Acrylic Paint, the Savior of the Hand Pained Canvas Shoes

Nowadays, everyone loves making their common canvas shoes customized, but what disturb them most is the fear for the fading and the water. Yep, we fear the fading on the beautiful and vivid patterns, which is really awkward. Therefore, in the hand painted canvas shoes industry, here comes the Savior, the acrylic paint. These types of paint eliminate the need for turpentine and gesso, and can be applied directly onto canvas. Sure, it is unafraid of water.

Do you know why the acrylic paint can be the Svaior to the original designed Converse/Vans shoes? Let’s explore its unknown world. Between 1946 and 1949, it’s Leonard Bocour and Sam Golden who created one paint with the acrylic paint first. Then it led to the trend, in addition, paint companies made many combinations of them to match the market. In 1963, Rowney (now part of Daler-Rowney Ltd since 1983) was the first manufacturer to introduce an artist’s acrylic color in Europe, under the brand name Cryla.

How can the acrylic paint be waterproof? Acrylic paints with gloss or matte finishes are available, although a satin (semi-matte) sheen is most common. When dry, acrylic paint is generally non-removable from a solid surface. Water or mild solvents do not re-solubilize it, although isopropyl alcohol can lift some fresh paint films off. Toluene and acetone can remove paint films, but they do not lift paint stains very well and are not selective. And acrylic paint can be applied to raw canvas if so desired without any negative effect or chemical reaction as would be the case with oils.

In terms of the fading, the acrylic paint is proven to be in use for approximately fifty years. Meanwhile, acrylic paint is very elastic, which prevents cracking from occurring. Besides, it can also be applied onto different kinds bodies, such as, pastel (oil & chalk), charcoal, pen, etc. on top of the dried acrylic painted surface. Mixing other bodies into the acrylic is possible - sand, rice, even pasta may be incorporated in the artwork. 

With so many merits that really matters to the hand painted shoes, how couldn’t the acrylic paint be the Saviour?      

Salma Hayek And Hillary Duff: Two New Fashion Icons

In the entertainment industry, there are not always lack of the fashion icons, but the change speed is too fast to eye on them for us. As a matter of fact, many starry performers in the spotlight are the favorites in the fashion industry, having their own keen sense of fashion, especially the shoes style. Salma Hayek and Hillary Duff are such a kind of stars.

 Salma Hayek, the Mexican actress, had always been known for her great acting abilities and great fashion style. She knows exactly what fits her, makes her stand out, and the shoes to go with everything. Hollywood loved Salma Hayek not only for her beauty but also for her brains. In fact, she was included in Entertainment Weekly’s 25 Smartest People on TV. For that, we are guessing she has been using her brains on styling herself and no one can really complain or argue with her sense of style whether on or off the red carpet. Beautifully adorned heels seemed to be a shoe trend nowadays as we have seen a lot of celebrities sporting this kind of shoe style.Salma Hayek made it looked even classier than ever when she wore the Brian Atwood Yvesse peep-toe pumps to the 38th Deauville American Film Festival in France. She paired the black satin Swarovski-embellished heel with a simple black tube long-back dress with turquoise earrings for that splash of color.

 

Hillary Duff, personally beloved actress, has been brought to public by the well-known Lizzie McGuire. In addition, she  expanded into the music world by releasing several albums, one of which even reached triple platinum. Fashion wise, Lizzie McGuire went from Texas boots, hats, and flared pants to girly Disney outfits to lady glamour. The stint on the famous series Gossip Girl must have rubbed off on her as she turned into an instant bombshell. More than that, she received a stunning engagement ring and is now happily married with one gorgeous son. Everyone should always have a foolproof outfit for those busy days. Remember that being busy is never an excuse not to be fashion worthy. Hillary Duff’s foolproof outfit would be leggings, simple blouse, and high-heel ankle booties.

Youth, vitality, vibrant, this is shoemycolor team of artists.They are the pioneers in the field of hand-painted shoes in China, now they want to show their design and drawing talent to the world.

The Benefit For The Otaku Everywhere: Black Bulter

As the Otaku, we must admit that both the anime and manga are more indispensable than anything else, when we enjoy our indoor time. We like different kinds of anime, such as Shotacon, Lolicon as well as Royal Sister Complex, etc. Therein, I’d like to repeat my love to Black Butler here. Although I prefer the TV version to the manga, it doesn’t matter. My Ciel is my Ciel, and Bulter Sebastian always stand by his side. Alright, I’m the Shotacon, and the Black Bulter or the Black Bulter related is exactly for my taste. It’s also for the Otaku everywhere, I guess.

If you don't know it yet, okay, let me say something briefly. This a story about a 12-year-old wealthy boy and his loyal servant. That boy called Ciel Phantomhive, whose parents died in a fire, lived on selling his soul to the devil. In fact, he did this for revenge. But to Sebastian, a masterful servant with supernatural speed, endurance, and skill, he is ever at Ciel’s side, ready to carry out the young master’s wishes. And whether Sebastian is called to save a dinner party gone awry or probe the dark secrets of London’s underbelly, there apparently is nothing Sebastian cannot do. He is just said as too good to be true.

