Tuscan Landscape with Cypresses Paint by Numbers

Tuscan landscape with cypresses paint by numbers with hills, a stone house and an orange sky

Rolling hills run under a cloudy sky edged with orange. A winding path crosses cultivated fields to reach a stone house with red tiled roofs, and tall cypresses line the route. We print the outlines and numbers on linen canvas, so you match each area to a pot of ready-to-use acrylic and the scene builds patch by patch. Olive green, ochre, brown and sky blue carry most of the picture against a beige ground. The level is intermediate: broad fields and soft hills, tighter shapes in the cypresses and the roof tiles. The canvas is square, a shape that sits well above a sideboard or in the narrow gap between two windows. More of the country sits in our Italy paint by numbers collection.

Tips for painting this design

Paint the sky first: the orange and blue bands are the largest areas and set the warmth of the whole scene. Work down through the ochre and beige hills from back to front, so a slip of the brush gets covered by the next layer. Keep the cypresses narrow with the fine brush and let the olive green dry before you touch the sky edge beside it. The wide brush suits the cultivated fields, the medium brush the stone walls, the fine brush the red tiles. The kit comes in 12 sizes from 15x15 cm to 70x80 cm; pick 40x40 cm or larger so the path, the roof lines and the small fields stay wide enough to fill cleanly. Wider countryside scenes are in our landscape paint by numbers range.

Sizes, colours and painting time

The design comes in 15x15 to 70x80 cm (12 sizes). You choose a kit of 24, 36 or 48 colours, on rolled canvas, with or without a wooden frame to assemble. Allow around 12 to 30 h depending on the size.

What's in the kit

• Canvas:Linen canvas printed with the outlines and numbers of the hills, the path, the stone house and the cypresses.
• Paint:Numbered acrylic pots, ready to use, in 24, 36 or 48 colours depending on the option: orange for the sky, olive green for the cypresses, ochre for the fields, brown for the roofs, sky blue.
• Brushes:3 brushes: fine for the cypresses and roof tiles, medium for the stone walls, wide for the sky and the fields.
• Guide:The paper chart of the design lets you check the number of the sky, the fields and the house before you open a pot.
• Optional:With the wooden frame to assemble, the printed canvas goes up stretched; without it, it arrives rolled in a tube.

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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 picture on the wall.