Zero foundation, zero difficulty, more fun paint by numbers

 Speaking of paint by numbers, everyone should be a little impressed, because I have introduced it several times. At the time, I bought a special price of 23 yuan free shipping. Now it is a special price. The 18 yuan free shipping is indeed much cheaper than before.

There are a lot of DIY paint by numbers on the Internet, and you can search a lot by directly using "paint by numbers" as a keyword. In terms of the standard 40*50 specification, the price is relatively close, most of which are between 17 and 23 yuan. Free shipping are all coincidentally. There are also children playing 20*30, which is half the price, of course, there are also 50*65 or even larger specifications, which are much more expensive, depending on your needs.

When you buy one, please pay attention and check the evaluation. If many people mentioned that the picture frame is not flat, the canvas is blurred, the paint is too thin, etc., it is best not to start; if you buy one at a house and find this If you have quality problems (transportation damage is not counted), you can give up and switch to another one.

Okay, let’s talk about the first paint by numbers London I bought. Although it was free shipping, it was also sent by Yuantong, but it was quite fast, and it arrived the next day.

The front of the physical box, to be honest, was bigger than I thought, and it was a little frightening.

Open it and take a look inside. I chose "city paint by numbers". According to the instructions, the gray part is painted with an unmarked color (usually black). After painting this part first, you can see the overall outline of the painting.

Look at the picture frame instead. The canvas has been ordered in advance, which is very convenient. Then the frame is relatively flat, which I think is still good.

A piece of paper is attached, which is an English drawing instruction, and a sample image with color numbers (in fact, a reduced version of the canvas) is attached. The printing is very clear and helpful. You can check it while drawing. Why should it be emphasized that the printing is clear, there will be other comparisons later......

Included accessories: three brushes (nylon), 18 colors (my model is relatively simple, only 18 colors, many paintings are more than 20 colors, and even 45 colors of the master series!)

Two boxes of brightener, a pair of non-marking hooks (for nailing to the wall), a pair of screws (for screwing the picture frame), a small green tube is a level (for hanging pictures), and a color palette.

It's really comprehensive, everything is ready for you, and it's not thoughtful to consider.

Now that the unboxing photos have been completed, of course the next step is to draw!

To put it simply, photo paint by numbers is like cross-stitch in a painting. All areas are divided up for you, and the color numbers are also marked. Just fill in the colors according to the picture. This set of products is also thoughtful. The brushes and palettes are all ready. We only need to prepare our own suitable table, spread the newspaper (otherwise the color may stain the table, it may not be wiped off), and then prepare a bowl of wash pens. .

The first step is to apply black as suggested.

It should be noted that the paint used in paint by numbers does not need to be diluted, just dig it into the color palette and use it. If it is diluted but the concentration is not enough, it may not cover the outline and numbers.

I got a little more proficient and started to paint. I personally paint them one by one according to the color number from dark to light. Of course, you can also reverse it, but it is best to paint in a certain order.

After finishing the first row of 6 colors, the tree and sky on the right can be seen clearly, and the overall outline is beginning to take shape.

Looking at the details, you can understand what I said. Can you fill in the color number? Hahaha is really super simple.

Continue, the second row of colors is finished. At this moment, the two people in the center can see the shade of the tree on the left.

After finishing the third row of colors, it is almost complete. (There will definitely be small areas that were missed or wrongly painted before, just fill it up with the sample picture)

But at this time, I can only see from afar, and cannot stand a closer look. For example, a lot of color borders are not filled, and then I found a big problem: the original image is blurred. For example, the street lights and the night sky on the right are gradual transitions. After digitization, these transitions have become color blocks. ...

Okay, post-retouching still has to be a lot of work, to complement the color, to eliminate the white spots, and then the problem of blooming cannot be completely solved. Only to adjust the color and transition some particularly unnatural places, which is barely OK. Well, this is the self-requirement of obsessive-compulsive disorder. People who find it troublesome can also ignore it. Anyway, the normal viewing distance can't see anything.

After all the repairs are done and dry, apply the brightener.

The brightener is colorless, the main effect is to increase the texture of the picture, the darker color is deeper, and the bright color is more colorful. The last picture in the process of applying the brightener, the right is the brightener that has been brushed, and the left is the one that has not been brushed yet.

Once the brightener is dry, the painting is complete. Look, does it feel like that? Finally, the last photo of 18 colors and the finished product, the division of labor is quite clear in this way.

To sum up: diy paint by numbers is indeed a gadget with zero basis for getting started, zero completion difficulty, and Chinese cabbage price. Children can also play, and people who can't draw at all can get good products. Although this kind of "painting" process may seem naive and ridiculous to those who know how to paint, although it is said that the finished product after a few days of exhaustion has not been easy to buy a printed poster, but the fun of paint by numbers is originally It does not lie in how elegant, or how worthy of the finished product. It is like a puzzle. It does not require professional skills. It only requires care and patience. Anyone can play it. Its fun is nothing more than seeing the birth of beauty from paper. At the beginning, it only has outlines, and gradually adds flesh and color. Layers upon layers, and finally solidified at that moment, this sense of accomplishment should be imaginable by everyone who has done craftsmanship.

Lessons learned:

1. Please be sure to paint during the day and in a well-lit place, and try not to paint at night, because it really hurts your eyes when the light is insufficient.

2. Please paint in one color and one color. For each color, first take an appropriate amount in the color palette, cover the original box lid, and then take it out when it is used up, because acrylic paint is really easier to dry.

3. The color palette should be cleaned in time. Don't wait for the ten grids to be used up before washing, otherwise the dried paint won't be washed off. Don't blame me for not warning you...

4. The paint by numbers hook cannot be adjusted. If you go to the wall, please remember to measure the distance and make a mark before putting the nails, otherwise, hahaha wait for the nails to be pulled out.