Lone Tree in Red Poppy Field Paint by Numbers

Lone Tree in Red Poppy Field Paint by Number Kit: What You Will Paint

This square design is built around one tree with a solid brown trunk and a full canopy of leaf green foliage. It grows alone in a flat field covered in red poppies. Each flower has a black centre, and green stems rise between the blooms. Above them, a wide blue sky carries soft white clouds in clear summer daylight. The naive style keeps every shape simple and readable. Most of the canvas is made of medium areas, with fine details limited to the flower centres and stems. That makes this lone tree in red poppy field paint by number design easy to follow from the first colour to the last. The red field and the blue sky are large blocks of colour, so you see the picture take shape quickly.

Tips for painting this design

Begin with the blue sky and the wide brush, so the top half of the canvas gives you a clean base. Paint the white clouds next, while you can still see where the sky shapes sit. Take the medium brush for the large red areas across the lower half. Switch to the fine brush for the black flower centres and the thin green stems. Build the leaf green canopy gradually with the medium brush. Finish with the trunk brown and the fine brush, which keeps the edges neat where the trunk meets the red flowers. With 36 or 48 colours, the lighter and darker shades of red and green are separated for you, and the flat field gains depth.

The finished picture is bold enough to hold a wall in a hallway, kitchen or living room. It also suits anyone who enjoys countryside walks or gardening. If this scene appeals, our poppy paint by numbers collection has more red field designs, and our landscape paint by number kits cover other open views.

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:The printed linen canvas carries clear numbered outlines for the lone tree, the poppies and the sky.
• Paint:The numbered acrylic pots are ready to use and include bright red, sky blue, leaf green, trunk brown, cloud white and black for the flower centres.
• Brushes:Three brushes come with the kit. Use the fine one for flower centres and stems, the medium one for the canopy and poppies, and the wide one for the sky.
• Guide:The paper guide shows where each numbered colour belongs on the canvas.
• Optional:You can add a wooden frame to assemble once you have finished painting.

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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.