Collection: Paint by Numbers for Adults

What is Paint by Numbers?

It’s a craft hobby that has become so popular during the last few years and recently especially due to pandemic lockdowns. In general it’s not so easy to make an own painting. You need knowledge and skills and some equipment as well. To get started it‘s difficult and one can’t do it without prior attending a course or visiting the arts school. Paint by numbers is an easier way of getting to your own painting. The idea is that you get the canvas with printed design. Thin lines on the canvas represent areas to be colored with certain paints of given numbers, therefore the name – Paint by Numbers. Why do people love it? As it’s a lot of fun. You immediately see the result in front of you.

Most Popular Paint by Numbers Designs

People love painting nature, especially animals, flowers and landscapes. These categories are the most popular of the common designs.

Famous paintings are also often searched for. I mean the world’s most famous artists like Vincent Van Gogh, Leonardo da Vinci or Pablo Picasso. Their artworks are very popular to get copied. Who would not want to have the Sunflowers or The Last Supper and claim it as their own achievement?

Adults’ Paint by Numbers Kits contain:

• Linen canvas, a printed canvas showing the areas to be painted and numbers of paints
• Numbered acrylic paint pots
• Quality paint brush set
• Reference image showing the result in real colors

How to start painting by numbers

At first choose the design you really like and that you’d like to hang on your wall once you’ve finished the painting. After the delivery check the canvas for dents or other damages that might have occurred during the transport. Check also the paint pot set for missing pots (this normally doesn’t happen, but who knows). After unpacking you need to stretch the canvas on your work table and try making it as flat as possible. Now look at the reference image and try to get the first impression how it looks like and plan how you want to start.

The first thing you should always start painting are places of light colors. That means white areas, light grey, yellow, light blue etc. After you've completed these, you can advance and paint the darker areas.

It might happen sometimes that the paints get dry. You will solve this easily by putting few drops of water into them and they melt afterwards.

Benefits of Painting by numbers for adults

• Stress relief – everybody gets anxious these days and people are desperate to find ways how to release their stress. Painting is a concentrated activity and you will feel so relaxed after some time spent with the brush in your hand
• The feelings of fulfillment – every move of your hand will be directly visible on the canvas in front of you. Scientists confirm that people should look for such kind of hobbies that bring immediate results.
• Concentration – a university of Oxford performed a study on 100 participants, half of them did painting and half of them watched TV. The ability to concentrate afterwards was tested and the results were astonishing. Their concentration levels increased multiple times.