In my last blog post, I explained how to make a stencil out of paper. Well, we’re going to try it out on the leather. How does acrylic paint handle the leather? The first step was to wash the leather. Which I did not do, but if I had to guess a damp wash cloth and a bit of dawn dish soap should hopefully be a good substitute as opposed to real leather primer. After it’s clean and dry, it’s time to test it out and see if acrylic paint will stay on the leather. I used a silver paint pen for the stencil (for a past bookbinding project) and tested it when it dried.
Overall, it wasn’t so bad. After sealing it with leather sealant, it worked pretty well, and would probably try it again. For lighter and thinner leathers, trying out watered-down acrylics could create a unique look and feel to it, but as the leather I had was so dark, keeping the acrylic paint as thick as possible was the best way.
