How To Paint Shoes If You Can't Draw

SHENZHEN, China - May 8, 2013 - PRLog -- How To Paint Shoes If You Can't Draw

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First of all, the point of the exercise is to demonstrate that we are all artists. Don't worry if you can't draw a horse that looks like a horse. A few years ago, I started buying good quality clogs for around seventy five dollars, splattering them with acrylics, then wore them night and day, summer and winter, for two to three years before I had to replace them and paint a new pair. I buy black leather clogs, don't treat the leather at all, put down a dropcloth (well, now I do -- when I used this technique to paint our costumes for the Mind Shaft Society expedition to Burning Man 2000, I permanently colored the asphalt in my driveway), mix up acrylics in cheap paper cups with cheap fat brushes, crank up the tunes, dance around and holler and use my whole body, flicking my wrist spasmodically yet aesthetically, and splatter the shoes. There are many ways of splattering -- big ropy spills like Jackson Pollock, or dots on dots on dots of various sizes and colors, or both techniques. I've had splatter-painting parties where a dozen people splattered at once. You need a large space for this, or many showers or high pressure hose immediately available! Another easy way to paint is to cut small stencils -- stars, moons, other easily recognizable icons -- out of cardboard. Or dab away freestyle. Just remember to use small dabs and small brushes and let the dabs dry before they run together. When you use normal brushstrokes, the paint dries in a sheet and flakes off in a sheet.

You will get an immediate friendly response from people when you wear your shoes in public. People will ask: "Are you an artist?" to which I encourage you to say: "Yes! And we can ALL be artists!" then evangelize your admirers to paint their own shoes. Be sure to add that it signifies nothing more than your willingness to paint your shoes. Isn't it a little weird that there are billions of shoes in the world and 99.99% of them are black or brown?

It is possible that cool hunters will track down someone in the right demographic, capture their painted clogs, and some global brand will commodify painted shoes and sell them worldwide. This is fine! It means more people will be wearing large numbers of random colors! At that point, we can move on to painting shirts, pants, and hats. If the commodification engine wants to chew it all up, terrific! The world will be a more colorful place, and we can think of new ways to make art out of our lives.

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