Pastel Towns Paint by Number Kit, Framed Canvas

About the designs

These designs look like modern travel illustrations: clean shapes, flat color and a warm palette of pink, coral, terracotta and teal.

• Cactus steps: pink garden steps lined with potted cacti and succulents.
• Hill village: orange and pink houses on a green hillside among cacti and flowers, with birds overhead.
• Mountain chapel: a white chapel and village under blue mountains, with cacti and blooms in front.
• Pink domes: a rosy city of domes and terraces under a magenta sun.
• Island bay: white houses with blue domes above a turquoise bay with boats.
• Palm beach: a pink lifeguard hut and palms on a peach beach.
• Cactus town: colorful houses climbing a hill between tall cacti.
• Pink sunset: pink apartment blocks and a palm tree against an orange sky.
• Rolling hills: patchwork hills dotted with little houses, cacti and birds.
• Pink mansion: a pink house with white balconies behind a palm.
• Coral garden: coral and teal leaves with white flowers, almost abstract.
• Night lane: a pink lane at night under a street lamp.
• Pink mountain: a pink mountain above cacti and red flowers.

Every area is a single flat color with a clear edge, so these are among the quickest designs we offer and the easiest to get right first time.

How it works

Every area of the canvas is outlined and printed with a small number, and every pot of paint carries the number it belongs to. Open one pot, fill all the areas with that number, close it and move on to the next. There is nothing to draw and nothing to mix; the picture appears color by color until the last numbers are covered. Acrylic dries in minutes, so you can carry on with the next area almost straight away.

Sizes and the frame

Every size comes with a wooden stretcher frame: four bars that slot together at the corners, and small nails to fix the canvas around the back edge. Once the canvas is mounted, the painting hangs on the two hooks in the box with no picture frame needed. The canvas travels folded or rolled, and the creases relax once it is stretched.

How long it takes

• 16 x 20 in (40 x 50 cm): about 10 to 15 hours
• 20 x 26 in (50 x 65 cm): about 15 to 22 hours
• 24 x 30 in (60 x 75 cm): about 20 to 30 hours

Times count hands-on painting and depend on how carefully you work the edges. A kit keeps for months between sessions as long as the pots stay closed.

What is in the kit

• A canvas printed with the numbered outline of the design
• Numbered pots of acrylic paint for every color in the picture
• Three brushes, from fine to wide
• Four wooden stretcher bars and small nails to mount the canvas
• Two hooks for hanging
• A printed reference picture

Tips for a clean finish

• Start with the darkest colors and the biggest areas; they set the picture quickly.
• Use the fine brush for edges and small areas, and the wide brush for sky, water and walls.
• Two thin coats cover better than one thick one and hide any number under a pale color.
• Blot the brush on a paper towel after rinsing so no water drips into the pots.
• Close every pot tightly; dry paint is the main reason a kit runs short.

Delivery and returns

Delivery is $6.95, and free on orders from $49. The delivery estimate for your address shows on this page and at checkout. You can return the kit within 30 days of delivery; return shipping is yours unless it arrives faulty or wrong. See delivery and returns for the details, or compare the other paint by number kits.