Hand Painted Leather Shoes - Everything to Know!

With new styles debuting each season, improved methods for determining your foot size, and now even the option to create your own custom shoes from the comfort of your own home, the footwear business is one that is always evolving. What will come next? Hand painted leather shoes are one of the newest fads to sweep the shoe industry this season.

Before you object, let me clarify that all of our shoes are hand-finished. However, the leathers we use for the bulk of our calf skin shoes are pre-colored during the tanning process and are then hand-finished to add shade or a sheen. "Hand painted" leather refers to leather that has undergone the whole colouring process by hand. Each shoe has a distinct patina and finish since the paint is carefully applied layer by layer to get the rich colour in an unfinished "crust" leather. Each shoe is totally made before painting can start.

How should hand-painted shoes be cared for?

As the attractiveness of hand-painted shoes depends on each and every brushstroke that is left on the top, maintaining these features is the main goal.
In order to do this, we suggest utilising a neutral leather cream, which will hydrate the leather without altering its colour. For hand-painted shoes, this is essential because it keeps the leather from drying out and perhaps splitting.
We advise wearing the shoes in order to preserve the hand-painted designs and their natural hues.

As the attractiveness of hand-painted shoes depends on each and every brushstroke that is left on the top, maintaining these features is the main goal.
In order to do this, we suggest utilising a neutral leather cream, which will hydrate the leather without altering its colour. For hand-painted shoes, this is essential because it keeps the leather from drying out and perhaps splitting.
We advise wearing the shoes in order to preserve the hand-painted designs and their natural hues.

Great Hand Painted Shoes from Loake Shoemakers

With the introduction of the new "Artist Collection," Loake Shoemakers are paving the way for this new trend in the British footwear market. The "Artist Collection" introduces a wide variety of new designs that are all constructed on a fresh last. Here are some of Loake's photos that we particularly like.

From the Loake Artist collection, fresh.

The Hepworth is a traditional wing tip brogue made in a gorgeous chestnut for autumn. You can't go wrong with this traditional design, which goes well with blue or brown hues.

The Stubbs is a simple derby with little to no decoration. This truly brings out the individual brushstrokes and demonstrates the patina artist's genuine talent. This shoe will definitely showcase your enjoyment of the hand-painted finish for those of you.

Get Winter Ready

Hand painted leather shoes may be mended just like a standard pair of goodyear welted shoes since they have the same structural characteristics.
Now is the ideal time to get your shoes repaired so you can face the winter weather head-on with the impending rainy weather.
Why not replace your typical leather soles for the winter with a more durable, better-gripping rubber sole? There are several soling alternatives available.

How Garspelle Paint Leather Shoes?

You may personalise a wide variety of leather shoe designs from American Duchess to your heart's delight.
Using Angelus materials made especially for painting leather is the simplest technique we've discovered to get great results.
Although we heartily endorse Angelus goods due to their high caliber and consistency of finish, any or all of the items listed below can be replaced with equivalent items from other producers.

Process of Mixing Colors

You may combine any leather paint to create completely original hues. By using the colour wheels below, you may combine any colour with this set:

• Red and Yellow combined to form Orange 
• Blue and Yellow when combined produce Green 
• Purple is produced by combining Blue and Red 
• You may make an unlimited variety by changing the proportion of one or the other hue in a combination. For instance, mixing more blue with green would result in turquoise, while mixing more yellow with green will generate a light, spring green.
• Add a little black to make a deeper hue, and a little white to make a pastel colour. 

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