Hand Painted Shoes - there are many techniques and schools of shoe painting. Each of them allows for endless journeys through colours, their depths and shades. Shoe painting/patining is carried out using the best alcohol-based dyes. These dyes have to penetrate deep into the leather, dyeing it thoroughly. The dye that once embeds deep within the leather is like a tattoo. It is very hard to remove it. It can be covered only with a darker colour. It is very important that the leather being painted has the best quality possible so the dye is absorbed deep within it.