Painting On Turned Wood

A friend of mine turns wood as a hobby and gave me a turned vase for the heck of it.  He had applied a coat of sealer on it (the purple coat in the picture).  It offered me a new playground.

I brushed on 3 coats of white gesso, allowing each coat to dry before the next application.  I mixed in some custom lime green color on the final coat to give it a very light greenish hue, reminding me of an Araucana chicken egg shell.

After smoothing out the brush marks by sanding, I painted a few shrimps on the vase.  I made this work "legit" by painting my chop on it, since a flat seal  would not go on a curved surface.  The entire surface was then sealed with urethane from a spray can.

The result was pleasing, I thought.