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- Univers : Famous Paintings Paint By Numbers
- Canvas: 100% pure high density linen
- Paint: Acrylic ready to use (no mixing)
- Pots: 24 to 48 pots sealed under vacuum
- Brushes: 3 precision finished nylon brushes
- Level: Suitable for all (Guided by numbers)
Paint by Numbers
Mona Lisa Paint by Numbers
This Mona Lisa paint by numbers canvas builds the portrait from dark brown, ochre, olive green, beige and grey blue. Fill the numbered areas on linen and the smile, the veil and the crossed hands appear as you work.
- SubjectMona Lisa by Leonardo da Vinci
- Sizes20x30 to 60x80 cm (9 sizes)
- Time~20 to 40 h depending on size
- KitLinen canvas · 24/36/48 paint pots · 3 brushes
Difficulty level : Advanced
iWhat does this level mean?
- Beginner: one large subject and big areas to paint, little detail. Ideal for a first canvas.
- Intermediate: several elements or colour gradients, with smaller areas. It takes a little more care and a fine brush in places.
- Advanced: a busy scene with many small areas and small faces to paint with a fine brush. For experienced painters, or with patience.
Tip: on a larger canvas the areas are bigger and easier to paint.
A Mona Lisa paint by numbers portrait in the tones of the original
A woman with a faint smile sits with her hands crossed on her knee. A transparent veil covers her hair, a dark dress with long sleeves falls from her shoulders, and behind her a blurred mountain range, a winding path and a distant waterway fade into haze. The palette runs from dark brown through ochre to beige for the skin and grey blue for the distance, and that range gives the face its soft shadows. We print the outlines and numbers on linen canvas, so you fill each shape with its numbered acrylic and the likeness builds area by area. Other old masters sit in our famous paintings paint by numbers collection.
Tips for painting this design
Begin with the dark dress, the largest block of colour on the canvas, and learn how the acrylic covers by using the wide brush on the flat sleeves. The face holds the smallest areas, the smile, the eyes and the edge of the veil, so switch to the fine brush and build thin layers rather than one thick coat. Pick 40x40 cm or larger: small sizes squeeze the facial detail until the numbers are hard to read.
Sizes, colours and painting time
The design comes in 20x30 to 60x80 cm (9 sizes). You choose a kit with 24, 36 or 48 colours, 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 20 to 40 h depending on the size.
What's in the kit
Canvas:The printed linen canvas carries the outlines and numbers of the face, the crossed hands, the veil and the mountain landscape.
Paint:Numbered acrylic pots in dark brown, ochre, olive green, beige and grey blue, ready to use.
Brushes:Fine for the eyes and mouth, medium for the dress and hands, wide for the background.
Guide:A paper chart of the design to check a number before you open a pot.
Optional:The wooden frame to assemble stretches the printed canvas. You can also choose it already mounted on its frame, ready to hang.
Without frame
The canvas arrives rolled in a tube. You paint 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 finished 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.
Questions about this design
Which size should I choose for this portrait?
A square canvas of 40x40 cm or 50x50 cm keeps the face readable. The eyes, the smile and the fingers hold the smallest numbered areas and shrink fast at 20x30 cm. Larger squares also give the mountain landscape room.
Are the face and hands difficult to paint?
They are the fiddliest part of the canvas. The eyes, the corners of the mouth and the fingers need the fine brush and small amounts of ochre and beige. Paint thin layers, let each dry, and keep the numbered outlines visible. The dark dress gives you larger areas to practise on first.
Who is this kit a good gift for?
This kit sits at intermediate level. Steady hands help with the small areas, and it suits adults who have used acrylic before. Start with the dress and the background, then move to the face.
In the same theme
The Kiss by Gustav Klimt Paint by Numbers · Monet Water Lilies Paint by Numbers · The Scream by Edvard Munch Paint by Numbers · Van Gogh Café Terrace at Night Paint by Numbers · All old master paintings
The framed paint by numbers kits arrive with wooden stretcher bars to assemble.
- Theme
- Owl and Owlet
- Subject
- Owl perched on a branch under the full moon
- Style
- Realistic
- Orientation
- Square
- Dominant colours
- Blue, brown, ochre, black, beige
- Level
- Intermediate
- Details to paint
- Medium areas and some fine details
- Time to complete
- Around 12 to 30 h depending on the size
- Sizes
- 20x30 to 60x80 cm (9 sizes)
- Number of colours
- 24, 36 or 48 depending on the option
- Canvas
- Linen, outlines and numbers printed
- Paint
- Numbered acrylic, ready to use
- Brushes
- 3 (fine, medium, wide)
- Frame
- Rolled canvas without frame or with a wooden frame to assemble
- Dispatch
- Within 48 hours
