Monster Graffiti Shoes with Line Work

Monster Graffiti Shoes with Line Work

Posted by DecoArt on Feb 6th 2019

Transform canvas shoes with fanciful graffiti monsters using DecoArt® Stylin™.

SUPPLIES

    • water container
    • palette or plastic plate
    • paper towels
    • stylus or pencil
    • 1" painter's tape
    • black permanent marker
    • black canvas shoes
    • paintbrushes

    INSTRUCTIONS

    NOTES:

    Let dry completely between painting steps.

    1. Tape off the tongue, back panel of the shoe, the inside rim around the ankle, and the shoelace column.
      2. Instruction #1
    2. Paint both interior sides of the shoe completely in White.
      3. Instruction #2
    3. Using a pencil and the pattern provided, sketch the monsters and a couple of diamonds on the outside panel of the shoe and paint according to the image below. (See photo for color placement.) Every monster has a solid base and another layer of the same base color added with a touch of White to add a highlight. Use a variety of colors, trying not to use the same color directly next to another.
      4. Instruction #3
    4. Using a very fine liner brush or a permanent black pen, trace the shapes and add the simple line work. (See provided pattern.)
      5. Instruction #4
    5. Paint the interior panel of the shoes with the other monsters and the same method described above for adding highlights with lighter shades of each color used.
      6. Instruction #5
    6. Use a fine liner brush or black permanent pen to trace the shapes and add simple line work. (See provided pattern.)
      7. Instruction #6
    7. Using a liner brush and Black or thicker black permanent pen, fill out the space around the monsters with irregular "blob" shapes.
      8. Instruction #7
    8. Repeat the method above on the other side of the shoe.
      9. Instruction #8
    9. Use a very fine liner brush or a fine permanent pen to add the smaller line work in each "blob". (Curve every line working from the outside to the center, following the original drawn shape.)
      10. Instruction #9
    10. Repeat the same method on the other panel of the shoe.
      11. Instruction #10
    11. Add the strawberry monster to the toe of the shoe: Add Fuchsia highlights to the Red, light Green highlights to the Green, and light Turquoise to the Turquoise eye. (See photo.)
      12. Instruction #11
    12. Use a very fine liner brush or fine permanent pen to trace the strawberry and add the line work. (See provided pattern.)
      13. Instruction #12
    13. Add fine Red lines to the eye and blood dripping from the bottom.
      14. Instruction #13
    14. Add fine line work to the eye and a Red halo.
      15. Instruction #14
    15. Add line work to the "all-seeing eye".
      16. Instruction #15

    DOWNLOADS

    Monster Pattern

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