Monkey with Sunglasses on the Beach Paint by Numbers

Monkey with sunglasses paint by numbers kit: an orangutan on a tropical beach

This monkey with sunglasses paint by numbers kit shows a smiling orangutan sitting on the sand of a tropical beach. He wears round sunglasses, a Hawaiian shirt and swimming shorts. Behind him, the turquoise sea fills half the canvas, and palm trees line the beach on the right. Pink and red hibiscus flowers sit in the foreground under a clear sky with no clouds. The sea and sand give you large flat areas to fill, while the shirt and palm leaves carry tighter numbers. The cartoon style keeps clean outlines that are easy to follow with a brush. Orange, turquoise, blue, green and pink dominate the canvas, so it brings colour to a kitchen, a conservatory or a teenager's bedroom.

It belongs to our funny paint by numbers collection. If you would rather paint calm water without a character, have a look at our beach and sea paint by numbers.

Tips for painting this design

Start with the sky and the sea. These two large areas set the light of the picture within your first sessions. Move on to the sand, then the palm trees. Keep the fine brush for the Hawaiian shirt, the sunglasses and the hibiscus flowers, where the numbers sit closest together. The monkey's face needs patience around the eyes and mouth. The level is intermediate, and you should plan around 12 to 30 hours depending on the size. A 40x40 cm or 40x50 cm canvas suits this amount of detail well, and the 36 colour option gives smoother turquoise gradients in the water.

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 12 to 30 h depending on the size.

What's in the kit

• Canvas:The printed linen canvas shows the smiling monkey, his round sunglasses and the tropical beach with outlines and numbers.
• Paint:The acrylic paint pots contain the orange of the monkey, the turquoise of the sea, the blue of the sky and the green of the palm trees.
• Brushes:The fine brush is for the sunglasses and flowers, the medium one for the face, the broad one for the sand and the sea.
• Guide:The paper guide helps you find the numbers for areas such as the Hawaiian shirt and the swimming shorts.
• Optional:The wooden frame to assemble lets you stretch the canvas of the monkey on the beach, otherwise it arrives rolled. 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.