Water drop effect on leather

[CitizenKate]

Cool effect! Thanks for sharing that, Roo.

Kate

[Hilly]

Great idea, Roo!

Water drops, frog skin, bubbles, fizzy drinks....

[Regis]

roo,

Not as simple as it looks... I tried it without any luck and not near as good as you. Air simply blew the water flat and away. I'm not too profecient with airbrush so there is probably just more to it than I thought.

[Roger]

that is really cool!

i think it looks grate! i can't imagine it looking any better

[dai malbrook]

hi david, the base color on the leather was 'whiskey', the white was just acylic white and the darker color the whiskey with a little black added. I think spirit dye (i dont have any) or enamel or oil paint would work better as it would sit on the outside of the water drops. I think my paint spread across the water drop. I would also use less white next time and i dont think the leather dye i had (darker color) attached to the water very well. I found the effect interesting and i sure the look could be improved with practice. As to the use, well i sure someone will come up with a project to use it on. I like spiders idea of frog skin.

That's a neat idea, i can't wait to try it. I'm pretty sure some form of enamel paint would give you a result closer to what you expect. It looks like the acrylic just got sucked into the water and dried in the shape of the drop rather than just being on one side. It still looks good, especially with the shadow effect from the overspray. I could swear that there is actually somethin sitting onto of leather. It just looks a bit more like round salt than water.

[Thom]

Hi Roo,

What a neat technique. I will be watching closely for you to perfect your discovery and the further applications you might find.

Regards,

Thom