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Phil fantastic work. Yes please tell about the leather.
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Thank you Terry. Yep, no problem, I'd love to share how I did the leather - will post this real soon
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Thank you for the kind words Mark! Very next post will be on the leather!
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Phil
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You have really captured the atmosphere of the times with your painting. Excellent job!!
If you're not aware, the new Museum of the American Revolution will open in Philly next April, 2017. Having been able to see some of the items they have in their collection, it will be an outstanding experience.
https://www.amrevmuseum.org/
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If you're not aware, the new Museum of the American Revolution will open in Philly next April, 2017. Having been able to see some of the items they have in their collection, it will be an outstanding experience.
https://www.amrevmuseum.org/
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Hello everybody,
Since I've been asked by several about how I did the leather work on this guy, here is some info on how exactly I approached it.
I'll cover exactly what I did for painting up the two wider straps that cross each other over the top of his chest (one is a much darker "black" leather and the other is a dark brown leather)
First both were base coated with a couple of coats of pure Burnt Umber.
After the base coating, I added the texturing - this is the key step! To do this, I made a 50/50 (more or less) mix of Burnt Umber and Naples Yellow. With this mix, I then painted very fine, very thin lines across the straps. Some lines are straight, some are crooked and jagged. You want to vary the "density" of the lines (some places should have much more than others) to indicate patterns of wear and usage. I also painted some highlighting along the edges of the straps with this color as well - one important thing when going along the edges is to not do it in a continuous fashion - you want these highlight lines to be a broken up - with an emphasis on areas that you want to look worn or are catching the light. After the initial lines, scratches, etc... are in place, I then do the same thing again, but this time with a mix of pure Naples Yellow. This time around, I only focus on very specific areas based on how worn I want something to look, or based on the lightning scheme (or both). By varying the colors used to create the texturing, it'll look like some parts of wearing and tearing are older and faded more than others; this will contribute greatly to overall "life-likeness".
After the texturing is in place the next and final step I did was to use some diluted Winsor & Newton inks to glaze over the entirety of each strap. For the "black" leather, I used highly diluted black colored ink, and glazed this over the strap. By layering several coats of this one on top of the other, you add depth and richness to the finish. It's important to make sure the inks are diluted - otherwise you'll wind up with something that is too shiny (it'll look like patent leather). Maybe two or three coats of this at most. For the brown leather I used their chestnut brown ink - which was diluted and layered in the exact same fashion.
So there you have it
. I hope this helps - I'd also be happy to answer any further questions!
Regards,
Phil
Since I've been asked by several about how I did the leather work on this guy, here is some info on how exactly I approached it.
I'll cover exactly what I did for painting up the two wider straps that cross each other over the top of his chest (one is a much darker "black" leather and the other is a dark brown leather)
First both were base coated with a couple of coats of pure Burnt Umber.
After the base coating, I added the texturing - this is the key step! To do this, I made a 50/50 (more or less) mix of Burnt Umber and Naples Yellow. With this mix, I then painted very fine, very thin lines across the straps. Some lines are straight, some are crooked and jagged. You want to vary the "density" of the lines (some places should have much more than others) to indicate patterns of wear and usage. I also painted some highlighting along the edges of the straps with this color as well - one important thing when going along the edges is to not do it in a continuous fashion - you want these highlight lines to be a broken up - with an emphasis on areas that you want to look worn or are catching the light. After the initial lines, scratches, etc... are in place, I then do the same thing again, but this time with a mix of pure Naples Yellow. This time around, I only focus on very specific areas based on how worn I want something to look, or based on the lightning scheme (or both). By varying the colors used to create the texturing, it'll look like some parts of wearing and tearing are older and faded more than others; this will contribute greatly to overall "life-likeness".
After the texturing is in place the next and final step I did was to use some diluted Winsor & Newton inks to glaze over the entirety of each strap. For the "black" leather, I used highly diluted black colored ink, and glazed this over the strap. By layering several coats of this one on top of the other, you add depth and richness to the finish. It's important to make sure the inks are diluted - otherwise you'll wind up with something that is too shiny (it'll look like patent leather). Maybe two or three coats of this at most. For the brown leather I used their chestnut brown ink - which was diluted and layered in the exact same fashion.
So there you have it
. I hope this helps - I'd also be happy to answer any further questions!Regards,
Phil
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Thanks for the kind words Bob - they're greatly appreciated
And thank you so much for the info on the new museum... That's incredible news! Since I live right in downtown Philadelphia, I can easily see myself making hundreds of trips to it when it finally opens. Very Exciting!
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