Inspiration: Mark Schwartz

I am 100% a shoe  girl. Always have been, always will be. I stumbled past Mark Schwartz's work one day and I fell completely in love! He's a shoe designer AND artist. His renderings are beautifully painted and quite inventive. He also uses one of my favorite mediums--india ink!

You can check out his stuff at his website, High Heeled Art, or you can check his work out at this DailyPainters.com

Mark Schwartz
Dream
16" x 20"
Watercolor on Paper

Mark Schwartz
Fluid Ballet
12" x 16"
India Ink on Plexiglass

While I love his artistic renderings, I have a book of my own where I design shoes for fun. I think I should start doing more painterly renditions instead of drawing it like I'm mapping it out. On the other hand, I like the fact that each one of my designs comes from a sketch book and looks almost sterile especially with my little notes thrown in on the sides. 

These are some of my designs: