Leatherette painting

Pictures made from natural or artificial leather are a great way to decorate your interior. They, made with their own hands, are an original gift for mom, for example, for the holiday of March 8th. To create a still life “Bouquet. Calla lilies" you will need: thick cardboard, self-adhesive paper, pieces of leather or leather substitute, yellow yarn, waterproof glue, toothpicks, wire and scissors. First, you need to make a paper pattern. In the album we draw the required number of petals and leaves. We choose an arbitrary size of the parts, corresponding to the parameters of the cardboard base.

draw sketches on paper


We transfer the paper patterns to the skin and cut out parts of the flower.

Transferring paper patterns to the skin


Lubricate half a cotton swab with glue and wrap it with yellow yarn.

Cut off the end of the thread


Cut off the end of the thread. The stamen is ready.

wrap with yellow yarn


We continue working with the petals. We glue a piece of wire along the edges of the leather. In the future, this action will make it easier to give the flower or leaves the desired shape.

glue along the edges of the skin


We get the result.

We get the result


The top of the workpiece must be carefully cut off, that is, excess skin must be removed. Leave the wire at the base. Glue the stamen into the middle of the petal and use wire to wrap the edges of the flower inward.

fold the edges of the flower inward


You should get buds like this.

buds


At the next stage, we give the leaves a relief shape. To do this, apply glue along the pattern and bend the sheet in half.

bend the sheet in half


Leave the central vein to dry.

leave to dry


In the same way, other veins can be identified. If desired, glue wire along the edges of the pattern and get a convex sheet shape.

glue the wire


Let's move on to the base of the picture. We decorate the surface of the cardboard with self-adhesive film. We couldn’t find a whole piece of film, so we carefully work with two strips.

Let's move on to the base of the picture

decorate with self-adhesive film


When the background is ready, add the details. From a distance we assess the overall picture. It is quite possible that you will have to add or subtract the number of colors or change their location.

attach the details


Attention! The crucial moment is coloring the stems and leaves. When creating a painting from leather, craftsmen usually use acrylic paint. This is not an ordinary professional case, but an amateur performance. We will use gouache and watercolor. To prevent the paint from being taken by hand, we prepare a solution of water, vinegar and salt (2:1:1). Wet the brush and paint the leatherette.

number of colors


Leave the leaves to dry for 8-12 hours.

Wet the brush and paint the leatherette


It turned out well, didn't it? At the final stage we glue the parts onto the base. We start with flowers and stems.

We start with flowers and stems

We start with flowers and stems


By the way, we forgot to talk about the frame. We will make it from leather rectangles. First, we cut pieces approximately 0.5x1.5 cm in size. Then we use scissors to make strips, simulating fringe.

imitating fringe


We begin gluing the frame from the lower right corner, gradually moving upward.

gluing fringe


We draw the lower and upper borders. We finish the work by gluing the fringe to the left edge of the cardboard base. The frame is ready.

gluing fringe


All that remains is to add leaves to the flowers. We choose the most favorable location for the greenery and get to grips with the glue.Attention! The flame will help make the surface of the skin textured. If you hold the edges or middle of the petal over the fire, convex tubercles will appear. This trick will not work with leatherette.

Leatherette painting


So, all the parts are dry. This is how the leatherette painting “Bouquet” turned out. Calla lilies."

Leatherette painting


Simple and original. Mom or friends will definitely like the picture.
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