1) Mix acrylic pigments with art paste. For more intense color use less paste. Try ½ cup of paste with 1-2 tablespoons of paint. Start by mixing up 4 colors in large plastic cups.. The cups also are handy to pour from and help you save any leftovers in.

2) Place your paper on a glass or acrylic surface for easy clean up. Pour and brush paste onto dry paper to coat.








3) Use any tool to move paste around or to scrap through it. This is the fun part! If your design starts to disappear, let the paste "set up" a bit longer. Try again after 10-15 minutes and see if the design holds.


















4) Hang decorated paper from a clothesline with pins to dry.









5) Try brushing a different color paste to an already dried pasted sheet that you are not too attached to. The beauty is in the layering of colors and the ways you expose each colored, textured layer.

Paste papers are totally unique. No one can really duplicate your one of a kind sheet.

I use my paste papers for numerous art projects; from mixing them with rubber stamps, to creating collages, to designing handmade books.