Thatched Cottage with Hanging Baskets Paint by Numbers

Thatched Cottage with Hanging Baskets Paint by Numbers

A stone path leads to a timber-framed cottage with a deep straw roof, hanging flower baskets either side of the door and hollyhocks along the front wall. Wooden benches lean against the stonework, and green hills roll towards a distant village under a summer evening sky that warms to gold at the horizon. The style is impressionist, with soft brushwork in the thatch and the flower heads. The level is intermediate: most of the canvas is medium areas, and the fine detail sits in the baskets, the hollyhocks and the timber beams. We print the outlines and numbers on linen canvas and send numbered acrylic pots, three brushes and a paper guide. You will find more villages and lanes in our English countryside paint by numbers collection, and open views in our landscape paint by numbers range.

Tips for painting this design

Paint the sky first, working down from the top with the wide brush so the blue stays even and the pale band near the horizon keeps its glow. Do the hills next with the medium brush, leaving the sage green light where they meet the sky. Follow the fall of the straw on the roof rather than filling it flat, and blend warm yellow into terracotta along the ridge. Save the hanging baskets and hollyhocks for last: they hold the finest detail, so take one flower head at a time with the fine brush. Keep the stone path pale and low in contrast so the cottage stays the focus. A 36 or 48 colour set gives you more greens and pinks for the garden.

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:a printed linen canvas with numbered outlines of the cottage, the hanging baskets, the path and the hills behind.
• Paint:24, 36 or 48 numbered acrylic pots depending on the option, ready to use, covering warm yellow, terracotta, sage green, sky blue and soft pink.
• Brushes:three, fine for the flowers and timber beams, medium for the thatch and stone walls, wide for the sky and hills.
• Guide:a paper guide with the finished picture and the colour chart for each numbered area.
• Optional:a wooden frame to assemble, so the finished cottage scene goes 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.