White Cottage and Blue Boat on a Summer Beach Paint by Numbers

White Cottage and Blue Boat on a Summer Beach Paint by Numbers

This white cottage and blue boat on a summer beach paint by numbers canvas shows a white stone fisherman's cottage with a red tiled roof and blue shutters above the sand, with a blue wooden rowing boat pulled up in front of it. Wooden lobster pots and rolled fishing nets sit to one side and seagulls circle over the shoreline. Behind the house the coast turns rocky, with a turquoise sea and a far headland under a bright, lightly clouded sky. The palette runs from ocean teal and sky blue to terracotta red, sand yellow and white. Brush marks stay short and soft, impressionist in style, so the cottage, boat and pots read clearly without tiny fiddly patches. The design is square, which sits well above a sideboard or in a hallway. The linen canvas arrives rolled with numbered outlines printed on it, alongside numbered acrylic paints, three brushes and a paper guide. We dispatch within 48 hours.

Tips for painting this design

Block in the sky and the sea first. They are the largest flat areas and they set the light for everything under them. Keep the wide brush for those two and for the sand, with loose strokes so the soft edges of the style come through. Move to the medium brush for the cottage walls, the red roof and the boat hull. The fine brush is for the blue shutters, the lobster pots, the rolled nets and the seagulls. On the white walls, thin the paint a little so the numbered lines stop showing. Let each layer dry before you add the next, especially where sand yellow meets white. A 36 or 48 colour option gives you the extra blues and warm reds that hold the boat and the roof apart from the sky.

Sizes, colours and painting time

The design comes in 20x30 to 60x80 cm (9 sizes). You choose a 24, 36 or 48 colour kit, on rolled canvas, with a wooden frame to assemble or with the canvas already mounted on its frame (except in 50x70 and 60x80 cm, delivered rolled). Allow around 12 to 30 h depending on the size.

What's in the kit

• Canvas:Printed linen, rolled, with numbered outlines for the cottage, boat, pots and shoreline. Add the frame if you want it stretched and ready to hang.
• Paint:Numbered acrylic pots covering sky blue, ocean teal, terracotta red, sand yellow, white, plus the greens and greys of the headland. Ready to use, no mixing.
• Brushes:Three. Fine for the shutters, nets and seagulls, medium for the cottage and boat, wide for the sky, sea and sand.
• Guide:A printed sheet with the finished scene and the colour map, so you can check any numbered area before you paint it.
• Frame option: Wooden stretcher bars to assemble, which keep the square canvas flat while you work and let you hang it straight after the last pot is painted.

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Without frame

The canvas arrives rolled in a tube. You paint it flat and frame it afterwards if you wish.

With frame

Wooden stretcher bars to assemble stretch the canvas. You paint on a taut surface and hang the picture on the wall.

Mounted canvas

The canvas arrives already stretched on its wooden frame. You start painting right away and hang the picture on the wall.