There is not much to see on todays picture so you will have to look closely! I have decided to do the shoe watercolour as a rectangle, but only just! 55cm x 57.5cm. I was going to make it square, but decided on the last minute to change it. In this stage, I have drawn in the ledges on which the shoes will rest. I didn't want them to be horizontal but slightly on a slant, as if the stand was not quite perfect. I don't want the shoes to appear as if they will slide off, but it will help to take away the 'technical' nature. I shall add shoes over the next week and hopefully put paint to paper after that. I did use a ruler to faintly draw in the shelf edge, but I shall paint free hand, as I also don't want it to appear like an advertisement! It is an idea from an observation that I had in New York when visiting Sachs department store, where I observed a pair of ladies shoes at $3800 American!!!! I also have in mind some work on shoes that were worn by everyday people in New York City. I was surprised that they were mostly generic everyday shoes and not at all like the ones on sale in the store but, non the less,

interesting.