Baby Elephant Splashing in Jungle Mud Paint by Numbers

A Realistic Elephant Paint by Numbers for Jungle Lovers

This elephant paint by numbers shows a baby elephant playing in a shallow muddy pool. Its trunk is raised high and water droplets fly off in every direction. The skin is wet and wrinkled, and the design picks out those folds in fine detail. Mud brown fills the pool and runs up the elephant's legs, with splashes breaking across the surface. Around the pool, dark green palm leaves frame the scene. Bright orange bird-of-paradise flowers and violet purple bromeliads add strong colour against the green. Touches of golden yellow show where sunlight filters down through the canopy. The style is realistic and the level of detail is high, so this suits painters who enjoy steady, careful work. Each kit includes a printed linen canvas with numbered outlines, numbered acrylic paints, three brushes and a paper guide, with free UK delivery.

Tips for painting this design

Start with the large background areas, such as the dark green palm leaves and the mud brown of the pool, using the medium or large brush. Move on to the elephant's body next, working one numbered patch at a time so the wrinkles stay crisp. Keep the fine brush for the water droplets around the raised trunk and for the small creases in the skin. Paint the orange and purple flowers once the greens are dry, so the colours stay clean at the edges. Because this picture has high detail, the 36 or 48 colour option helps with the subtle shifts in the mud, skin and foliage. Larger sizes give you more room for the small droplets, which many painters find easier to control. Take short breaks and let each layer dry before you paint beside it.

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:Printed linen canvas with numbered outlines marking every wrinkle of the elephant, each splash and each jungle leaf.
• Paint:Numbered acrylic paint pots (24, 36 or 48 colours) covering dark green, mud brown, bright orange, violet purple and golden yellow.
• Brushes:Fine for the water droplets and skin folds, medium for the flowers and leaves, large for the mud and background foliage.
• Guide:A paper guide shows the numbered colours so you can match each pot to the canvas as you paint.
• Optional:An optional wooden frame to assemble lets you display the baby elephant on the wall once it is finished, otherwise the canvas arrives rolled.

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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.