Customizing Sneakers with Paint and Other Materials
A course by Juan Pablo Bello (MYSNKRS Customs)Artist
A course by Juan Pablo Bello (MYSNKRS Customs), Artist
Learn to professionally personalize your shoes with paint and other materials to take your footwear a step further
How can a piece of footwear become a cultural symbol? Artist Juan Pablo Bello, founder of MYSNKRS Customs, is an expert in turning sneakers into wearable works of art. After revealing some techniques in his course Sneaker Restoration and Customization, he's back and ready to take you one step further.
In this course, learn customization techniques and take your sneaker design to the next level with paint and a range of materials. Throughout the course, see the importance of deepening your understanding of a person's tastes to create a unique and exclusive concept as well as shake that fear of experimenting.
What will you learn in this online course?
17 lessons & 18 downloads
About the sneakers
6 minutes, 24 seconds
Materials
15 minutes, 58 seconds
Choose the concept
13 minutes, 47 seconds
Sketch and color proposal 1
20 minutes, 11 seconds
Sketch and color proposal 2
13 minutes, 17 seconds
Painting exercises
20 minutes, 15 seconds
What's included in this course?
Start off the course by getting inspired in the world of customization as Juan Pablo Bello tells you about how his career has evolved throughout the years. He also shares his influences and sources of inspiration for his creations.
Next, take a look at the history of the sneaker and how it came to be such a key element of our clothing. Familiarize yourself with the materials you'll be using and see how to turn a concept into a design proposal with a defined color palette.
Move on to do some exercises on hand customization such as texture stenciling, achieving abstract shapes, and creating an aged paint look using a sponge. Now prepare your sneakers and let Juan Pablo teach you how to apply paint, the materials, and add the stitching.
Finally, find out how to improve presentation with exclusive packaging and add value to your design concept.
What is this course's project?
Customize a pair of sneakers like a professional using your own design and concept by applying painting techniques and the use of different materials.
Projects by course students
Who is this online course for?
Anyone who wants to give their sneakers a personal touch.
Requirements and materials
No previous knowledge is necessary for this course but having taken Juan Pablo's previous course will help you to better understand certain concepts.
For materials, you need acrylic paints for sneakers, different fabrics, clasps, or whatever you have to hand that could be added to take your footwear one step further.
Reviews
- 6 months ago
Curso bem estruturado, de fácil aprendizagem, bem explicado detalhadamente.
- 1 year ago
Obrigado pelo curso e ótimas dicas.
- 2 years ago
El curso me parece super práctico e interesante.
- 2 years ago
I appreciated the detailed steps for each process. Great class.
- 2 years ago
Amei o curso, bem didatico e ilustrado.
Content
- U1
Introduction
- Presentation
- Influences
- U2
Before customizing
- About the sneakers
- Materials
- Choose the concept
- Sketch and color proposal 1
- Sketch and color proposal 2
- U3
Custom
- Painting exercises
- Prepare the stencil
- Prepare the shoes
- Painting 1
- Painting 2
- Overlapping Materials 1
- Overlapping Materials 2
- Applications and seams 1
- Applications and seams 2
- U4
Final presentation of the shoes
- Packaging
- FP
Final project
- Customizing Sneakers with Paint and Other Materials
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FAQs
You’ll learn techniques to personalize, restore, and design sneakers using paint, stencils, materials like leather and vinyl, digital tools, and professional presentation methods—including custom packaging and social media promotion.
This course is geared toward people with intermediate skills in design or crafts, but no specific prior experience in sneaker customization is required. It covers everything from basic concepts to advanced techniques.
You’ll need brushes, acrylic paints, stencils, masking tape, leather, vinyl, a cutting plotter, spatulas, adhesives, sewing materials, and cleaning tools. Access to Photoshop or similar software is also recommended.
Yes, the course includes sneaker restoration techniques, professional cleaning, material repairs, and prepping shoes for artistic or personalized work.
Techniques taught include stencil use, applying special paints, masking, cutting and gluing leather or vinyl pieces, creating textures, decorative stitching, and digital sketching and packaging design.
The course guides you through brainstorming, refining concepts, creating custom sketches, choosing color palettes, and adapting visual references to turn your ideas into unique designs.
Yes, you’ll learn to use Photoshop for layer separation, digital painting, stencil creation, and texture simulation on sneaker sketches.