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!

Step 1: Supplies

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

Step 2: Design

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

Step 3: Tracing

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

Step 4: Painting

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.

Step 5: Heat Setting

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

Step 6: Other Designs

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.