Painting a ukulele

My brother got me a turquoise ukulele for my birthday last year. He bought it from someone and commissioned a Winnie the pooh drawing on there. Now did they paint it without a white background so the turqouise shines through. I want to change this so it will be brighter.
But I asked her what kind of paint she used and she said it was “water repellent paint” and she had troubles layering paint.
If i google I find that most use acrylic, but that’s when they paint on gesso on the wood.
What kind of paint can I use on top of these?
Or should I just give acrylics a try?

Here’s a picture of what I mean:
( on the picture the colours are much brighter than in real life)

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Acrylic paint probably wouldn’t stick to “water repellent paint,” whatever that is.

Maybe try oil paint.

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I’m thinking, perhaps a posca pen or other paint pen could work?

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If that’s oil based, it might.

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So cute!!