How do I colour leather like this?

[spooky]

Found a dog collar on this website and was wondering how they achieved the colouring on the leather.

[abn]

Without trying to sound critical in any way , it looks to me like they simply used permanent markers, like Sharpies. I think better results could be achieved using acrylic paints or (my preference) Eco-Flo dyes. Just my two cents!

[spooky]

Without trying to sound critical in any way , it looks to me like they simply used permanent markers, like Sharpies. I think better results could be achieved using acrylic paints or (my preference) Eco-Flo dyes. Just my two cents!

I can see it isn't the best piece of work, but it was more the "idea" that I liked.

If you were going to use acrylic paints or eco-flo dyes, can you explain how you would do that? Sorry, ultra-newbie here, who needs things spelt out for them

[abn]

I'm not an expert in this area, but if I were doing a project like this, I'd purchase Eco-Flo dyes in the colors I needed and apply with a small artist's brush. (Larger areas I'd dye with a dauber.)

I think one of the better examples of using Eco-Flo dyes to color a project is Freak's koi fish:

http://leatherworker...?showtopic=8829

I went back through the Dyes and Antiquing forum and found a few interesting topics on acrylic paints, if that appeals more to you:

ClayB's demo:

http://leatherworker...showtopic=11979

Scouter's question on painting leather:

http://leatherworker...p?showtopic=315

I hope this information helps!

[Sasquatch]

This looks like they used the block dying technique, but it looks a little rough.

[RunningRoan]

I'm using paint (Eco-Flo) to color simple stamped lettering that I really want to "pop" but the paint sits on top of the leather and covers it up. For projects with large areas that need to be colored, I got some dyes. Have just practiced on scraps with it so far, but I like the look. You can still see the natural beauty of the leather through the dye. Pieces with all-over color done with paint sometimes don't much resemble leather anymore...it's just one solid sheet of paint. The dyes just give a richer appearance for large areas of color in my opinion.