Golden Retriever on the Toilet Paint by Numbers

Golden retriever on the toilet paint by numbers kit: the scene you paint

A golden retriever sits on a toilet with an open newspaper between its front paws. The bathroom around it has a golden seat, golden pipes, pale floor tiles and dark grey walls. The dog sits in the centre of the portrait canvas, head tilted down towards the pages. Its beige and white coat takes several shades to mark the chest and ears, and the black and white newspaper carries the finest lines of the picture. Walls and floor are broad flat areas, so the detail is concentrated on the dog and the paper. We rate the kit intermediate. It suits a downstairs loo or a bathroom wall, and it will make any dog owner smile.

This design belongs to our funny paint by numbers collection. If you would like other breeds on canvas, have a look at our dog paint by numbers kits.

Tips for painting this design

Begin with the dark grey walls and the floor tiles. These flat areas set the scene and let you get used to the numbers. Paint the bowl and the golden seat next, giving the gold two coats so the highlights stay clear. Leave the retriever's coat until late: light beige first, then the shadows on the chest and ears. Do the newspaper last with the fine brush, area by area, once the rest is dry. Allow around 12 to 30 hours depending on the size. A 30x40 cm or 40x50 cm canvas gives the newspaper lines enough room.

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:Linen canvas with the outlines and numbers printed: the seated retriever, the bowl, the newspaper and the tiled floor.
• Paint:Numbered acrylic paint, ready to use, covering the beige of the coat, the gold of the seat and pipes, the white, the grey and the black. Choose 24, 36 or 48 colours.
• Brushes:Three brushes. The fine one is for the newspaper and the pipes, the medium for the coat, the wide for the grey walls and the floor.
• Guide:A paper guide to the design, so you can check the numbers on the dog, the bowl and the tiles.
• Optional:A wooden frame to assemble that stretches the canvas, or the canvas rolled without a frame. 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.