Van Gogh Irises Paint by Numbers

Van Gogh Irises Paint by Numbers: Blue Blooms on Orange Earth

Irises fills the canvas with blue petals and a single white bloom, held on long green leaves above orange earth. This Van Gogh Irises paint by numbers design prints the thick post-impressionist brush marks as numbered areas, so you rebuild them pot by pot instead of copying them freehand. Blue, green, orange, yellow and white meet along clear outlines. Choose 36 or 48 colours to keep the leaves and the earth in separate shades; the 24-colour option gives fewer transitions across the wide orange ground. Framed, the greens and blues sit well in a hallway or a study with wood furniture, and unframed it makes a gift for someone who already paints and wants a Van Gogh of their own.

Tips for painting this design

Block in the orange earth along the bottom first. Those areas are the widest on the canvas and they show you how far each pot goes before you reach the small work. Move up through the green leaves, then paint the blues and leave the white iris until the surrounding petals are dry, so its edge stays sharp under the fine brush. The yellow background flowers need that brush too. A 40x60 cm canvas or larger keeps the brush marks readable; the smallest sizes press them into narrow bands. For another bloom afterwards, our flower paint by numbers kits include poppies and sunflowers.

Sizes, colours and painting time

The design comes in 20x30 to 60x80 cm (9 sizes). You choose a kit of 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 the kit contains

• Canvas:The printed linen canvas carries the outlines and numbers for the blue irises, the white iris, the long leaves and the orange ground. It is one of our famous paintings paint by numbers designs.
• Paint:The numbered acrylic pots are ready to use and cover the blues, greens, orange, yellow and white in the bed, with 24, 36 or 48 shades depending on the option.
• Brushes:Three brushes. Keep the fine one for the thin stems and the yellow flowers, the medium for the iris petals, the wide one for the orange earth.
• Guide:The paper guide to the design lets you check the numbers of the leaves, the petals and the background flowers before you open a pot.
• Optional:The wooden frame to assemble stretches the printed canvas and comes with the stretcher bars; without it, the canvas arrives rolled in a tube. 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.