Calm Shore kit

Calm

Very satisfying and rewarding to do. Quite a few of the numbers were missing so a bit of guesswork to make it look right. Also lots of very small spaces where it was very hard even with a magnifying glass to see the numbers and paint.

Calm Shore reviewAH

Fun - with a mix of large areas and very small areas. I started on the large and soon found it boring - but craved to get back to it after I tackled the small areas! Also need to blend the boundaries between the starkest colours for a more realistic appearance. Small areas were fun trying to locate all of them - and inevitably missed some. No matter because I am finding these paintings are better for 2 (or 3) coats. Even though I missed a few numbers, it was quite easy to choose the correct colour shade from adjoining or position in picture. Only a couple of “quality control” issues: Pack contained 2 tubs of both shade 1 and shade 24 - presumably for the larger areas. But one of the large areas was coded pink when the accompanying image showed it should be blue. No biggie because I had some approximate colour blue left over from a previous painting. That area received about 6 coats before I got it near enough! The package had been squashed in the post and while no noticeable damage, it dislodged a cover on one of the brushes meaning about half the bristles were askew and needed trimming off - made a handy small brush for the teeny areas! Only other issue was the cog sheet containing the numbers had been distorted by photocopying in portrait rather than landscape - numbers were very hard to read.

Calm shore

Great for my first ever paint by numbers and finish piece looks great