august challenge round up

Ok, so I didn't manage to draw each and every one of my shoes, but I did most of them, and I did all of my favourites. I not only enjoyed doing these drawings, it almost felt like an extension of the zen drawing experiment, it made me pay close attention to the detail and I took my time with each drawing, which is a new thing for me and I like it!!

So I'm rounding up with an old shoe drawing, one I did of my boots last year, while in our hotel room in Seville.

September challenge will be posted soon.

some unseasonal boots

These are my rather unseasonal Nine West suede boots. They make my feet look huge, but they're comfy and I love 'em.

August is nearly at an end now and I realise I'm not going to be able to draw all of the rest of my shoes for this project, but I definitely think I drew the best ones. It's also gotten a little more difficult to get any drawing done of late because we've got a kitten staying with us for a week and she doesn't tend to sit still!! Anyway, I'll do what I can.

further proof of my red shoe fetish

my converses

the latest shoe drawings

green and gold campers

silver and white

those red shoes

I have more red shoes than any other colour. These are my favourite red ones, found in a sale about four years ago, and I still wear them. The pattern underneath the shoes is some wrapping paper I found at Paperchase.

red birks

the shoe project begins...

So this is what I'm gonna do. Draw every pair of my shoes in this craft paper spiral bound book. Make it into a shoe diary of sorts, as some shoes even have a story attached to them.

I have 24 pairs of shoes, not 200 as some people have suggested, but a mere 24, and this includes flip flops, slippers and trainers, some of which I've been accumulating since the 1990s. Not quite Imelda Marcos then! So the drawings should fill the book nicely. How many pairs do you have? Will you take up the challenge?

August Challenge

It's summertime (finally!), so let's have a little fun. This challenge comes out of an idea that's been brewing in my head for a little while. I'm calling it the shoe project. That's right...this month, take the time to draw each and every single pair of your shoes, or as many as you can reasonably manage in a month. Draw them in any style you want. Paint them if you want. Put the drawings on separate pages in a book if you want. Get crafty. Create shoe collages. Whatever you want! Post your work as you do it and leave me a comment with your link and I'll link to your drawings on the sidebar of my blog. The most important thing about this challenge is to enjoy it!! Hurrah!!