Marbled Wood Effect Paint

Start with your plain wood panel and protect your work surface well.

Marbled wood effect paint.

How to paint a marble effect faux finish. Slowly drip the paint into your liquid starch mixture. Create the look of marble at a fraction of the cost with a faux finishing technique. Remember to paint the veins over the edge of the tabletop as well.

Blend out fine veins. When you re satisfied allow the paint to dry for several hours. To water down your paint a bit add equal parts water to your acrylic paint and mix with a wooden skewer. Sponging white back into the marble pattern is a secret weapon.

Use a dry blending brush to smooth out the fine veins. Then mix your paint in disposable cups. First you will need to marble the wood panel. How to water marble with acrylic paint.

How to draw marble. You should be going for a milky look to your paint. Choose your colors based on the type of marble you wish to recreate. This technique is messy so i use scrap cardboard to cover my table.

For this i have an acrylic paint pouring technique that will give you a marbled look. If you add too much water and you will lose the vibrant colors. If desired sponge on lighter shades of green to soften the tabletop and add more depth to the surface.