Leather Floral Design: Transitions

This video is a quick tutorial on the Transitions used in designing your own leather tooling patterns. When designing floral tooling patterns, the transition areas from one layout circle to the next is many times the area that gives most designers the most trouble.
The main goal of this video is to show you how I go about setting up my transitions in order to create a very pleasing flow of vinework from one circle to the next.
If you would like to download the free transition framework sheet that we show in the video click this link:
dgsaddlery.com/frameworksheet/
If you would like to dive deeper into the subject of Leather Floral Design, you are welcome to purchase our newest eBook called "Introduction to Leather Floral Design" from our website by clicking this link:
dgsaddlery.com/product/introdu...
Thank you so much for watching and if you found this tutorial helpful please share it with another "LeatherHead" and please be sure and SUBSCRIBE to our channel.
Music by Ben Schane Music - Nashville, TN

[@thesoodster1880]

You are so kind to share your knowledge. Ty!

[@kelleyfrazier5523]

This video helped me so much, I just couldn’t get the vine rolling correctly and stopped using vines in my drawings. Thank you so much

[@sfap5876]

That is awesome I wish you would make another video on how to finish the vine I appreciate the work you put into this!

[@lswen7737]

Don, I have watched and listened to a lot of well known leather workers about drawing designs. You are the best! You are one of the best teachers as you seem to know how to explain the reasoning for doing what is being done. Thank You for your sharing. I am 80 years old and am enjoying making items out of leather. I am at a point where I want to do my own designs but, did not understand why things are done. Thanks for clearing it up! Larry Swenson

[@markbrooks324]

Thanks Don love your tutorials they've been a great help!🇬🇧

[@cp3ksu]

Thank you so much for making these tutorials!! They are extremely helpful!

[@chucklambert7470]

Very good study of basic flow. Thank you.

[@CantrellLeatherGoods]

Thank you whole bunches for sharing your talent. You're a really good teacher and your skill is undeniable.

[@AcrossLeatherNewCastle]

So many questions answered in this fantastic video! You draw those lines like your hands are on rails. Thank you Don!

[@jackreeves3001]

Your work is marvelous. I really enjoy watching. I think it's great the way you share your knowledge. Thanks

[@tafthammer5060]

Love your work Don!!

[@charlesadamsjr7617]

Thank you for showing your techniques for the transitions. I also enjoyed the portfolio video. Thanks again.

[@DonGonzalesMaker]

+Charles Adams JR thanks so much!

[@mikecohen641]

Very good explanation Don. Easy to understand. Used your painting vid this past week and your antique vid has helped a lot. Thank you for taking the time to put these together and passing along your knowledge. One of these days I'm going to get down to B/CS and shake your hand.

[@Shankb777]

This has been such a helpful video. I must have watched it at least 7 or 8 times this week.

[@christy9029]

Thank you Don, just starting out and you help to understand the process and explaining the process.

[@bakko9302]

Youre a good man Don. This is exelent content you share with all of us. Looking forward to each video. Big thanks!

[@markwoodbury1988]

I really need to purchase your tooling course, this is great material. Thanks for your contribution to the craft, Don. "You were created to create"

[@comfusedpassanger3399]

Thank you for making and sharing these videos. It help ppl. like me that are new in this game..

[@tazziegirl8231]

Thanks so much, Don for another great video!

[@BlueCro64]

Thank you for the eBook, love it. I took some Sheridan classes but I didn't have the experience for the course, became frustrated and gave up for a year. Your eBook has help get me back on the right track, after several pages in my drawing book I just finished my first four flower pattern following your book, Developing those basic skills, much appreciated.

[@kenkent4718]

I've been struggling with this for years this has turned on the light for me .the horizontal line was the key plus the location of the stump.Many thanks for sharing, much appreciated. Ken Kent

[@Slepho]

Great video thanks Don. Hope to see more like this.

