Happy holidays, everyone! I hope this time of the year is especially filled with family, love, and blessings. This post is not about nail art, but on the Christmas present that my sister and I created for a best friend.
My friend gave us a worn in pair of white sneakers from Old Navy with the request that we make them look like an old map.
I sponged on the old map background with acrylics - off white, yellow, brown, and black - with a small piece of sponge On the parts of her shoes that had dirt spots, I splotched on the darker paints.
I sponged on the old map background with acrylics - off white, yellow, brown, and black - with a small piece of sponge On the parts of her shoes that had dirt spots, I splotched on the darker paints.
So, the shoe on the bottom was the starting point; what we were given to work with. The shoe on the top was about 40 minutes into the sponging. I realized that it didn't look at all like ancient paper.
I ended up applying the paint with a wet sponge so the paint would blend together smoothly, and I added more off white and brown to dim down the yellow.
Once the background dried, my sister took over to do the finer details. She began by drawing everything out in pencil and then went over it in black acrylic.
Europe outlined in red on the left; compass rose on the right
Australia outlined in yellow
Northern Africa outlined in green
"Who lives sees, but who travels sees more."
Europe merging into Asia in blue
My sister and I are floored by how great these turned out! Totally would have kept them if they were my size.. Kidding of course..!
Tamara
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