Koivu

This is How its going so far....appreciate comments. It was hard choosing the colour pallet since we ended up with a brighter pallet than earlier. I’m doing the leaves brighter and the flower in the front red...

Thank you!

right or left, right or left....hey, thanks guys! I will deffinately post what I got done, and, I misspelt branding! Oh, and I’ll use Angelus on the bottom and paint the chart wheels as realistically as I can! Below’s a pick of another recent one!

So, here I am stuck again. My next customer wants a guitarstrap with cart wheels symbolising his musical journey and the theme should have the next things, time passing, a life on the road and a little bit of country. So, I’ve sort of figured it out, the sketch below, but I’d sure appreciate some feedback or ideas! That’s a rough sketch, but I thought, it might work...I’ll brace one side dark and the other tan. Is the left or the right better? Oh, and if anyone’s seen any wheels done previously, I’d love to see them!

Thank you. I’m going to try it right away. Let’s see what happens. I’m pondering, if the leather has lost its durability over time.. but there’s I guess only one way to find out.

I inherited these old skins and they might be home tanned and probably from the 1940-1950... what would you do with them? How might I start softening, they are as hard as card board! Or should I just chuck them out?