Faux leather
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Faux leather
There are lots of ways of doing this but here is an easy one for you. Coat the surface with a coat of multipurpose sealer. From this point work one surface at a time. Recoat the surface with the selaer. While it is wet place on the tissue paper. The finish here is up to you...scrunch it up or smooth it out. I like it some where in between, not too ripply. Brush the paper down with more sealer. Allow it to dry well and trip the edges where sides meet with a craft knife. When dry coat with black paint. ...or a paint of your colour choice. You can leave it like this or get a cheap cruffy brush dust a lighter colour to the raised areas. Do this with a dry brush, and after putting paint on it wipe the excess off on paper towel first. Lightly dray this dry brush over the surceas to catch the raised areas.
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