Wednesday, November 23, 2011

Favorite Shoes




















oil on canvas panel 6x6 inches

Daily Paintworks gave us a "paint your shoes" challenge recently. These are my favorite shoes for style and comfort. I live in flip flops, so I don't wear these very often, but still they're my favorite shoes. I thought about leaving out all the gold stitching to simplify the painting, but the stitching is part of the style, so I decided to paint it in a simplified way. The color palette was enjoyably limited: burnt umber, ultramarine blue, yellow ochre, cad yellow medium and Twhite.
Happy Thanksgiving, everyone! Stretch your imagination a bit, and my shoes could be 21st century pilgrim shoes: black leather with buckles.

5 comments:

  1. They do look comfy! I like how you simplified this. I really like how you depicted the shine on the black shoes, ranging from grays to dark. Well done!

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  2. Oh what comfortable looking shoes.Love them.

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  3. So cool! Who would think a pair of shoes can be so interesting! I love the highlights and the stitching. Nice work Karen!

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  4. Great job on making a nice painting of shoes! Also like your Persimmon and it's flowing looseness and color.

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  5. Great paintwork Karen, your shoes really look comfortable and lived in...

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