How to Hand Paint a Guitar

Items need:

•          Guitar
•          Paint (I used acrylic)
•          Lacquer or paint sealer (I used a spray on kind)
•          Paintbrushes
•          Guitar Strings
•          Painter’s Tape

You will first need to remove the strings that are currently on the guitar if any.  I didn’t sand down the guitar although you are more than welcome to. 

This is a photo my daughter took of the guitar before anything was done to it:

Select your design, I chose a cute LPS mouse because my daughter likes Littlest Pet Shop. Print this off as a reference, unless you are a better artist than I.

I then painted a base coat on the front of the guitar. Once you have a couple of coats down for you base coat you can start on your design.

Start with the basic shapes of your design in the colors. For example I did the basic shapes of the mouse in grey and the cheese in light yellow. Then do the detail colors, leaving the black outline for last. For me the next detail layer was the white tummy, pink ears, white and blue for the eyes, pink hands and feet, then dark yellow for the cheese. Trust me, once you get that last layer of black outline on, it will look great. Make sure to let the paint dry between each layer. 

Finished painting:

Lastly I coated the guitar with a spray on lacquer. A friend was kind enough to restring the guitar.

Thank you for reading! Enjoy this rendition of the 5 little pumpkins: