I'm really challenging myself with this leather jacket. Keeping it loose but pushing it far…

[mbarrick]

I'm really challenging myself with this leather jacket. Keeping it loose but pushing it far enough to be leather is a tough balancing act and it still has a ways to go. #acrylic #acrylicpainting #painting
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[ysabetwordsmith]

It looks like leather so far! \o/

Leather is great for practicing light and shadow, folds, texture. It can have so many different textures -- smooth, dimpled, fleshy, suede -- before you even get into things like embossing or tooling.