accending dyes into one another

[troy]

This subject has no dauht been brought up before but could'nt find any thing in search - Have seen other peoples work where one color has been gradually faded or blended into another (in my case I am trying black/red). Wondered if any body can enlighten me to the mystery of how to do this and which dyes are best before I ruin another piece.

Cheers

Paul

[UKRay]

Most of the 'good' fades from one colour to another seem to be done with an airbrush...

[CitizenKate]

If you don't have an air brush, you can also get this effect using a bristle brush using dry brush techniques. Here's a link to a coloring photo demo done by ClayB that may have some useful information for you.

http://leatherworker.net/forum/index.php?showtopic=11979

There are also several books that cover this technique. Peter Main's book "The Main Technique of Coloring Leather" is the one that comes most immediately to mind.

Kate