How to do Paper Marbling and Turkish Ebru Butterfly with James Mouland

James uses paper marbling and Turkish Ebru techniques to create a butterfly on the surface of water.
Materials: Ebru pigments, ox gal acid, carrageenan, A3 printer paper
Marbling art classes and workshops in Portsmouth are run by James from his Hotwalls studio. Hotwalls Studios have become Portsmouth's arts and crafts creative hub, offering a diverse and engaging experience for all visitors.
Marbling workshops provide colourful and fun, entertaining and informative opportunities to immerse yourself in the wonder of painting on water!
Arts and crafts made easy, accessible and fun for a wide range of abilities. Be creative to be happy.
Learn how to create the patterns seen on the covers of old books and the motifs and flowers seen in traditional Turkish Ebru.
James will take you through the process step by step, ensuring absolute beginners will produce work they are proud of.
Experienced marblers will benefit from being encouraged to explore new techniques unique to Turkish Ebru.
Discover more info here jamesmouland.com/workshops/
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[@asione6895]

❤ amazing Ebru art, I love butterfly and you are definitely an Ebruzen...👏👏👏

[@JamesMouland]

That’s a nice thing to say Thank you 😁

[@pennyinaz]

Hi James! It's Stephanie from Serenity Silk Art and the Matbling fb group. Wow! Thank you so much for sharing your YT channel info. I so enjoy your Water Marbling expertise and your kind and generous spirit. Thank you for sharing with the world. Your art helps us all remember the beauty that still exists in the world! I can't wait for the next bell notification. Have a great day sir. 💞🤗

[@JamesMouland]

Hi Stephanie, thank you so much for your lovely comment, it's really uplifting to hear :)

[@waterlily8506]

So satisfying! Peace of mind

[@muallasahin895]

Beautiful👏👏🍀

[@fatmadagli5502]

Çok güzel oldu emeğinize sağlık ,Beautiful 🦋😍 :)(:

[@semrakaragoz6410]

Very nice ❤

[@JamesMouland]

Thanks 🤗

[@Sm_vtt]

Ne kadar farklı ve güzel görünüyor! Elinize sağlık.

[@kimrodstrom]

Thank you for sharing! It is so cool...love it.

[@JamesMouland]

Thank you that is so kind

[@jeaninekotschwar2802]

Such mastery!

[@JamesMouland]

Thanks Jeanine, do you marble?

[@elenasnezhko2403]

Terrific! Wonderfull! Thank you!

[@JamesMouland]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@Pamlandy2]

Beautiful!

[@JamesMouland]

Thanks Pam, pleased you like the butterfly 😁

[@lchristoffer]

Lovely. Thank you.

[@JamesMouland]

Thank you for commenting Linda, so pleased to know my work is enjoyed 🙏🏻😁🙏🏻

[@michellecoia8835]

beautiful and so very mesmerizing to watch. Thanks!

[@JamesMouland]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@euvid1]

Beautiful. Thanks

[@JamesMouland]

Thank you David

[@viviennemagee617]

Great James. Had to hold my breath when you took the paper away from the water .

[@JamesMouland]

Hahaha yes I do a lot of breath holding 😆

[@dquin2932]

Awesome thanks

[@JamesMouland]

Welcome 😊

[@marijabu]

AMAZING. Subscribed.

[@JamesMouland]

That’s lovely thank you and welcome to my channel. Do you do paper marbling?

[@fatmat5906]

Thats nice , I always make butterfly with ebru but this is so innovative :-)

[@JamesMouland]

Thanks 🙏🏻

[@Thejoyofwatchingpainting]

Very amazing. Thanks for sharing 🙋🏻‍♀️🌸💞👩‍🎨🎶✍🏼

[@JamesMouland]

you are most welcome, glad you liked it :)

[@Thejoyofwatchingpainting]

@@JamesMouland thank you. I love this painting technique 🥰🌹

[@palavadiy]

Very nice work.

[@JamesMouland]

Thank you very much!

[@Isamolle]

Nice!

[@JamesMouland]

😁

[@tuncayorucartteacher4407]

Congratulations

[@fachomthanom2358]

ขอบคุณครับจ่า

[@nobchucknorris]

You should be an artist

[@JamesMouland]

You should be a comedian

[@terezinhabentopereira3154]

Muito lindo;

[@JamesMouland]

😃

[@BiterAvid]

This is a new technique unknown to me until this morning. I am so happy I discovered this art form. It is amazing. I have now seen a flower with 6 leaves and your beautiful butterfly. Thank you. I am going to look for more. I very much enjoy the silence and the focus and relaxing but also with some tension in the air. Just completely enjoyable and fascinating.

