Winnie's Picks - Paint by #'s - Beach St A, Monet

In the summer of 1867, Claude Monet painted The Beach of Sainte Adresse on his visit to his aunt in an affluent suburb in La Havre, France. This paint by numbers by Monet is a very creative piece, as it captures the shifts in weather and lighting of a regular day on the beach.

The seascape features boats sailing in the background, fishermen having conversations on the beach, and a couple relaxing on the shores. You can see how much detail is captured in the beautiful seascape like the deep-toned cloudy skies, the pebbled ivory sand, the fishermen and tourists on the shores of the beach, and the calm waters on the coast.

The faded tones of grey from the cliffs, white from the pebble beach, and blue from the sea mixed in this painting to reveal the appeasing scenery of an afternoon stroll.

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!