamesMouland  4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Thank you for your generosity, very much appreciated 🙏🏻

  • @Matthew.Morycinski
    @Matthew.Morycinski 19 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    Avoidance of lumps is why they use "high shear mixing" machines in the cosmetics industry. As soon as a lump of methylcellulose (or any other thickener) hits the water, it will tend to draw water in, and form a noodle that takes ages to loosen up. I would suggest using a blender in a cylindrical container - it may be the same bottle with the top cut off. If you sift in the thickener onto rapidly rotating water, the lumps won't have much chance to form. Whatever does form, the blender will break up. Just make sure to avoid drawing in bubbles.

    • @JamesMouland
      @JamesMouland  18 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Good advice 👍🏻

  • @user-lv4tw5mk3n
    @user-lv4tw5mk3n หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Great video and technique shown! Curious to know where the paper tray is sourced, having a hard time finding these...

    • @JamesMouland
      @JamesMouland  หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      I’m in the uk it’s an A4 paper tray

    • @user-lv4tw5mk3n
      @user-lv4tw5mk3n หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@JamesMoulandthank you, not finding ones like that but think I found something called “developer trays” that might work.

  • @dianapintocorreia3384
    @dianapintocorreia3384 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Thank you for sharing your knowledge❤
    I"m starting in marbling.
    What kind of Methylcel you use? I've found for food and for glue in construction. I dont know wich one i should buy... 😂 Big thanks from Portugal.

    • @JamesMouland
      @JamesMouland  หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      It’s hard to tell before testing, try buying something you know has been used successfully by someone else or just buy a small amount and test it before investing in large quantities.

  • @sandier78
    @sandier78 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I learned this in graphic design in college

    • @JamesMouland
      @JamesMouland  หลายเดือนก่อน

      Do you still do it?

    • @sandier78
      @sandier78 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @JamesMouland I've been wanting to do it again, so that's how I found your video! That was about 20yrs ago so I needed a refresher on getting started. Thank you for your video!

    • @JamesMouland
      @JamesMouland  หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@sandier78 my pleasure, enjoy getting back to marbling!

  • @TBFondl669
    @TBFondl669 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Does heating the water have any affect on dissolving rate? Agarose (Cellulose seaweed derivative powder) dissolves quite fast when we toss it in a microwave for DNA visualization

    • @JamesMouland
      @JamesMouland  หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Yes it dissolves more quickly with hot water

  • @manomano8939
    @manomano8939 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I couldn’t see the kits on your website. Are they special one off orders?

    • @JamesMouland
      @JamesMouland  4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Yes, I put them together for my students. If demand increases I may sell them through the website. You can email me if you’d like me to put a kit together, they start from £50 with 3 colours and 100grams of methyl cell

  • @barbaramah4422
    @barbaramah4422 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Thanks for the data! I can't quite get the type of paint that you use for fabrics. Can you type it out for me please?

    • @JamesMouland
      @JamesMouland  4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Pebeo. New video coming next week in which I talk and share more about the acrylics.

    • @shellfishlady64
      @shellfishlady64 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      New to this medium, thanks for the clear and concise explanation of mixing and ratios of the base mix😊

    • @JamesMouland
      @JamesMouland  2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@shellfishlady64glad it helped 👍🏻

  • @CarmillaN
    @CarmillaN 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Thank you, I've been having problems and I think it's an issue with my bath. (Paint falling to the bottom of the tray, not floating until it's so watered down I can barely see it.) You said that the amount of methylcel or carageenan varies depending on how hard your water is - do you add more or less for hard water?
    Do you have super thanks turned on? I don't see the button.

    • @JamesMouland
      @JamesMouland  4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      It may be the paint quality or size too thick. To check paint quality try it on plain water then try it on varying viscosity. If the paint still sinks it may be lacking a wetting agent suitable for marbling. Very hard water requires more methylcel or carageenan but probably no more than I used in the video as the water I use is very high in calcium. Hope this helps. My super thanks should be on but isn’t showing 🤷🏻‍♂️

    • @JamesMouland
      @JamesMouland  4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Okay, I think super thanks is working now I rebooted it, thank you for bringing it to my attention 🙌

    • @CarmillaN
      @CarmillaN 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@JamesMouland I've been in classes where I brought paints and used a size made by the instructor, and this is the same paint brand. That was what made me think it's the size, but I didn't know how to troubleshoot. I used carageenan but I'm going to switch to methyl cel until I get a better feel for doing things on my own because these are some expensive mistakes! :) Thank you!

    • @JamesMouland
      @JamesMouland  4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@CarmillaN make sure you keep a journal of materials and measurements and only change one variable at a time when troubleshooting, it’s really easy to miss a step or get distracted in our busy lives. Best of luck and keep persevering 🙌

    • @CarmillaN
      @CarmillaN 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      ​@@JamesMoulandThat's great advice, thank you!

  • @susankochenberger7780
    @susankochenberger7780 11 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Is there another thickener that can be used?

    • @JamesMouland
      @JamesMouland  11 วันที่ผ่านมา

      I'm not aware of any that produce good results, some people use corn starch but I've not tried, no harm in experimenting, let us know if you have success!

  • @TiannaApps
    @TiannaApps 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Hello, could you make a large batch of this? Say 19L bucket? Same ratio, 5grams per litre?

    • @JamesMouland
      @JamesMouland  2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Yes but I’d check the correct ratio for your powder first at small quantities before scaling up