The Decoration of Leather / From the French of Georges de Récy

by Georges de Récy

SHADED GROUNDWORK

For shaded groundwork diluted colour is applied with a sponge or pad worked over the leather with a circular movement, and the uniform tint thus obtained is darkened as required by further applications with stronger colour. In shading a ground from one colour to another, as for example from dark olive to malachite green, orange red and pale yellow, the edge of each colour, as it is put on, is covered with a piece of thick paper, which must be firmly held in place, in order to prevent the colours mixing where they come together.