Tips on doing eyes/faces?

[SmilinJim]

Anyone have a good source on doing eyes/faces. I shot a few scraps I've been playing with and you can see the direction I lean towards. Need a lot more practice but I could use a little guidance. Doesn't help if you're practicing wrong.

On the stained piece is my dog Repo. And I know the staining is BAD, lol

Thanks Jim

[joet]

Silva Fox has an excellent lesson on doing eyes. Most of it is coloring, but look for the lessons and tips section on her web site. The site is located at: http://wdstudio.net/foxart/main.htm and is well worth looking into. Her video on coloring leather is very good also.

[ClayB]

Jan Schoonover does a one day class on just eyes every once in awhile. So far it has not worked out for me to take it, but I have seen the project and have some pictures of it.

Peter Main did a demo on human eyes somewhere but I can't seem to find out where it is on the internet. I think I have it printed out somewhere and when I find it, maybe that will help me remember where it came from.

Paul Burnett also did a series of articles in the old Make It With Leather magazine many years ago. I will see if I can find out which ones they were in.

For now, I will attach pictures of some animal eyes that Jan did.

[ClayB]

Well, I found the page that Peter did and it was on lips not eyes. It used to be on a different leather site but I couldn't find it there anymore. But when I ordered my modeling tool from Peter, he enclosed a piece of leather that he had demonstrated some techniques on. The eyes on here are for a dog (because that is what I was working on at the time) but the technique will work for most any kind of eye. I really like Peter's modeling tool and owe a lot to him for the help he has given me.

[SmilinJim]

Thanks for the help folks, need all I can get. Like the oak leaf too. Been wanting to do a shotgun case for my fathers gun. An older double 20. He was partial to Oaks. Again thanks.

Jim

[Billsotx]

Jim, there's some examples in Tech Tips.