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It seems to me that photography and painting may well exist together. That is, creating your own art work in one case does not exclude the use of ready-made templates from the Internet in another. And vice versa. PS. By the way, photography is also considered an art

It looks very stylish and it feels like a little piece of the soul is put into each work!

Thank you for such a high evaluation of my work., Brian! Andrey.

Unfortunately, I could not find in Ukraine a Varathane Diamond Wood Finish. For the test, I bought an acrylic spray in the nearest DIY shop in the middle price category. Here such: Manufacturer MOTIP DUPLI GROUP (Europe). Price in Ukraine for 400 ml - $4. I suspect that any universal acrylic lacquer would give a similar effect. YinTx I too fear that using only a spray lacquer may not give the proper water resistance effect. Therefore I applied first, as usual, finish Appretto Mild (Kenda Farben), which gave waterproofing properties and a glossy surface. And then, exclusively for decorative purposes, applied a little matte spray.

Nice girls!

report on the work done I tried the acrylic spray. The result completely suits me. Before: After: The difference in color is the unhealthy desire of my camera to make a color correction Many thanks to all!

Sorry for off-topic. This is my model Gerda.

Thank you! My work has many flaws - if see at a professional look. But I hope that thanks to the information in this forum, the advice of the masters and the strong desire for to do more, I can achieve better results. I use a hand stitching and in this work I first time tried zig-zag .. I was very worried that it would not nicely. Before that, I used only a flat recessed seam .

I did not notice. Thank you for drawing my attention to this! I'll probably make an order and compare the results of everything that I was advised in this thread

Finished product.

Thank you, Charon. Unfortunately, I could not find the finish you mentioned in Ukraine. And if i order it, the price, including delivery, will probably be prohibitive. But in any case, your information is useful. While I'll try to use acrylic lacquer in the spray. I hope the result does not disappoint me

Eric, thank you very much for your advice!

Mike, many thanks for the help. I understand, it is necessary to take a polyurethane lacquer.

It is exactly that I do not see any obvious traces of the leather cut and caused my admiration for your professionalism.

Clearly expressed - no. But on the runes there is clearly a very smooth difference in heights, which is usually achievable only in the case when the leather is not cut. I wanted to check if my guess is correct.

This is all my bad English I was really interested in whether the beveling was used without a cut. Because I did not see the traces of a cut on the runes. Mike confirmed that this is the case. Thank you!

Very beautiful cuts and beveling I admire and understand how much I still have to study and train.

Mike, did I understand correctly that you use in this work a beveler without carving? And I join Gary in the question of leather. Looks very good! Andrey.

Thank you! The reason for my request - I just had not yet been able to see the effect of UV on the leather. I will definitely do the proposed experiment - with the finish and without. I'm very interested in how much the finish affects the process.

If this does not make it difficult for you, can I ask you to post a photo with a changed by UV leather?

I for such purposes use a fine art brush to apply finish on the plots that should not be painted. After complete drying of the finish with the same fine art brush, I pass dye along the contact line. The amount of dye on the brush should be kept to a minimum so that it does not move into the thickness of the area covered by the finish.

Is there a finish (such as Resolene) that gives a matte surface? Or, in other words, how to get a waterproof matte surface? I would be grateful for any information on this matter.

Cool!!!

But the very same 2 knives and dozens of the tools you use are based on the experience of using everything that you have. And guessing in advance what you really need would be impossible. I think that there is no ideal set of in, which would be equally popular with everyone. IMHO, through the buying phase of a lot for select the right one goes anybody.

I hope that by the time I work with the leather as much as you do, I will have at least a pitiful resemblance to such a collection