Marbling

In art class this week we did a project with a marbling technique. We were each given a picture that we had to draw ourselves onto white drawing paper.  My picture was of the Pagoda of Fogong Temple in Shanri, China.  We started with pencil, then went over the pencil with permanent marker so we could see the lines. Next we cut out our drawing.  Over on a different table was the marbling station.  Here, we coated the bottom of  a tin pan with a thin layer of shaving cream.  We then chose three adjacent colors on the color wheel; I chose orange, red, and purple.  I put a few dots of each color on top of the shaving cream, then used a fine point to swirl the colors around until I got the design I was happy with.  Finally, I laid the cutout face down on the shaving cream/color.  When I lifted it up, the marbling stuck to the paper.  I wiped off the extra shaving cream and framed it on an orange piece of paper.

 An extension activity off of this project would be to have the students marble a landmark such as this one and then put a scenery behind it using different techniques we have learning in the past such as drawing or painting.