Shoe Series Update

It has been a lot of fun painting this shoe series!  If I were younger I would love to design "fun" shoes and of course they would have to be comfortable which pumps often are not.  I'm pretty happy with the shoe designs but haven't decided on changes to be made to either of the backgrounds.  Any thoughts or comments are always welcomed (either here on this site or in an email if you want).

I might want to make the cheetah's facial features stronger is one thought but I do like the background since it reminds me of a lair.

On the Fast Track--Cheetah Pump
Watercolor
6x6 on ClayBord to be mounted on Canvas and sealed

Kick Up Your Heels--Calico Pump
Watercolor
6x6 on ClayBord to be mounted on Canvas and sealed

This one was a little tricky and I made up the design from researching calico prints and especially the bandana prints.  I would love to have a pair like these to wear with denim skirt and a matching ban dana for a casual party.  I love to wear slings anyway.  I'm concerned about the background in the in between areas around the heel and the top by the sling ties.

Village Gallery Art Challenge for May

Calico Pump

Kitty Pump

Snakeskin Pump

Spring Watercolor Pump

It has been several weeks since I've been able to paint.  My husband is now on phase of his cancer treatment where they collect the stem cells for the transplant which will be next month.  I knew that I wouldn't have the time and energy to paint every day but I have been working on selecting the shoes I want to paint for the Village Gallery's Art Challenge which will be coming up in May.

I carefully chose how I wanted the webbing for each one and the colors.  Several of these are still wet from the spraying.  These are 6x6 ClayBord tiles which will be adhered to the 6x6 canvas cradles which were supplied to us as part of this project.  I will use mostly the Dr. Ph. Martin Hydrus watercolors to paint the shoes over the background layer.  It should be fun and relaxing.

I hope you will follow my progress over the next several weeks.  Maybe you have some shoes you would like to have included as I probably will be painting for in this series.  I'm still thinking of a name for this series.  I want to express how these are the perfect pumps --  you don't have to spend hundreds of dollars, no animals were killed in creating them and what a fun painting for your closet area!  Ideas are most welcome for naming this series..........