[@robertdikes7722]

Outstanding tutorial! Great work!

[@yvetterodriguez3338]

Thank you so much for these drawing videos it has been of so much help!!

[@chuckb5012]

don. this is the best tutorials I have seen. I've looked through your other lessons and found one on Sheridan style. that's for tomorrow. I hope the other lesson continues to show the finishing go the design thanks chuck B

[@samprimera1907]

I know you posted this a long time ago, but I’ve watched so many of your videos over the last few days. I really want to get into leather working and I’ve learned a lot from your videos.

[@LeatherBeast]

This really makes me want to give tooling a shot! Great info!

[@woodndrum303]

What a good instructional video. Thank you this has helped me a great deal. Getting to grips with this idea has helped me a lot. Instead of a few flowers that fell onto the leather workpiece I can now show the different elements linked together. Now the vines or leaf stock flows in a much more believeable way. Thank you for a very clear and and helpful explanation.

[@Ezequiel-gp6tj]

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[@BlueCro64]

That you, thank you, thank you, I just downloaded your eBook. I have purchased books and have traveled and taken other courses, the information is valuable but nun would teach me the basics of how to do the vines, the flow and transition, this was always just a given thought. Because i did not have that basic information I would always get frustrated and give up. Now finally I have someone to teach me these simple basics to go along with all this other advanced knowledge i have. I can not thank you enough.

[@kelsayb5136]

Thank you for your thorough and easy to understand explanation. I've been struggling so much with drawing my own patterns and this was an aha! moment. Thanks!

[@DonGonzalesMaker]

+Kelsay B thank you so much!

[@bruceosborne1892]

Great video and thanks.

[@INFIDEL82AA]

Sir... I love watching all of your videos! I've learned so much, in such a short period of time, from you, Mr. Gonzales. Like several other folks have stated, you are, indeed, the best that I have found, for instruction and in-depth knowledge of how a beginner can move forward, without so much of the trial and error, that I am certain that you have gone through, over the span of your career, as an artist. With all the work that you do, I am not even sure how you find the time, or the motivation, for that matter, to make these in-depth instructional videos. You're like, Super-Don or Speedy-Gonzales! All of that, and you still maintain the integrity of your work's quality! You are a very talented man, Sir! And I surely do appreciate what you do, and have a huge amount of respect for you. You're an awesome Man, and I think that it would be really great if I were to get to meet you sometime. So, thank you, very much, for the things that you do for us! Sincerely, thank you!

[@dochayesnm]

The ebook is great!

[@nickmedina9861]

Duuuude! I happened to pick this video up from your most recent video and this helped me out big time! I was doing figure eights and it was frustrating me because it just didn’t look right. Thank you for the pro tip!

[@DonGonzalesMaker]

Thanks so much man! So glad it helped dude!

[@butcher6662]

explained perfectly, thank you very much 🍻

[@sofasquirrel]

Thank You! This is a huge help. I really aprecaite your videos. I would like to see more on drawing your designs I'm getting better but still struggling.

[@rondumontier1187]

U make it look easy. But I just need to practice more. Great video

[@rbliven]

Thanks Don.

[@natalieleem2168]

You are really talented guy! You used just a basic tools and you got an amazing effect! I was just searching for video how to paint my old brown martens for yellow ( like yellow) ... I wanted to know which type of paint can I use and which type of coat... I am impressed your work!

[@rdeanleatherworks1618]

Another great tutorial, I had to stop and start to follow along while drawing, well worth the time. Now if you would show us how to connect to the next circle and continue with a series of circles that would be great. I've been doing leatherwork for many years but only been doing the Sheridan style, working from pre drawn patterns, for a couple of years. Thanks for sharing your time and talent. R Dean

[@HoffnerPrecision]

Don, I have read everything I can find this subject, and I just couldn't get it. The horizontal line is the piece of the puzzle I was missing. Understanding where to begin the vine work to keep from having that awkward straight line, or bunching everything up will help my design process immensely. I wish you were in Idaho, because I would hang around your shop and bug you without mercy until I could make things the way you do. Thank you for posting these videos.

