Painting the umbrella

Have been wanting to try painting a fruit umbrella for the longest time - my favourite is the lemon. Unfortunately, it is not that easy to get a brolly that yellow in Singapore. Plus, you WILL get a lot of stares in this land of conformity, walking around with a giant lemon slice.

Since I bought a cheap umbrella from 7-11 from that rainy farewell, I decided to do my experiment on it. I didn't like the plastic looking 7-11 logo, so the first thing I did was to cover it. Needed some tape to line the paint-in area, and two coatings. Some paint got out of the line as I didn't tape it properly (oops, first time!)

Then I created some 'birds' with the tip of the brush.

I think the final product looks OK - a little whimsical, and very girly.

Now all I need is a drizzly day to test it.

Doodle moodle

Doodling on a piece of receipt while waiting for Mr. Jang to finish his errand at the bank. I recalled feeling peaceful while painting my deck chair and table in the States. Want to keep up with this habit of drawing and random painting.

The point is not in the product. It's the process. 

(Art friend is nowhere near Jo-Ann or Michaels but it's the closest we have here in Singapore!)