Fruit Basket and Blackberries Paint by Numbers

A fruit basket and blackberries paint by numbers kit with dense detail

Yellow apples, black blackberries and green fruit pack a wicker basket, and the tight framing leaves almost no background to fill. Round leaves with marked veins crowd the rest of the canvas, and water droplets rest on the fruit and leaves as small white dots. Green and yellow lead the palette, black carries the berries, brown the wicker, and a few pink fruits break the pattern. We class the design as advanced because of the many fine details: veins, basket strands and reflections all need the fine brush. Allow 20 to 40 hours depending on the size.

Tips for painting this design

Paint the large green leaves first; they hold the structure of the composition and let you settle into the palette. Then take the wicker: short, even strokes along each strand keep the weave readable. Leave the blackberries and the small yellow apples until the green and brown areas are dry, because they are the tightest areas of the canvas. The droplets go on last with the tip of the fine brush and a little white. Order 40x50 cm or larger if you want to paint the veins and reflections without straining over the details. When the canvas is dry, the green and brown tones work above a kitchen worktop or on a dining room wall, and the other kitchen and food paint by numbers designs hang well alongside. If you would rather paint foliage on its own, try a nature paint by numbers design.

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 20 to 40 hours depending on the size.

What's in the kit

• Canvas:The printed linen canvas carries the outlines of the wicker basket, the fruit and the water droplets, each with its number.
• Paint:Numbered acrylic pots, ready to use, in the greens, yellows, blacks, browns and pinks of the design. Choose 24, 36 or 48 colours.
• Brushes:The fine brush is for leaf veins and dewdrops, the medium for the berries, the broad one for the basket and large leaves.
• Guide:The paper guide lists the numbers for the apples, blackberries and dew so you can check a pot before you open it.
• Optional:The wooden frame to assemble stretches the printed canvas of this fruit basket and blackberries paint by numbers kit, so you paint on a taut surface and hang it straight away. 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, which helps with the small berries and droplets, and a finished 40x50 cm basket hangs straight on the wall. Framed that way it makes a housewarming present for someone who cooks.

Mounted canvas

The canvas arrives already stretched on its wooden frame. You start painting right away and hang the picture on the wall.