Paint Old Cheap Shoes

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  Step 1

  remove the shoelaces, at first, so they can t get in your way.

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  Step 2

  now take a small felt pen and draw the outlines of the motives you want.

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  Step 3

  here are some examples, which you maybe can take as your shoe-picture:

  1. cupcake

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  Step 4

  2. stars
  3. cloudlet
  4. rainbows
  5. curls

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  Step 5

  6. hearts
  7. dots

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  Step 6

  8. peace

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  Step 7

  9. stripes
  10. music sheets

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  Step 8

  11. flowers
  12. smilies
  13. diamonds
  or 14. sweet animals

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  Step 9

  after you put the sketches on your shoe, you can colour them.

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  Step 10

  here are some tips for these step:
  1. take a hard and big brush (pic) for the background and straight lines.
  2. paint at first the background.
  3. DON'T use this type of brush for details or sketches.
  4. take a smooth brush (pic) for the details

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  Step 11

  5. if you want to change the colour, wash your brush and dry it (with a blowrag or what ever...). if you don t do this, your contours ll blur. painting fabric isn t as easy as painting paper, the fabric absorbs all water and fabric colour isn t like acrylic: you can t paint it over.
  6. if you want to have nice colour effects, you have to put two colours on your brush, like light pink and white (pic) or
  yellow and light green.

• Step 12

  when you are finish, let it dry.

• Step 13

  and then take the felt pen, and draw the outlines a 2nd time.
  as a last resort you have to put the shoelaces in the holes, again.
  DONE!

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LaLiLuLiny · Karlsruhe, Baden-Württemberg, DE · 20 projects 7th October 2011

i think the colour of your shoes aren t a problem.
if i were you, i would choose bright colours.
and if you like sweets, i ve got an idea for you:
me and my friens made a shirt, for an other friends birthday. we drew a cupcake and put it on a hill of sweets.
maybe you can put the same motive on your shoes
hope i could help you!

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EVEnl · Leidschenveen, Zuid-Holland, NL · 319 projects 4th October 2011

Awesome I will try this... I have an old pair of shoes the thing is I they're black... what would you recommend?

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Tess 16th August 2011

ME AND MY FRIENDS DID THIS ON THE LAST DAY OF SCHOOL!

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