Two Kittens with a Phone Paint by Numbers

Two kittens with a phone paint by numbers: the scene on the canvas

This funny paint by numbers canvas shows two kittens sitting side by side on a bed. The grey one holds a smartphone between its paws, the ginger one wears a pink babygrow and stares at the screen. Crumpled sheets in beige and off-white fill the lower part of the canvas, and a blurred pillow closes the background. The style is realistic, so the fur is cut into small numbered areas while the two screens stay as flat dark colour. The square framing keeps both heads level.

The level is intermediate: medium areas for the two bodies and the bedding, finer work on the whiskers, the ears and the paws round the phones. Sizes run from 20x30 to 60x80 cm across 12 options, and each one comes with 24, 36 or 48 colours. The 40x40 cm and 50x50 cm keep the framing tight on the two heads; the 50x70 cm leaves more room for the fur.

As a present it suits a cat owner or a teenager, and the grey, ginger and pink palette gives the finished canvas enough colour for a bedroom wall. Similar designs sit in our funny paint by numbers range.

Tips for painting this design

Block in the flat areas first: the beige and white sheets, then the blurred pillow. Paint the two bodies next and keep the grey of the left kitten apart from the ginger on the right, so the two coats stay separate. Save the fine brush for the whiskers, the ear edges and the paws wrapped round the screens. Two thin coats keep the pink babygrow even, and the paper guide gives the number of every area.

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 12 to 30 h depending on the size.

What's in the kit

• Canvas:Linen canvas with the outlines and numbers already printed, from the two kittens and their phones down to the folds of the sheets.
• Paint:Numbered acrylic pots, ready to use, holding the grey of the left kitten, the ginger of the right one, the pink of the babygrow and the beige of the bedding.
• Brushes:Three brushes. The fine one for the whiskers and the paws on the screens, the medium one for the fur, the wide one for the sheets and the pillow.
• Guide:A printed paper guide with the numbers of the kittens, the phones and the bedding, handy on the small formats where the numbers sit close together.
• Optional:The wooden frame to assemble holds the canvas flat for hanging; without it the canvas travels 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.