Informative Speech About Shoes
Introduction:
Now, I don’t consider myself a basic white girl. I don’t drink Starbucks, and I don’t own a pair of Uggs, but I do have to admit I love shoes, everything from my black combat boots to my sparkly gold stilettos. My favorite pair of shoes, happens to be a simple pair of slip on shoes, that I painted to look like Hogwarts from Harry Potter. (Attention Getter) I have been painting for most of my life, and discovered that shoes are my favorite thing to paint on. Decorating my slip-ons was the first time I’d painted shoes, but since then, I’ve painted six or seven pairs. (Establishing Credibility) This particular pair of shoes is very interesting to many people for a couple of different reasons, and very precious to me. (Thesis) Today …show more content…
They are also super comfortable shoes. They are my number one, go to shoes no matter what the season is.
II. These shoes are mainly interesting to two types of people.
A. Artists and art lovers appreciate them for the unique medium, and the painting. The curves and angles of the shoe make it difficult for a design to be properly transferred and proportioned, and the design I found had been painted on a different type of shoe adding another layer of difficulty to the painting process.
B. The other types of people are Harry Potter fans. The front part of the shoe depicts the castle of Hogwarts, while the sides are painted with quotes from the books and the backs have other book based designs. They’re shoes fit for a fan-girl.
III. Making the shoes was a challenge. I hadn’t copied a design before, and the original picture, was only 5 by 4 inches big. First, I painted the base color on the shoes, and let it dry. I then used a pencil to sketch the design, and quotes, onto the shoes. I used a mix of gold and brown paint to get the color I wanted and used a toothpick to apply the paint, first on the lines, and second, to fill in the shading. It may not sound like a very long process, but it took me about 8 hours to complete my shoes. I finished off the shoes with a clear protecting spray that locked the paint into
Now, I don’t consider myself a basic white girl. I don’t drink Starbucks, and I don’t own a pair of Uggs, but I do have to admit I love shoes, everything from my black combat boots to my sparkly gold stilettos. My favorite pair of shoes, happens to be a simple pair of slip on shoes, that I painted to look like Hogwarts from Harry Potter. (Attention Getter) I have been painting for most of my life, and discovered that shoes are my favorite thing to paint on. Decorating my slip-ons was the first time I’d painted shoes, but since then, I’ve painted six or seven pairs. (Establishing Credibility) This particular pair of shoes is very interesting to many people for a couple of different reasons, and very precious to me. (Thesis) Today …show more content…
They are also super comfortable shoes. They are my number one, go to shoes no matter what the season is.
II. These shoes are mainly interesting to two types of people.
A. Artists and art lovers appreciate them for the unique medium, and the painting. The curves and angles of the shoe make it difficult for a design to be properly transferred and proportioned, and the design I found had been painted on a different type of shoe adding another layer of difficulty to the painting process.
B. The other types of people are Harry Potter fans. The front part of the shoe depicts the castle of Hogwarts, while the sides are painted with quotes from the books and the backs have other book based designs. They’re shoes fit for a fan-girl.
III. Making the shoes was a challenge. I hadn’t copied a design before, and the original picture, was only 5 by 4 inches big. First, I painted the base color on the shoes, and let it dry. I then used a pencil to sketch the design, and quotes, onto the shoes. I used a mix of gold and brown paint to get the color I wanted and used a toothpick to apply the paint, first on the lines, and second, to fill in the shading. It may not sound like a very long process, but it took me about 8 hours to complete my shoes. I finished off the shoes with a clear protecting spray that locked the paint into