How To Do Ebru Painting At Home

Before the preparation procedure, glue tragacanth must exist soaked in water for two days. So, Ebru artists need 2 days before they plan to create their arts.

Step #one Set the mixed water

It is very crucial to achieve appropriate density for dyes to float on the h2o surface; otherwise dyes might exist accumulated at the bottom of the container. So, Ebru artist should strictly follow the resting time of mixed water and water-glue tragacanth measurement.

First, add 3 teaspoons of gum tragacanth in to a gallon of distilled water. Then, mix the water untill gum tragacanth melts completely. Afterwards it is melted, leave the mixture to rest for two days. At the end of the two days, the mixture is formed into a thick-sticky liquid, which has proper density for Ebru art.

Step #ii Prepare the dyes

For each dye, brand sure having enough empty bottles. Mix 2 teaspoon dyes with 1 cup of h2o in the empty bottle, then add 2 oz. Ox gall. Now, liquid pigments tin can be used for Ebru.

Footstep #iii Ready the container

Pour the glue tragacanth mixture into the metal container, and make sure that there are no bubles on the surface. Shaking the container or a flat stick may aid dispel the bubbles.

Pace #4 Sprinkle the liquid dye

Dip one of the brushes into dye bottle-for this step dark color tin be used- and sprinkle it onto the h2o surface. One of the best way to do it is tipping the tiptop of brush on other hand, so paint drips practise not disperse all over the water surface. Later on 4 or five times tipping, the dye must paint the entire surface, which also is the background of the design.

Step #5 Sprinkle another dye and shape

At present, the aforementioned sprinkling process is applied with dissimilar color, merely tipping the brush only 2 or three times. Wait a few seconds so dye drops expand their circles on the surface. Then, with a needle stir the floating color and shape it into a blossom, if desired, or any image. After shaping the flowers, sprinkle green dye, or whatever color, closed to the flower paradigm, and shape the steam of the blossom. If you sprinkle too much green on the surface, practise not touch them and just leave them on the surface; they will non exist seen in one case the design transferred to paper. As many possible every bit images can be practiced at this pace. If you cannot obtain a nice shaped epitome at the first time, do not give up and endeavour one more. As I said at the offset, Ebru art requires time and patience, and so practice and practice.

Step #6 Place the paper

After shaping all the dye drops, place the absorbent newspaper onto the h2o surface. Then, gently lift the newspaper off and put it on a tabular array by facing the color side up. Await until the paper dries out; this process might take upwardly to two or three hours.

Pace #7 Take a slice Ebru!

Now, y'all are an Ebru artist and yous tin be proud of yourself every bit being ane the few Ebru artists in the world! You deserve to have a nice frame to put your first Ebru work.