Alpine Hairpin Road Mountain Paint by Numbers

Alpine Hairpin Road Paint by Numbers Kit: Winding Road and Slate Grey Peaks

This alpine hairpin road paint by numbers kit shows a pale paved road switchbacking up a green alpine slope. Five or six hairpin bends stack above one another, each edged with grass and low shrubs, so the road leads the eye from the foreground up to the summits. Behind the road, slate grey peaks rise into a partly cloudy sky, with soft white clouds gathered around the tops. Dark conifer forest covers the lower slopes on both sides of the valley, and small patches of golden ochre and white wildflowers dot the foreground grass.

The style is impressionist, with loose blocks of colour and no sharp photographic edges. Most areas are medium sized, with fine details limited to the road edges and the flowers. The level is intermediate, and the finished picture takes around 12 to 30 hours depending on the size you choose. If you enjoy high ground, our mountain paint by numbers collection has more scenes to paint.

Tips for painting this design

Start with the sky. Lay the blue in smooth horizontal strokes and leave the cloud areas until the blue has dried. The kit includes three brushes: use the medium one for the broad green slopes and the wide one for the sky and foreground grass. The fine brush is for the road edges, the hairpin curves and the wildflower dots.

Paint the conifer forest in two passes, a dark forest green base first, then lighter green dabs on top for the tree tops. The slate grey peaks look best with the 36 or 48 colour option, which gives you several greys and blues to suggest distance. Work from the top of the canvas downwards so your hand never rests on wet paint. Sizes run from 20x30 to 60x80 cm, and the larger ones give the hairpin bends more room. For more wide views, see our landscape paint by numbers range.

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 of the hairpin road, alpine peaks and conifer slopes already printed.
• Paint:Ready-to-use numbered acrylic pots covering sky blue, forest green, slate grey, golden ochre and white, with extra shades in the 36 and 48 colour sets.
• Brushes:Fine for the road edges and wildflowers, medium for the forest and slopes, wide for the sky and open grass.
• Guide:A paper guide shows the finished picture and the colour map for each numbered section.
• Optional:A wooden frame to assemble keeps the canvas flat and ready to hang once the scene is finished. Kits are dispatched within 48 hours. 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.