Painting: Tips and Techniques

A resource for your paintable kits! Each video has a range of tips - watch them all!!

Important:

  1. Get a feel for the paints and the brushes by testing them on scrap.
  2. A hairdryer to dry paint if you need to apply lots of coats. 
  3. Leather paint takes 48 hours to cure properly.

Painting more detailed designs, fades and curves:

 Using celotape (cellotape??) stencil!!

 

This next video is part of a series on painting leopard print. It can be really difficult to get a consistent pattern over a big surface, so this is a method I've found really helpful for me. However, please excuse the video quality, it's POOR!