I use the white to ‘’haze out’ or ‘raise’ Now I use a mix of very thin transparent I warm it up slightly with a hint of trans-
certain areas that appear lighter in my yellow and dust it around the highlight parent orange.
reference. areas very carefully. This makes the fur
appear slightly dirty.
I softened the darker spots lightly with a I hit a few of the highlight spots with white Now it is finished! I take it outside and give
transparent brown. Use the transparent again. it a good spray of Krylon Crystal Clear and
colors very lightly. leave it to dry on the board for a while.
I use twine to tie the corners of the frame I tied white leather lacing in a decorative Now the frame is complete with all of the
together and to hide the screws. I tie nature over the twine. The twine is for corners tied in decorative leather lacing.
them tight and cut the loose ends away. strength but the leather is decorative
This step adds strength to the frame. only.
I pulled my finished leather center piece
off of the board and laid it inside of the
frame.
Here I take an awl and poke holes in the
leather starting from a corner and work-
ing all the way around the center piece. I
put them about three and one half inches
apart, you may measure but I just ‘eye-
ball’ it. Be sure that each corner has a
hole. Try to stay at least an inch from the
outside edges of the leather.
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