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Personalizing shoes is a fun activity for both adults and children who love to paint and express themselves in artistic ways. Shoes can have any pattern the designer wishes, some themes that are popular are: video games, anime, cartoons, movies, books and ect. The first thing to do, before even buying the shoes, is to have a basic idea of what you are going to draw. Take careful consideration when buying your shoes, the most important factor is the fabric and color. Do not buy non-fabric shoes, athletic shoes, leather shoes or shoes with a lot of texture. If you want an intricate pattern i suggest men's converse (even if your female) because these shoes will offer a large flat space on both sides on the shoe. If you are interested in smaller designs buy either flats or canvas shoes. If you buy white or tan shoes you can use fabric markers and sharpies to color your art, giving it a smooth natural look. Any other color shoe is going to need acrylic paint so that the images can be visible.
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Get materials ready and remove laces from shoes.
Materials needed:
1. Plain fabric based shoes like converse or canvas.
2. Acrylic paint, depending on the pattern i suggest red, blue, yellow, brown, white and black. These basic colors can be mixed into any color you need.( In theory you don't need brown, but i suggest it because hand mixed brown is often grayer and less appealing than store bought brown)
4. Firm small paint brushes, preferably nylon
5.paper plate (to pour the paint on)
3. A Black Sharpie
4. Clear Varnish- matte, satin or gloss. I recommend the spray on from rust-oleum or Krylon.
Optional: Fabric markers (if decorating a light colored shoes)
Optional: Black sharpie pen, for those really fine details
optional: Glitter
Materials needed:
1. Plain fabric based shoes like converse or canvas.
2. Acrylic paint, depending on the pattern i suggest red, blue, yellow, brown, white and black. These basic colors can be mixed into any color you need.( In theory you don't need brown, but i suggest it because hand mixed brown is often grayer and less appealing than store bought brown)
4. Firm small paint brushes, preferably nylon
5.paper plate (to pour the paint on)
3. A Black Sharpie
4. Clear Varnish- matte, satin or gloss. I recommend the spray on from rust-oleum or Krylon.
Optional: Fabric markers (if decorating a light colored shoes)
Optional: Black sharpie pen, for those really fine details
optional: Glitter
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kudos and great job!
i might still have the magazine...
do you wan't me to look for it for you?
really nice instructable!
I have some Converse that I painted on. long story short, it turned out badly, so now i want to paint over them and paint them again with a different design. The problem is i put quite a bit of paint on the first time. i can`t scrape it off. will this be a problem to paint over? Like will it distort the new design or crack?
thanks!