How to Paint Leather Jackets

Below is a treasure trove of YouTube tutorial videos by the amazing and talented artist and designer Kristine Mueller who shares her expertise on painting leather jackets.

The videos are short (ranging in length from one minute seven seconds to two minutes thirty-nine seconds) and packed with helpful information and demonstrations.

This 15-part series consists of the following lessons. I bet you will want to watch them all!

• Introduction
• Selecting a leather jacket to paint
• Choosing a design
• Picking paint
• Using metallic and flat paint on your leather jacket
• Choosing brushes
• Using brushes to paint jacket
• Setting up your work space
• Safety tips
• Using stencils
• How to transfer a stencil
• How to mix paint
• Painting light to dark
• Fixing mistakes on your leather jacket
• How to care for your painted leather jacket

Introduction

Picking a Leather Jacket to Paint

Choosing a Design

Picking Paint

Metallic Paint and Flat Paint for Leather Jacket

Choosing Brushes

Using Paint Brushes on Leather Jacket

Setting Up Work Space

Safety Tips for Painting Leather

Using Stencils

How to Transfer Painting Stencils on Leather Jacket

Mixing Paint

Painting Light to Dark

Fixing Painting Mistakes on Jacket

How to Care for Painted Leather Jackets

Here are some general tips on how to paint leather.

For other projects that involve painting leather, see the winter arts and crafts project Alpine Painted Skates, and Painted Baby Shoes.