First try at embossing

[claudia]

Well here is my first try in embossing . I tried to do my palomino gelding "Plaboy" , he is a real golden palomino, but the main color tryed darker than i tought . Please any input is welcome , thank you claudia

[ClayB]

Hi Claudia,

Your first attempt at embossing turned out a lot better than mine! My first try was a horse head on a belt buckle and I hated it. I still have it on a shelf and see it every once in awhile. I did it like Stohlman did it with leather plugs, and if that was the only way to emboss, I would not emboss anything.

Your horse looks pretty good but the white is pretty strong. I have learned that when I use acrylic paints, I thin them down a lot with water. Somebody on another list mentioned some kind of acrylic "medium" that might work better. I would like to try that sometime, but water works ok so far. I thin it down so that sometimes you can barely tell that you have painted an area. You can just keep going over it until you get enough color. It is easy to add more and more coats of light color. If you use it straight out of the bottle and it is too dark, you are usually stuck with it that way. I know you learn a lot from videos. One you might like on color is Silva Fox's Dazzling Color video. I did the picture from her video and was really surprised how well it turned out. You can get her video from her website

http://wdstudio.net/foxart/main.htm

or from Hidecrafter. She also has a few lessons on her website that you might find helpful. She does amazing things with acrylics on leather and she has helped me a LOT!

Keep up the good work Claudia, and keep sharing your pictures.

Clay