I’m going to give it a try, and will let you know!

Thank you Philip, that wil save time making👍

Take a look on the website of Decocuir they have got several brands. https://www.decocuir.com/en/pages/marques-phares-travail-cuirgood luck finding what you need. Kind regards, Monique

@dhowells2094, Have you ever tried this? If you use vegetable tanned leather, you can moisten it a little with water before you paint it. With a wad of scrunced newspaper that you dab in the paint and then on the leather, you get the structure of the creases in the leather. Where there is a lot of paint you get a dark effect, less paint gives the smoky effect you are talking about. If you're afraid of dabbing too much paint on your leather, dab the excess on a piece of cardboard or paper first before dabbing it on to the leather. Once the leather has dried completely, you can oil it and then treat it with, for example, acrylic resolene. If you are going to give it a try, I am of course very curious about the result. Kind regards, Monique