Seagulls on Weathered Posts by the Sea Paint by Numbers

Seagulls on Weathered Posts by the Sea Paint by Numbers

In this seagulls on weathered posts by the sea paint by numbers kit, a row of birds rests on wooden posts standing in the shallows, each one carrying barnacle patches and worn grain in warm browns and greys. The sea shifts from deep ocean blue at the horizon to paler tones near the sand, broken by small white crests. A strip of warm beige shoreline sits at the water's edge and low coastal hills fade into blue and grey behind it. The sky stays pale blue with soft cloud shapes. Edges blend rather than sitting inside hard outlines, so the canvas reads as a quiet coastal morning. It is an intermediate design: the posts and birds carry the detail, the sea and sky give you room to build a rhythm. More coastline scenes sit in our beach and sea paint by numbers collection.

Tips for painting this design

Paint the sky first with the wide brush, laying pale blue in smooth horizontal strokes and leaving the clouds until that layer is dry. Work down to the sea with the medium brush, starting at the horizon so the darker ocean blue sits above the lighter water at the shore. Keep the hill edge soft by dragging the brush across the boundary while the paint is still wet. The posts take the fine brush: barnacles go on as uneven dots, not lines, and the grain as short broken strokes. Leave the seagulls until last so their white bodies stay clean against the blue, then pick out beaks and legs with the fine brush. Choose 36 or 48 colours if you want enough blues and browns to keep water, posts and hills apart. Allow around 12 to 30 hours depending on the size you pick.

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 canvas with numbered outlines for the seagulls, posts, sea and distant hills.
• Paint:numbered acrylic pots, ready to use, in sky blue, ocean blue, warm beige, wood brown and seagull white.
• Brushes:three brushes, fine for the birds and barnacles, medium for the sea and shoreline, wide for the sky.
• Guide:a paper guide with a printed reference of the finished coastal scene.
• Optional:a wooden frame to assemble, so the finished scene hangs straight on the wall. You can also choose it already mounted on its frame, ready to hang.

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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.