Winnie's Picks - Paint by #'s - Garden St A, CMonet

The Garden at Sainte Adresse is a paint by numbers by Claude Monet that gives us a glimpse of summer in France during the 18th century. The scene shows four people, who are said to be Monet’s relatives, relaxing in a garden by the seaside of a resort. Luscious green leaves and flowers in different tones that complement the beautiful outdoor scene fill the beautiful garden. Two long poles with the French and Belgian flag are also placed near the fences, waving in the direction of the wind. Beyond the fences are boats sailing across the coast.

Monet’s style focused on perception, capturing outdoor scenes by using spots of pure color and rapid strokes that give the illusion of a moving object such as the coast overlooking the garden.

Recommendations: 

Using a white acrylic paint pen - here - to cover the numbers so they do not appear through the paint!  (We recommend doing this as you get to that particular spot on your painting.  Allow the paint pen to dry before painting over it with the numbered paint.  Fear not - there is a sheet that has all of the numbers for your canvas in your kit, too, so you can always reference that if you forget the number after you paint over it!!)

Also, wet your paint brush to thin out paints that may have thickened in the paint pots. 

If you would like a canvas stretcher for your masterpiece, check them out here for 16"x16", here for 15"x20", and here for 16"x20"!  These make painting the canvas and preserving them once completed, so much easier!!!

Have so much fun creating your masterpiece!