#197 Mary Janes 9/22/19

I saw a painting on Pinterest of a tiny pair of Mary Jane shoes, and thought, "Awww, they're just a cute as the white leather Stride Rites!"  I looked for a cheap pair for my still-life shoe fodder, and found these on Ebay.  Totally weird hobby I've got going here!  Buy old shoes that don't fit anyone I know, photograph them in contrived "somebody just kicked these off" poses, and then paint them on tiny canvases.  But look how cute they are!!!  I tried to keep the style quick and spontaneous.  I had Bob Ross Green left-over on the palette from the fish-bowl flower painting, so that (by default) became my background color.  I thought "uh oh" after the first few strokes went down, "not very feminine, or juvenile either".  I lightened it up with some white, and then I felt better about it.  I pinked up the inside of the shoe, in order to feminize it a bit.  I used my rubber-tipped "brush" to make the stitching (ie took paint off), something I've done with nearly all the shoes I've painted so far.  It's a 5x5 inch canvas, and the shoes are nearly life-size, even on the small canvas!