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For this task we take a plain pair of shoes and transform them into wearable nontextual matter with a simple hand - painted floral design . you may also use these paint to turn have on - out shoes into far-out garden art planters .
For all the basic on shoe painting include recommended supplies for a salmagundi of different fabric seeHow to Paint Shoes .
Plain shoes
Dressing Up Shoes With Paint
It does n’t take much to wrench a plain pair of shoes into nontextual matter !
If your shoes are in good condition , use the paints recommended here to turn them into wearable art .
If they have fix — also known as “ good drainage”—dress them up with rouge and apply them as garden planters . This has examples of all kind of creative plantersincluding boot imbed with succulent .
If you are novel to shoe painting , How To Paint Shoesgoes over all the basics including how to prepare , pigment , and cultivation shoes made of various materials ( vinyl , canvass , leather ) .
We ’ve been painting shoe ( for fun and profit ) for year and it ’s just in late age that the art supplies ( paint and markers ) have become top - notch , making it much easier to get serious solvent .
We ca n’t test every combination of materials , but we have provide our honorable tips free-base on our own experience .
If you ’re working with $ 2 thrift shop shoe , it may not be an issue , but , if you ’re transforming those $ 400 Nikes , be certain to do your prep first to be sure you ’re using the good material for the job .
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Shoe Painting Instructions
Supplies
This is what we used for the leather shoe you see here . you could bribe these supplies separately or look for Angelus leather painting kits at a local artistic production supply shop .
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Steps
For these leather shoe we prepared the control surface withLeather Preparer and Deglazer .
The border of the soh are protect withvinyl tape . This case of tape adheres really nicely , preventing any paint from getting where you do n’t require it .
And we removed the lace before house painting .
If you want to be after your shoe design first , there are a few ways to go about it .
We like to photograph the shoes from several viewpoints , spell the images in to a drawing broadcast , and essay out designs .
Your computer or tab may already have Paint or a similar program . Photoshop , PicMonkey , Canva and others could also be used .
And , good old - fashioned theme and marking or pencil crayons are always an alternative .
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For these shoes we decided to habituate the black leather as a screen background .
The outline of the design was adumbrate onto the shoe with pencil and filled in withgessowhich act a fuse to really help the paint stick .
With the gesso completely dry , it ’s clock time to fill in with rouge people of colour .
Fill in your design with color usingAngelus Acrylic Leather Paints . If something does n’t bet right , you may re - give gesso and repaint the sphere .
Also see theFixing Mistakessection in this clause for other ways to slay the pigment .
We used variouspaint pensto add more definition to the design after the paints had dry out .
When your work of artwork is complete , the last footmark is to use a protective agent . We useAngelus Matte Acrylic Finisher .
While the Angelus leather paints oeuvre really nicely on leather ( and some other ) control surface , if you ’re going to be wearing the skid , it ’s worthwhile to give them this extra layer of protection .
Resources
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How to Paint ShoesA beginner ’s guide for hand - painting shoes
by Melissa J. Will
Our expert lead for creating hand - painted horseshoe on canvass , leather , and vinyl surface .
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