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Agence France-Presse

Singaporeans dressed in overalls squirt paint onto walls and canvases using water pistols and syringes at a new pop-up art studio where people get messy to relieve stress.
For S$39 (US$28), guests at Splat Paint House get a package including canvas, paint, gloves and overalls.
There are no rules and no time limit – people can keep going until they run out of paint, and let themselves loose on the walls when their canvas is full.
The studio has been compared to “rage rooms”, where people can vent their anger by breaking objects.




But its founder Andrea Lim wants her clients to leave with a beautiful creation that they can proudly display in their homes.
She was inspired by a friend who converted a spare room in his warehouse into a painting studio while she was studying in the United States, and started the project when she returned to Singapore.





“A lot of people come with almost like a fear or a belief that they can’t really do art,” she says.
“I want them to come, just have fun, and realise that they can actually create something quite beautiful with very little effort, or while just messing around.”
Emil Bianii, 20, spins around, jumps and runs at her canvas while using her hands to throw streaks of blue, green, and orange paint.



“I think this is a fabulous and genius way to … de-stress, get your mind off the world,” she says.
“It’s like you’ve entered a whole other realm, you’ve entered a totally different world, all your worries, everything gets left by the door.”
The pop-up studio will run until October, after which Lim will consider looking for a permanent space if it is financially viable.


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Paint relief: how Singaporeans make messy art to de-stress from daily life

Customers get to fling paint at Splat Paint House in Singapore. Photo: Roslan Rahman/AFP

This picture taken on August 1, 2019 shows mothers and and their children putting on their protective plastic coats before a watercolour and acrylic painting session at Splat Paint House in Singapore. - Singaporeans dressed in overalls squirted paint onto walls and canvases using water pistols and syringes at a new pop-up art studio where people get messy to relieve stress. (Photo by Roslan RAHMAN / AFP)

This picture taken on August 1, 2019 shows an employee preparing watercolour and acrylic paint at Splat Paint House in Singapore. - Singaporeans dressed in overalls squirted paint onto walls and canvases using water pistols and syringes at a new pop-up art studio where people get messy to relieve stress. (Photo by Roslan RAHMAN / AFP)

TOPSHOT - This picture taken on August 1, 2019 shows Ashtalaxmi Dinakaran (L) holding onto a canvas as her son Yugan Navin Jeyaratnam, 4, creates a watercolour and acrylic painting at Splat Paint House in Singapore. - Singaporeans dressed in overalls squirted paint onto walls and canvases using water pistols and syringes at a new pop-up art studio where people get messy to relieve stress. (Photo by Roslan RAHMAN / AFP)

This picture taken on August 1, 2019 shows staff members preparing brushes for a watercolour and acrylic painting session at Splat Paint House in Singapore. - Singaporeans dressed in overalls squirted paint onto walls and canvases using water pistols and syringes at a new pop-up art studio where people get messy to relieve stress. (Photo by Roslan RAHMAN / AFP)

This picture taken on August 1, 2019 shows staff members briefing patrons at a watercolour and acrylic painting session at Splat Paint House in Singapore. - Singaporeans dressed in overalls squirted paint onto walls and canvases using water pistols and syringes at a new pop-up art studio where people get messy to relieve stress. (Photo by Roslan RAHMAN / AFP)

This picture taken on August 1, 2019 shows Emma Kusumadi, 4, creating a watercolour and acrylic painting at Splat Paint House in Singapore. - Singaporeans dressed in overalls squirted paint onto walls and canvases using water pistols and syringes at a new pop-up art studio where people get messy to relieve stress. (Photo by Roslan RAHMAN / AFP)

This picture taken on August 1, 2019 shows Huong Kyle and her daughter Lucy Kyle displaying their watercolour and acrylic paintings at Splat Paint House in Singapore. - Singaporeans dressed in overalls squirted paint onto walls and canvases using water pistols and syringes at a new pop-up art studio where people get messy to relieve stress. (Photo by Roslan RAHMAN / AFP)

This picture taken on August 1, 2019 shows patrons creating watercolour and acrylic paintings at Splat Paint House in Singapore. - Singaporeans dressed in overalls squirted paint onto walls and canvases using water pistols and syringes at a new pop-up art studio where people get messy to relieve stress. (Photo by Roslan RAHMAN / AFP)

Singaporeans can unwind from the stresses of daily life by getting messy and creative with paint at Splat Paint House in Singapore. Photo: Roslan Rahman/AFP

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Singapore pop-up art studio Splat Paint House offers a colourful take on stress relief
Customers are given paint, a canvas, overalls and gloves and encouraged to make as much mess as they want



Singapore pop-up art studio Splat Paint House offers a colourful take on stress relief. Customers are given paint, a canvas, overalls and gloves and encouraged to make as much mess as they want.


Paint relief: how Singaporeans make messy art to de-stress from daily life

.css-1mniedq{color:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-size:inherit;font-family:inherit;line-height:inherit;} Singapore pop-up art studio Splat Paint House offers a colourful take on stress relief Customers are given paint, a canvas, overalls and gloves and encouraged to make as much mess as they want

Singapore pop-up art studio Splat Paint House offers a colourful take on stress relief

Customers are given paint, a canvas, overalls and gloves and encouraged to make as much mess as they want