Alpine Stone Cottage in Summer Paint by Numbers

Alpine Stone Cottage Paint by Numbers Kit: a Summer Valley in Bloom

The scene shows a stone house with a red roof and matching shutters in a high alpine valley, lit by bright midday sun. A winding dirt path runs past rocky outcrops covered in red poppies and blue flowers. Green slopes climb behind the cottage towards rugged, snow-dusted peaks, and the clear blue sky carries a few soft white clouds.

The style is impressionist, so the poppies, blue flowers and rocks break into many small numbered areas. The sky, the slopes and the cottage walls give you larger zones to paint between the fiddly parts. We rate this design intermediate. It suits someone who has finished an easier kit and wants a landscape with more to do, and it makes a good gift for a friend who loves mountain holidays or countryside cottages.

Tips for painting this design

Block in the sky blue first with the wide brush, then cover the alpine green slopes. Use the medium brush for the cottage walls and the dirt path. Keep the fine brush for the poppies, the blue flowers and the rock detail. Paint from the distant mountains forward to the path so each layer sits on top of the one behind it. Let every patch of acrylic dry before painting next to it, which keeps the edges crisp between the red flowers and the green. The 36 and 48 colour options give you more shades for the light on the snow and the different greens in the valley. Plan on around 12 to 30 hours, depending on the size you choose.

If this scene appeals, our mountain paint by numbers collection has more peaks and valleys. The red flowers in the foreground also link to our poppy paint by numbers designs.

Sizes, colours and painting time

The design comes in 15x15 to 70x80 cm (12 sizes). You choose a 24, 36 or 48 colour kit, 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 with the outlines and numbers of the cottage, the valley and the peaks already printed on it.
• Paint:Numbered acrylic paints, ready to use, in 24, 36 or 48 colours depending on the option you pick, including sky blue, poppy red, stone grey, alpine green and snow white.
• Brushes:Three brushes: fine for the poppies and rocks, medium for the cottage walls and path, wide for the sky and the green slopes.
• Guide:A paper reference guide lets you check the position of every numbered area as you go.
• Optional:The canvas arrives rolled without a frame. You can instead choose the wooden frame to assemble once the painting is dry.

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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.