New Coloring Technique!

[Nighthawk]

Well, new for me, anyway!

This is a sporran I made:

Not the effect I wanted. So I tried again on a cell phone case:

Nailed it! I started with a yellow base, and then dry brushed a medium brown over it. The first time, I used a dauber to apply the yellow, and it came out way too dark. On the cell phone case, I used an airbrush to apply the yellow. It came out much better, I think.

[benlilly1]

Nice effect, I like it done with the air brush too. Looks real good!

[indypbear]

Nighthawk, that looks really good and retro too. In the 70's Tandy put out leather that had the yellowish base but you can't get it today, at present, so tooling hides need to be adapted with the yellowing technique that you have discovered buy trial and error (nice research). Another way to apply the darker color of choice is to wrap a small block of wood with scrap tight weave linen, daub the dye on the linen and wipe over the project until you get the effect you want (old school approach). Keep up the good work!

Indy

P.S. The leather was called "Nature Tanned".