[@JamesMouland]

Thank you for leaving such a great comment Mickey, it’s great to know that people take joy from what I do 🙏🏻😁

[@naveedkhan68]

Mind blowing beautiful work. What kind of colors you are using for this work???

[@JamesMouland]

Ebru powder pigments prepared with water and ox gal acid. Takes about 2 months to prepare the paint well. Many marblers use acrylics.

[@deannabates1575]

Very pretty. It would be nice to hear your thought process and more about the types of paints, tools, etc.

[@JamesMouland]

Hi, thanks for commenting. I have plans to do more in depth tutorials, struggling to get organised with home schooling and restrictions on being in my studio. Watch this space though and feel free to make as many suggestions as you like 😁

[@christianecarson4321]

Hello James, I just found you because I was searching for easy paper marbling techniques to do with my grandchildren during our lock down; then I spotted this beautiful butterfly!!! I hope to catch up with all your videos, but in the meantime could you tell me what kind of paper you're using please? I did some of the usual shaving foam and nail varnish marbling on cheap watercolour paper and cardstock many decade ago with my son, but I never on thinner paper, just wondering if it's something special? I hope you and your loved ones are safe and well!

[@JamesMouland]

Hi, I'm so sorry I missed your question, the notification system failed. I mostly use ordinary copy paper, you can try coloured copy paper too. Experiment with any scrap paper you have, sometimes you get interesting results by just getting stuck!

[@christianecarson4321]

@@JamesMouland Thank you James💙

[@a3dpntr]

Christiane, high quality inkjet printer paper works perfectly.

[@christianecarson4321]

@@a3dpntr Oh thank you for that info., I have tried so many different papers, including Yupo paper with varying degrees of success, but now i'm eager to try your suggestion. Luckily I have an inkjet printer so have plenty of the right paper. I don.t know why I never thought to try that, so many many thanks! 🤩

[@mrgreene3290]

beautiful work, but wish you would include a narration of the colors laid and change in tools and the steps taken either while working or added to the video verbally or in text written on the bottom...would help in the understanding.

[@JamesMouland]

thanks, I wish I had the time, I'll try and get to it :)

[@mrsaamirshaikh]

Hi sir thanks for your video can you tell me what kind of colour can I use in this water painting

[@JamesMouland]

I use powdered pigments blended with ox gal acid from Turkey

[@TheSwisscanada]

I am enchanted to watch you and never knew or heard about it. What is in the water so the color stays on top?

[@JamesMouland]

That’s lovely I’m so happy to be able to introduce this incredible art form to new people. We thicken the water with plant based thickeners such as carrageen from seaweed or methyl-cellulose

[@TheSwisscanada]

@@JamesMouland Thank you so much, I was wondering why the paint is swimming on top....😁😁

[@JamesMouland]

@@TheSwisscanada for history of this art form visit my website jamesmouland.com/history-of-ebru/

[@ianvarty8064]

Ian from Newcastle

[@ianvarty8064]

Spot on my friend

[@ianvarty8064]

love to know how you do tiger's eye

[@miekevanderwoude1731]

Beautiful. But I have one question; what or which paint are you using?

[@JamesMouland]

Turkish Ebru pigments blended with ox gal and water

[@miekevanderwoude1731]

@@JamesMouland thank you

[@lisajarvis3820]

😮😮😮😮❤❤❤❤😮😮😮😮

[@JamesMouland]

😃

[@philreed6457]

What did you use to spread the wings apart, was it some sort of soap?

[@JamesMouland]

In Turkish Ebru we use gal as the surfactant to control surface tension

[@tgunasekaran6907]

Hello could you please upload a video of how to prepare water for marbling or ebru art

[@JamesMouland]

Ok I’ll do it during the Christmas holidays, I’m a bit busy at the moment. Do you have access to materials? I use carrageenan or methyl cellulose

[@JamesMouland]

Email me and I’ll forward you a .pdf that my students get when they come for a lesson. [e-mail]

[@euvid1]

Does the gall go in the water or in the paint bottle? Thank you.

[@JamesMouland]

With Turkish techniques we prepare the paint with water and the gall acid it takes around 1/2 months of regular stirring

[@euvid1]

@@JamesMouland so you add the gall acid into paint jar one time and.not each time you use the paint. Thank you.

[@JamesMouland]

It’s an ongoing process when you use organic materials you have to keep adding and adjusting and stirring it’s very much alchemy

[@fab423]

Good job but narration wouldve been better

[@JamesMouland]

Fair point, I’ll consider doing this in new videos. Have you watched others of mine?

[@aortiz4351]

Came here to say the same

[@lynnhamps7052]

Messy...and not very delicate looking ...

[@jeaninekotschwar2802]

I was surprised by your answer. I'm wondering if you could point me toward some other demonstration you would recommend?

[@JamesMouland]

I shall endeavour to improve