Early this year, someone asked me to paint her white Keds shoes since it was already dirty. She gave me the creative freedom to paint whatever subject that I want on her shoes – so I made peonies.
I only had red, yellow, brown and green acrylics on hand. Since I didn’t have the time to buy additional paints, I settled on peonies as my subject. This was also the first time that I painted on Keds, so I have no idea what I’m doing.
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My acrylic mixing paper plate.
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Done! ♥
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The sides were also dirty. I decided on painting leaves / mini peonies to these as well.
And done! I was satisfied with the final product. I want to do more of this in the future! ♥