UMBRELLA PAINTING

I cant think of anyone that wouldn't enjoy a  hand painted umbrella! My instructable displays easy and fun steps to create your own umbrella to keep or to give as a gift!

an umbrella blank
acrylic paint
Chromacryl textile medium
sharpie markers, and/or sakura markers (waterproof)
pencil
brushes, hair and bristle 
iron
cardboard 
masking tape

With a pencil draw your image on the umbrella. Sometimes holding a piece of cardboard  behind the panel  helps support the fabric. 

Trace all pencil images with waterproof marker, again holding the cardboard behind makes it easier to support the surface. 

Mix Chromacryl with the acrylic paint according to directions. I wanted transparency, therefore, I added extra medium to my acrylic. Apply a very small amount of paint using a bristol brush and scrub the paint into the fabric. 

Use the hottest temperature possible for the fabric type to heat set the paint. 

The flower umbrella was painted on a tan umbrella with the transparent paint application.
The lizards and the houses were painted with the acrylic and textile medium mixed according to the directions.