[@emandejnozka1369]

Thanks, Don. You are very good at instruction and easy to follow. Perhaps you could mention the “Golden Means” and “Fibronoche Ratios” of proportion in your monologue. I don’t think it is too much for students to comprehend and it certainly is just how everything in Nature flows.

[@alwentzel4776]

Great stuff

[@jackkrag]

thank you Sir.

[@markmccombs6009]

Great vids, I think it was one of your videos, you showed us a knife sheath made like a web, I loved that how can I get the pattern, THANK YOU DON

[@TexHoss1]

You make that look too easy! A lot harder for me. I seem to have to work at it a lot harder. Thanks for the great video for teaching us that struggle with the artwork.

[@shirleymorales3161]

Create stencils for those of us working with paints stains wanting to create a leather look on furniture !❤

[@woodystrapping]

Thanks don I've watched this about 100 times🤣🤣🤣 I think it might be sinking in. Woody ( woody's trapping)

[@kevincohn5862]

I enjoyed your work very much, first time viewer. Would like very much to learn how to start and finish the floral design that you done. I like your approach 👍 how to attack or proceed to make the shape of the 🌼...again thanks and I enjoy your work. From Pgh,Pa...kpc.

[@0whistler0]

Thank your for the great video! But I have one tiny question, could you show me how to finish the first circle?

[@danndidivangonzalezrobles3501]

Congratulacion very nice muy name is dann gonzalez garcia from de saltillo México

[@iraklibaxsoliani8428]

Thank you for this video. Where can I buy your book

[@lawnorder6804]

Good morning Don. Thank you for taking time to share your knowledge and experience. Want to share an idea that might help others. It would be helpful if you produce some videos about the components of a Sheridan drawing. Some videos that describe the parts and the motivation for creating different designs. Eg. 'This is a vine. We draw it like this. Allot of times this type has tendrils and thorns. We can use a camouflager and veiner to create the spiral center and the movement of the curved vine.' etc. You could do the different types of vines, leaves, flowers, nuts, thorns, etc. And what type of tool you use. I noticed in one of your instructional videos, you put circles in various places with a seeder.i saw what you did, but didn't understand why and what you were trying to emulate in nature. You're one of the best leather carvers. I know it's allot of work, but having all the breakdown would give you subject matter and give the viewers a better understanding of the botanical parts, when and why to use the specific tools and how we might put those parts together to create a pattern. Thanks again for teaching us your craft.

[@user-of7jy1jj8y]

Thank you ! I like it. Please show me three flowers.I want learning draw.

[@JohnnyGoad-sl6br]

How do you figure out how long a long line should be around the flowers and the vines

[@pjculbertson55]

I'm a little off-topic but in this example, all your backgrounds were surrounded. Something I have trouble with is when all my background areas are not surrounded and where to stop backgrounding. In some of my patterns, objects are close together and need some backgrounding but have no border. I usually background a little but tend to go too far and then feel the need to background all the way around which wasn't my intent and doesn't look good. Any advice there?

[@DonGonzalesMaker]

+pjculbertson55 yes this is a common prob I have too... thing I have found is to limit the amount I add to just accent a bit of background in the convergent areas on the outside. I usually only do enough to add an accent.

[@DonGonzalesMaker]

+pjculbertson55 I️ have this same issue at times and have found that for me it works best to just add the tool length’s of background anywhere there is a V in the pattern around the outside. So like where a couple vines converge I️ will just add two or three spots of background using my background tool... just enough to hint at the background that would be here.

[@reagangreenwood2665]

Hey Don. Do you know Reagan Greenwood?

[@HLSstephen]

You

[@phillipcarden7027]

I like your content but the sound is inconsistent and usually too low. Just say-en.