This sandal/thong is 'pink' and obviously the same style as the blue ones in the rack above. Having multiple copies of a style reflects the 20/21st. century consumerism and manufacturing. Shoes in past times would have been more for function and less for ornamentation. It would be interesting to research the development of shoes in society but that is for another time I think!

Turquoise is not an easy colour to mix with watercolour paint. This shoe is similar to the patterned blue ones is structure but is not neatly on the rack. Part of what I find interesting is the haphazard placement of the shoes. Neat rows of all the same shoes would not have been as stimulating.

This is a detail with the contrast added to the shoe on the left. In the close up photo the texture of the paper and the paint treatment makes it more obvious that it is a painting. I have noticed that more distant photographs of the work which are uploaded to electronic media tend to look more photographic than the actual painting. Whilst I try to achieve a 'photographic' image in much of my watercolour work , I still want it to look like a painting which, when seen in actuality, it does.

The texture to the shoe in progress, is different from what I have done before. It is reminiscent of animal skin with flecks of metallic material. Shadows and increased contrast will make the shoe more dimensional.

The bottom row of shoes is now getting fuller which has the effect of giving the painting 'gravity'.

The small bits of plastic/bone on this sandal add a bit of variety to the texture of the work. The leather of each sandal that is not dyed with a colour still differ in tone,  some being a rich ochre and some being a pale sandy hue. A little to do on the orange shoe and then I shall continue with its yellow 'cousin'.

The orange shoe has a yellow companion. The 'gold' tip to the orange shoe is not a visible as I have decided that the tops of the shoes from there will not protrude over the edge of the 'frame'. The shelf bars are deliberately not horizontal as I feel that it would have not been as interesting a composition. I want some shoes to feel that they could almost fall out.