How To Make Baroque-Inspired Boots
1/12You Will Need
-Dr. Martens combat boots
-Acrylic craft paint in pink and gold
-Reusable adhesive stencils (you can find these at a craft store)
-Two 1-inch foam brushes
-Q-tips
-Plastic plate
2/12Place Stencil
Cover and protect your work area, and clean off your boots to be sure you are working on a grease and dust-free surface. Remove the backing from one of your stencils, and place it along the side of the laces. Press the stencil into place.
3/12Repeat Stenciling
Fill in this stencil with paint just as you did the first, stamping softly, not brushing. Repeat, carefully moving the stencil until you reach the bottom of the laces. After you reach the bottom of the row of laces, rinse the stencil, wipe it with a paper towel, and replace the backing.
4/12Dab Pink Paint
Pour a small amount of pink paint onto a plate and lightly dip a foam brush in it. Dab the brush on the side of the plate so it is not drippy or over-saturated with paint. Gently dab the inside of the stencil with your brush. Work in a soft, stamping — not brushing — motion until you fill the area of the stencil.
5/12Overlap New Stencil
Once the paint has dried, place a stencil between your top two stencils, overlapping each of them slightly. We used the mirror image version of the first stencil, but you can use the same stencil or an entirely different one.
6/12Peel Stencil
Carefully pull the stencil off the boot while the paint is still wet, and gently place it below where you painted the first stencil. Don't move it once you set it down, or else the paint that is on the stencil already will smudge onto your boot.
7/12Fill In Stencil
Fill in this stencil with gold paint.
8/12Repeat Gold Stenciling
Repeat your gold stencil between each of the pink stencils, overlapping the pink with the gold, along the side of the shoe. After your last stencil on this side, rinse the stencil, wipe it with a paper towel, and replace the backing. This will keep the stencil in good condition to be reused.
9/12Place Large Stencil
Remove the backing of a larger stencil, and place it over the toe cap of your boot.
10/12Fill In Large Stencil
Instead of a foam brush, use Q-tips to fill in alternating sections of the large stencil with pink and gold. Dip and stamp the Q-tip in the smaller areas of the stencil, just like you were with the foam brush. Replace your Q-tip whenever it starts to get soggy. Rinse the stencil, and repeat on the other toe cap.
11/12Stamp Other Side
Repeat this pattern of stamping on the other side of the shoe.
12/12The Finished Boots
Cover your boots with as many stencils as you want — keep the design simple or go crazy and cover the whole boot. Keep in mind that your designs will look best if they stay symmetrical.
