"Here's a scrap piece that I tooled a practice pattern on" * pulls out the most intricate and beautiful floral design I've ever seen *

Back in the 70's my dad started creating beautiful art using a leather canvas. I recently inherited my dad's creation of The Last Supper. Your video instructions were very helpful to me because the piece required minor restoration. My dad's in heaven now and whenever I look at the piece I can hear him saying "well done daughter. " Thank you Dan!

I could not stop laughing in the beginning when you demonstrated the spilling...LOL. . . I'm probably laughing more than i should, but I just thought that was funny

Don, In my younger days I made and antiqued a lot of belts and then got away from that and started making saddles and just oiling them for the finish. I really needed a refresher course on the subject of painting, dyeing and antiquing and this video explains everything I needed to know. Thanks for the Video it is Great! Bruce Cheaney

Mr. Don I recently opened a leather shop and I have learned so much from you and Mr. Bruce Chaney. Thank you so much for this post! I was really struggling with this now I feel much more confident about doing two tone work.

Ireally appreciate your videos on all skills in leather crafting. Its really fascinating to watch these patterns come to life as you work. Thank you for sharing

The info in this dying/painting video makes so much sense. Glad I referred to it, as it gives me confidence to dive right in. Here goes...

I love working with leather and I learned so much! Thank you!

Thank you Don, this was really helpful. I could sit and watch you ALL DAY but I have work to do and your lessons to put into practise. BRILLIANT!

Thanks again boss! Your gonna be in the leather hall of fame one of these days.

Awesome info!!! Thanks Don for sharing your knowledge to fellow crafters... you got a fan for life! I will also pay it forward!

Thank you for sharing your knowledge on all these different aspects of leather work. Im really enjoying learning from you. Im just starting to do some leather work and love that someone with so much knowledge is willing to take the time to teach others not to mention all the tedious video editing and what not that goes with this aspect. Many, many thanks to you Sir!

I really appreciate you taking the time to share your skills. The dyeing and painting always stumped me.

Beautiful leather tooling, nice painting. 👍 Thanks-for sharing

Excellent tutorial. Thanks for sharing all of this knowledge.

This is perfect video man, I got some spur straps to make,with paint,and burning the lines. Dream catchers. I needed this man thank you.

I'm not artistic at all but this video gave me some ideas I NEVER would have even considered. Great video. Thank you.

Nice reference to “Draw, Mix, Paint”. I was thinking of him right after you started. Absolutely.

Thanks Don! Great video. Extremely helpful. Answered lots of questions for me.

Very educated on your leather working. Great work! Your my schooling! Thanks!

Thank you for doing this so generously

Absolutely amazing!

I thought you did a great job. First time painter...I've just got started. I thought your carving was incredible and how you did your background dying was so easy. I enjoyed your videos very much..... thank you Kevin.

Great video!! Thank you for sharing the knowledge

That's a great idea Cheyenne!

Don, Thank you so much for sharing your knowledge with everyone, it helps tremendously... You do AWESOME work..!

Brilliant, easy to follow and understand.

If you’re using plastic cups put a dab of petroleum jelly on the bottom. I am also a tattoo artist and use that for my water cup and ink caps. It really helps.

Thank you for sharing tips and techniques..Sooo helpful!!

This was the 1st video I've watched of yours... I'm a beginner with alot of design ides. And no clue how to put them into effect .... LOVE this video, helped alot ... will be watching 'em all !

Hilarious!! "....psychiatric ward where they bring you your meds...." Great to have some humor in here;)) Thank you....

My name is Toshihiko Natsui, who is watching in Japan. Thank you for your wonderful videos.

I'm just about to make my first leather project and this has helped so much for my girlfriends leather collar she requested.

Never mind dieing, you killed it. Just that first background bits among the flowers and bang there they were... Man but you're good... Loved this video, thank you.

Hey, DG, that's exactly where I pick up all of my paint cups! The psych-ward! Sometimes, the left-over residue from the anti-psychotics, will help bring the tone down in some of my brighter colors, too. So, there is definitely a "Pro" to re-using those little suckers! I really like the painting technique that you used on your flowers! The strokes leave a really natural-looking transition, from one color to the next, allowing them to look more realistic. Thanks again! I really do enjoy your work! You are my favorite artist in the business, on KZfaq.

Very informative and well presented!

I love your work! Very cool!

I love your use of humor without A. Acknowledging it and B. Being overbearing about it. Well worth the subscription.

Very useful! Thanks Don!

Great vids Don, thank you and hope you keep em comin!!

Appreciate the info. New to leather and this has really helped

Thanks kindly for sharing!

Thanks for a great video.

Appreciate the time you take to share your tutorials. Having said that if you were to tell me you were about to paint over such beautiful leather work, we would be doing some muay thai in the shop.

Thank you Don - appreciated....

You rock DG.

Don, Great video! A gal asked if you can put glitter in paint. I wash some in the finish. Really cool effect along with translucent paints.. Your leather piece rocked too! I usually use ,my airbrush with the spirit dyes

Awesome video, mate.

Very helpful video, Thanks.

Outstanding instructional video. You Tube can be such a amazing and useful tool, when someone of this guy's knowledge base makes informative vids as this-

Thanks don this helped me a lot

Your videos are great! Thanks for sharing

Nice tutorial. Thanks

Thanks -- Ilooked for this since I wanted to follow suit and antique w/Tan Kote & Fiebing's antique finish paste (Tan Kote instead of Eco-Flo or even Fiebings acrylic products) but noticed Fiebings warns Tan Kote is not a water resistant top cote (at least not as much, or by description) so this made me concerned about using the water-based stains. So voila: use Fiebing's oil stain and don't worry about it. Done and done :) I LOVE the more subtle, matte finish of Tan Kote! Super-Sheen reminds me of my cheesy plywood violin that don't play right. So cool to see the masters salute each other below

Loved it

Nice to see some professional techniques, thx.

Great video

Great videos. Thanks. Do you put neatsfoot oil on your tooled leather before you start the painting or dying process, or only after you are done with the background and boarder?

"psychiatric environment" that was the best, Great Vid! Thanks for all your vids.

great video!

For straight black, look into vinagaroon leather dye. (It's not a brand; it's a medieval method of dying leather black with vinegar & iron.) It's basically free, never runs, gives a perfect even dark black, & is easy. Downside is it can weaken the leather a bit, but not much.

I did like it , thank you

great job man i have cuestion for you wath kind of preparation follows that painting a sealer or wath or just that s it im preparin a my knife custom jaj but i dont now about leather well

Great work Don! Thank you for sharing your knowledge with us. Question: When finishing an item, and applying tan kote, this doesn't seem to guarantee the item won't bleed the dye off if it gets wet. I'd hate to make a wallet/belt and have the dye bleed on clothing. If I use a sealer like tan kote is that what you use for items like bels? Also, can I still soften the leather with a beeswax/olive oil type conditioner after it's sealed with tan kote or is it of no use. Just trying to make sense of this all. Thanks so much Don!

WOW!

Love your videos. Thank you so much. That sunburst technique is beautiful, I'm stealing it and calling it my own 😉 just kidding, of course.... Sorta 😜 Thank you again!!!

Even if you have no interest in this excellent video, at least watch until Don gets up from his paint bench, about 1:50.

Anthony our belts average around $500 depending on artwork and color.

Nice!

Don awesome video as always i have been following your vids for awhile now and learn a great deal. I have been leather working fir about 4 months now and still cant find a good way to clean my brushes after diein. I have used alcohol and other stuff. Just wondering if u have something. I am interested in your classes as well if you get around to it. Let me know, thx.. Cody

Hi Don, I see you have One Shot sign paints in the back there. I’m just now considering entering this world of leather/textile painting. I’m a fine artist who wants to paint on leather jackets and other types of clothing. I want to work mostly in one color applications for now (probably white). Wondering if you’d suggest the one shot paints for something like painting on a leather jacket or because of their qualities do you think they would chip away? Just thinking about nicely it applies to your surface, and only having to paint once. Thanks so much!

Al Stohlman's Luck 8 Belts...Blue then Black...Probably like the Blue and Black mix together..