Maybe all the Otaku would focus on the relationship between Sebastian and Ciel. However, it’s not about the typical heterosexual romance. Moreover, as for Sebastian’s gender and sexuality, it has always been controversial. One of the fans said: “I think in the fandom he's generally perceived as male, but personally I believe that Sebastian is unisex... or a lack of sex identification. Please note that sex is the biological fact and gender is whatever the individual associate themselves with, in short, gender is performative and is a social construct. I don't think demons are confined to social constructions made by humans, but I wonder if supernatural beings have their own social constructions - according to the example of Grell I think there is, or he could just be conforming to human social constructions regarding gender roles.”

While the other thinks that, “Sebastian is pansexual and pangendered considering that in mythology, demons are depicted as having fluid bodies and what-all, so what sense would it make for him to have any solid gender or sexual expression when his existence is a very fluid and changeable thing?”

Anyway, in terms of the influence of the Black Butler, the series have printed over ten million copies in Japan. And Japanese music distributor Recochoku has created an annual survey of which anime characters that people would like to marry. Sebastian Michaelis ranked ninth in the category "The Character I Want to Be My Groom". In addition to this, many fans like painting their favorite characters directly onto T-shirts and the custom shoes, so does Studio Shoe My Color’s designer, Seven.

      

Shoes’ Story: About the Beautiful Butterfly and Flower

Shoes’ Story: About the Beautiful Butterfly and Flower

There’s a beautiful fairy tale about the butterflies and flowers in the ancient China. It’s said that once the original Butterfly and the Flower were two elves living happily in the forest. They cared and helped each other, then they fell in love. But, it was not long before the monster attacked their forest. Soon the war began, and the monster owned the horrible power to destroy the forest. To protect the home, there’s only way that Flower can give out her all magical nectar which could be inhaled by Butterfly to enhance his fighting capacity.

But this meant she had to die. Finally, for everything Flower still chose to sacrifice. The sorrowful Butterfly eventually beat the monster, with his beloved Flower’s power. Therefore, the home was protected but it lost the beautiful Flower forever. In his time of grief, Butterfly recalled he and the Flower had already become one because he had inhaled her nectar. In this way, butterfly was fond of flying over the flower, feeling his beloved and saying some words to be continued… 

Our designers tell you this great love story onto the hand painted shoes. They use the red to show flower’s braveness, and the blue to show butterfly’s sadness. Around them are some little blue drops to set off the true and moved love story. What’s more, they also use the gradation painting skill to make it more vivid.

In the end, share one more poem about the butterfiy and flowers.

While I lean against the banister of a tall tower,
The breeze gently blows.
As I look into the distance,
The end of Spring arouses melancholy in my mind.
Surrounded by dewy grass at sunset,
I wonder who is able to understand my longing.

I would rather drink to intoxication.
One should sing when one has wine in hand,
But drinking to escape offers no reprieve.
I do not mind that my clothes are getting looser.
My lover is worthy of desire.

           

We Show the Way How to Make Your Handpainted Shoes

Now it is the time for chasing the personality, but not for following others blindly. You can have your different taste from the people around. Let’s start from your footwear—the handpainted shoes. It’s on account of that painting shoes is a fun activity for both adults and children who love to paint and express themselves in artistic ways and it’s more than fun to share it with the others. In this case, we designers at Shoe my color show the basic way how to make your hand painted shoes.

the way to make hand painted shoes

First, we’ll decide the pattern that is gonna be painted upon the shoes, in this way, we can assemble appropriate supplies. For example, if we wanna plan to use spray paint we will need a stencil or specialty tips. If we are using a liquid paint we will need brushes. A basic pattern or design will only help.

Then use the brushes or spray paint to paint the shoes. There is no particular way to paint shoes, the important aspect is the type of paint used. So we use the acrylic paints on the general shoes. And if we are painting on leather and patent leather, oil paints will be a better option although they take a longer time to dry. This is because some types of paint can "bead" on the slick surface of some leathers.

Finally, we apply a fixative and then a waterproofing sealant and choose one that is intended for canvas. We reapply this regularly because we aim to let you wear our hand painted shoes since it may wear done in time.

Also, you can let us know your own design idea and we’ll make it come true upon your hand painted canvas sneakers. How to do? Here is the procedure of the customization.

STEP 1. Please fill out the form to tell us the specific information about your design.

STEP 2. Then your design will be told to us, and you will get a quote within 24 hours after we calculate the time and price according to your design.

STEP 3. Now you can pay your order.

STEP 4. You also can refer to the design given by our designers or follow your heart (design).

STEP 5. Now it is time for us to paint your shoes.

STEP6. Finally, it may cost 3 to 12 business days to ship your shoes after we receive your payment. Of course, this period includes painting the shoes.