Mougins Custom Paint by Number for Beginner, Make Your Photo for Family

This was my first ever paint-by-numbers (PBN?) kit and it definitely exceeded my expectations. Canvas is high quality and it was so much fun to do. Here are some tips and tricks that might help somebody out there: (1) - It arrived folded/creased but it was quite easy to iron out. I'd recommend to flip it over, and iron the back of the canvas with your iron on low. After a few passes, the creases should smooth out. I also pinned it onto a wood frame before starting. Pinning it helped to further stretch the canvas, which allowed the paint to go on smoothly without the canvas bunching up. (2) - I chose to paint an image from my wedding, which in retrospect was probably not a good idea.. and here's why. My image contained very light colors - pure white, pale peach and pinks. Even though I went over the areas with many layers of paint, the numbers are still visible up close. (As you can see in my photo attached.) However, far away no one can see the numbers. Later on I discovered that going over the numbers with correction/wite out tape first, really helped. (3) - I read many reviews where people recommended to start painting the darker colors first. This helps in most situations, but for me it was better to paint the larger areas first. I had to paint flowers with tiny details and it was just better to paint these last - despite some of the colors being darker than the rest of the painting. (4) - I thought this was something I could complete in a whole day or two, but boy was I wrong. I painted for 2-3 hours a day for a little over a week. It probably could've been finished in a few days, but my hands and wrists were so sore that I had to stop and wait for the next day. At one point I had to take a day off because my wrists still felt stiff. So my biggest tip is -- TAKE BREAKS! When I got tired, I found myself not caring for painting the details properly. All in all, this was an extremely fun project to do. I made a few mistakes, but I am still so happy about it. I hang it proudly in my home and smile everyday when I see it. About to order my second kit and I am so excited for it!

So at first I thought the folded paper was all that came but the canvas one is folded up. This is so cool! We love it

Turned out nice. The colors were a little off but overall was great

This is my very first paint by number and I had so much fun doing it! The end product turned out great! A few things I’ve learned during the process and why I’m giving a 4/5. Cons: -The canvas comes folded in a small square so there are several creases (1 horizontal and 3 vertical) when unfolded. As a rookie and excited to get started, I thought the lines would come out over time if I kept it flat so immediately started to paint it. For those like me who didn’t know, the creases do not come out on their own over time when laying flat. TIP now that I know, do some research first and remove crease prior to painting! I wish the company would just avoid this problem by sending the canvas rolled up. -One of the paint colors were noticeably wrong. I contacted the company and they did right and sent a replacement color so I give them credit there. -This company doesn’t send a small version of the blank numbered image that now I’ve learned some other companies do. They just send the digital version of what painting will look like with numbered colors. Thankfully I took a picture of the blank canvas when I first received it. I highly recommend this as I personally had to referred back to it many times. Pros: -I’m very happy with painting process. Nearly all the numbers were easily read, only a very few numbers were really hard to read in the teeny tiny spots but it’s manageable. -The 3 paint brushes were good and held up the whole process. Obviously just clean them often and take care of them. -They sent more than enough paint for each color, only a 1-2 were a little dry so I learned quickly that adding a scant amount of water helped. -I didn’t buy the frame so once I completed my painting, I bought a stretch bar frame and the canvas had plenty of extra space to wrap around so I was happy with that. The actual painting is slightly smaller than 12x16 bc the paint part didn’t wrap around the edge when wrapped, it left the smallest white part in front. Overall end product turned out great! Id would buy from this company again, I just really wish they would avoid the problem of creases on canvas and not fold it with shipping. It’s just one extra step that you need to be prepared for when buying, but not the end of the world. Good luck, paint by number is so relaxing during downtime and the end product is awesome!

LOW quality!! We’ve done one of these custom paint by numbers before and it was amazing! Sadly, the business we got it from is no longer on Amazon. So I went with this place to give them a shot, but regret it. I’ve attached photos of what I asked for, and what they sent along with the colored photo of what it should look like when completed. They don’t even look the same. Additionally, we paid almost double price to have it. ‘framed’. Much to our dismay, it didn’t come as a framed canvas like it showed in the listing, but instead, they included 4 pieces of extremely cheap wood that you’ll have to put together to make the frame. This still didn’t form into a canvas frame so you could then staple/glue the painting on in order to start painting…nope. Due to the incident of the frame and the cheap wood, the painting wouldn’t be able to get stapled on securely and tightly in order to paint. Overall…. Very dissatisfied. Especially since the cost to “frame” was almost the same price as painting. My advise…find a better company, even if it does cost a little bit more.

Pretty cool how this turned out. We love ours! Great color chosen by this seller for our photo painting! Kudos. :-) One note tho: Beware no one has glasses on in the photo you send. The paint by number gets very congested (hard to read a ton of numbers all written together in tight space) like when a person wears glasses.

Amazing kit and quality!

When I opened this canvas up, my jaw dropped at all the fine details I would have to paint and I wondered how I was going to get it done. I took it on a crafting retreat and it took the whole 3 days I was there to finish. I noticed however that some parts of the painting had colors that weren’t in the original photo I sent, so I had to get creative using the paint they sent me. Maybe something in the process from turning the photo into PBN in the computer processing part got messed up, but I made it work. There was olive green in her paws for some reason so I used more of the browns & lighter colors instead. I was very pleased with how it turned out and will be getting it framed soon. I do recommend getting two or three sets of very small tipped brushes used for models or miniatures because the brushes that were sent would not have lasted the whole job. You’ll need at least 6 tiny brushes to make a painting this detailed turn out. All in all, I’m in love and have recommended this seller to several people who loved my painting as well.

I have purchased a few of these now and am always so happy with them! The writing is always clear and it looks like my uploaded picture when completed. One time I had a small issue and the seller was very quick and pleasant to work with on fixing it. I would absolutely recommend these to anyone looking for a custom paint by number to enjoy. I would purchase more in the future.

Good canvas, looks exactly like the pic sent in. Was unsure at first about the color of his hair but I trusted the process and am very happy with it.

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I am a professional - bought a set for fun.. is more than I expected!