Drawing Shoes
In this workshop, Adam Ming and Katie Stack will lead you through a series of exercises to draw all kinds of stylish shoes!
You will begin by drawing various styles of shoes, and the focus will be to have fun while noticing things about shoes. Some call this part research, we call it gathering, or building a visual vocabulary.
Then we’ll take it a step further, by really understanding the anatomy of shoes and feet, so we can draw shoes on feet from all kinds of angles doing all kinds of movements.
By the end, you will have a sketchbook full of shoes and a deeper understanding of the anatomy of feet and shoes. But most importantly, you will have spent an hour drawing for fun!
I mean c’mon, you can’t tell me that Adam Ming didn’t have fun drawing these shoes:
What You’ll Learn:
That it’s okay to have a messy sketchbook!
The anatomy of shoes and feet
How to draw a shoe over a sketch of a foot (this allows you to move the shoe in a way that makes your artwork believable)
How to simplify shoes for kid book characters
How to gather new ideas and
The Benefits:
Turning your sketchbook with into a look book of shoe styles
Setting aside time to make messy drawings, without any expectations
Time to connect with fellow illustrators in a supportive space
Sharing your work in the gallery and getting inspired
Art Gym Gallery
Share your work in the Art Gym Gallery!
Here’s some work by RachelBrokenicky, Elaine Horn ,and Katie Stack
Want your art featured in the gallery? Join the next live session or watch this replay and submit your work. You can showcase your art here:
Enroll in Art Gym
Find the right membership for you. Read about the two options below:
Option 1: Best of Art Gym (monthly or annual)
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Sign up for a monthly or annual membership to get access to:
12 Live Workshops (1 live per month for monthly subscribers)
“BEST of Art Gym Collection”
The most recent 6 months of replays
Here are the 6 workshops in the Best of Art Gym Collection. Make it your go to drawing time playlist!
That’s 12 lives + 12 replays. Every month, the oldest replay will move into the All-Access Collection (read more below), and the newest workshop will be made available as a replay. You will always have the most recent 6 months of replays to watch.
Option 2: Art Gym “All Access Pass”
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Sign up for an “All-Access Pass” to get:
12 live workshops
“BEST of Art Gym Collection”
ALL the replays ever, without expiration
That’s 12 lives + 22 replays. You have unlimited access to all replays for the full duration of your subscription. This is perfect for illustrators who want to revisit every topic anytime, at their own pace.
Here are all the workshops in the All-Access Art Gym Collection:
Drawing Shoes (this post!)
Join us for the next Art Gym on Wednesday, December 10
It’s FREE!
Join us for our favorite workshop of the year where we blend art, storytelling, and skill-building! We will be making an illustrated quilt to tell the story of the year past and the one that is to come.
