Shaving Cream Marbleizing
Materials: Shaving cream, tempera or watercolor paint, paper plates or trays,
brushes, combs, drawing paper, cardboard, sponges for cleaning up.
Procedures:
1. Layer about 1 inch of shaving cream onto a paper dish (or trays)
2. Level it out with a piece of cardboard as a scraper
3. Use water based paint. Tempera Paint in cakes can be used and added water to
make them more liquid. Paint directly on top of the shaving cream. Use different
compositions like concentric circles, stripes, half moons, etc.
4. Then using the back of the brush or a pointed stick or tooth pick. Swirl the
paint. Do not push it down deep into the shaving cream. The paint will stay on the
top.
5. Cut paper small about 6"x6". Lay paper on top of the design and press
down (printing technique). Pull the paper off. The shaving cream will appear to be
all smeared but wait.
6. Use the piece of posterboard to squeeze off the excess shaving cream. Like magic
the design stays on the paper.
You can reuse the shaving cream until it gets drab. Just mix it in and paint again and
again.