Hi, Excellent tips, I'm learning how to work leather, can you please tell me if the normal acrylic paints on canvas are used to paint leather? Excuse me, I'm also learning English

The dye spill 🤣🤣 hilarious!

I know all my colors and most of my shapes!!

Don. I am just getting into leather tooling and I am finding your videos very helpful. You are using Feibing's Oil leather dye in this video. However, I believe that Feibing now has "Pro Dye". I do not believe that the Pro dye and the Oil dye are the same. Would you recommend using the Feibing's Pro Dye or find another Oil based leather dye? thank you. Brian

you used raw leather. how about painting on a finished product already, like bags? do you use the same proces?

Thanks for sharing this info! My husband and I just recently got into leather working, my husband is the more artsy fartsy type than I am, but your video is very helpful for me. Thanks bunches, Lori K.

Awesome demo. However, what oil product did you use for oiling. after painting to bring out your tooling and natural leather features color? And, which antique did you use? Please reply ASAP. Eddie Hodges

Your videos are WONDERFUL! Wondering if you’ve tried alcohol inks?

If you need protective paper under your leather when painting, open up an old magazine using the pages to protect your table. Tip for small painting areas. Just turn the pages to get a clean new area to paint on.

Hi Don I like your paintin. Time to time im doing small things eg keyring etc. May I ask you what are those color paints like white blue etc pls? I guess they are not Fiebings but probably some acrylic, am I right? Would you let me know manufacturer and type of those paint? Thank you

Hey so I have this kinda matte wallet (scratches easily) so can I still use paint or imma ruin it

How do you rub off mistakes on leather? Anything you can recommend

You had me at psychotic 😂 thanks for the info and the laugh!

how do you do a sunburst on a belt.. is it better to use dyes or gals or does it matter.. What do you recommend

Beginner here... I am just starting to practice oil and dyes but was wondering if the leather still needs to be cased to apply the dye/oil or if it should be dry?

Bob Ross o leather works! Dig it.

I was going to paint on a A-2 leather USAF flight jacket would this work on something like that?

Don I'm trying to figure out a way to paint on a tooled leather motorcycle seat. I am worried about running if it gets wet, or any other damage to the painted surface. Any ideas ? If acrylics were watered down enough would it soak into the leather and stay. Might not be as vibrant but still dramatic

Hello, Excellent tips, I'm learning how to work leather, can you please tell me if the normal acrylic paintings of painting are used to paint leather?

I'm new to leatherworking and on a bit of a budget, is there a way to paint leather by watering down and using Americana or those types of acrylic paint?

Hi, how do you remove any acrylic paint that might drop or smear? thx

Don Thank you for your videos, this is a good one. I tend to struggle with white acrylic paint no matter who or what makes it. I originally thought it was Tandy's cova color white but I switched to Angelus and was told to thin with water like you said. I received two white acrylic Angelus paint so I thinned one down and kept one at full strength and neither way was doing the job. I had some lettering that I was trying to paint white on a black background and I would fill the letters with white. When it dried the paint in the center portion migrated to the out side so that it appeared that I was antiquing black with white. I did at least four coats with the same results. Since I had hand painted a 3-D stamp of a mountain scene and roses and leaves I didn't think that would be a problem for the letters, boy was I wrong. What can I do th get the white to stay in the letters well.

Good afternoon Don! I've been toiling on a clutch purse. When not tooling I keep the leather in a gallon ziplock. Today I took it out of the bag and there is an area that has what looks like something blue has been rubbing on it. Mold? If so what do I do?

Trying to mix dyes to get burnt orange for a UT customer. What would you suggest? Thank you

can i used a printer ink to paint on leather?

I see you have sign painters paint on your shelf. What do you use that paint for? Thanks, love your videos

Hello there please since you are an expert i need your advice i want to paint on fake leather ''faux leather'' and i really dont know with what i should paint i saw some using acrylic with acetone but some said it will pill off with time would you give me an advice plz i really need you for this and bless you ^^

Hello which pen,paint and spray colour do you use for painting on it tell me in detail so i can buy it