YEESAM ART DIY Paint by Numbers for Adults Beginner, Warship Dark Cloud Sailing Boat Pirate Ship 16x20 inch Linen Canvas Acrylic Stress Less Number Painting for Home Wall Decor

Yes I like it but there is a few disappointments. The first disappointment was on opening the package I noticed the frame the canvas was stapled to was some what thin. Thick enough, just, for the purpose but I would have expected the next size up for this size of canvas and the canvas could have been a little tighter on the frame. The other disappointment was when I examined the packaging I could not find any reference as to the paint being oil. I read every word of the text on the box and instructions but could find no information as to what the paint medium is; but it does mention cleaning the brushes and thinning the paint with water; this doesn't sound like oil paint so I returned to the original listing on Amazon and yes I wasn't mistaken it is advertised as an 'Oil Paint by Numbers' but when I read further down in the small print description it does admit the paints are in fact 'Acrylic' but acrylic is not oil. Not a deal breaker unless you really want Oil Paint. On the plus Acrylic gives the same effect as oil paint but dries in hours if not minutes where as oil can take six weeks or more. Acrylic is soluble in water where as oil paints needs linseed and/or turpentine to thin the colour glaze or clean the brushes with. But if you really want the snob value of Oil Paint it's not real Oil Paint.The things that impressed me were: The canvas is primed and sized ready for painting. The outlines and numbers are printed in orange ochre; so should be easy to paint over and obscure.Other points of interest: You get three, different sized and shaped, brushes, a brass coloured 'D' ring hanger to hang it with when finished, a reference print of the line drawing on paper as well as the paints in resealable little pots. With this one came a 3X magnifier, the sale listing made out this is unigue to buying it from them. However it's nothing exciting just a transparent piece of plastic, the size of a credit card, with magnifying rings moulded into it. The instructions are first in Chinese with English translations under them, but the English is somewhat Pigeon-English; English words but Chinese grammar and syntax which makes them a little strange to read but it's easy to figure out what they really mean to say.By an large quite a nice kit that should work well, just expected something with a bit more to it for the price. Cheaper versions can be bought but with them you have to supply your own frame to staple the canvas to; which can soon bump the price up to the price of this one. Advantage you can use more substantial frame stretchers. Disadvantage while not hard to do it can be a bit fiddly to get the tension even.As for the picture. It's up to you how detailed you want it. Basic fill in the numbers and you'll get a simple impressionist image that looks like a paint by numbers, do some colour blending where colours come together, add textured brush strokes and simple added detail copied from reference picture but not on the number outline, for something that looks more like an original painting. How much or little depends on you and your ability. Personally I'll be painting out the longboat in the bottom right corner as, for me, it spoils the composition and distracts the eye down to that corner of the picture.Added photo of the painting.On the left is a commercially produced version of the picture printed on canvas and streched over a frames as per the Paint by Numbers version which is on the right and completed as per the instrutions and no more. Both are pretty good pictures but you will notice some differences between the two. The commercial picture is more finished and detailed. More rigging detail, the shore line is clearer as to it being mountains were as the paint by numbers it just looks like clouds. The signal flags are more detailed and correct on the printed version as is the ensign on the stern and overall detail in general is more defined on the printed version but with a bit of extra adjustments to the paint by numbers version we can improve it to look more like the commercial. I have painted out the long boat in the bottom right corner as I thought that spoils the compsition of the picture; distracting the eye down to that corner. Also that it made the picture look more like an illustration for a story book than a piece of art.When I've touched up the detailing I'll spray it with satin varnish then frame it in a guilt antique style frame.

Bought Xmas present for husband, almost finished it, looks amazing! Good product, thank you

I have finished the painting and I am very happy with it even though I have never painted before and this was my first by numbers. My hands are aching from opening and closing the tiny pots all the time (more towards the end) but generally I think this was an amazing experience which took about 3 weeks at about 2 hours a day after work (and sometimes during!). Obviously I wanted more blue, but the final image has come out looking like the ship coming out of a storm with the sun is breaking through the clouds. I am happy with it. I gave it a 4 out of 5 mainly because I found this easy to follow but quite fiddly because of the light colours, which I sometimes had to do 2 coats for. If you try to do them in one coat and cover the lines and number, you might find that you leave sttraks or blobs which will dry and make your painting seem bumpy, so patience and a second coat is always advisable. I was sad a little because the detail is great for the ship but the little rowing boat towing behind is really blurry and I dont have the expertise to paint this out, neither do I have the skill to add my own detail as tge kit suggests. So mine does look less detailed than the selling image. My advice to anyone doing this painting is to start with the clouds outside first, then do the light colours within the ships body and rigging before you start on the darker ones. Once you have done the first coat and perhaps gone over the number again, do the darker ones and make the ships lines and ropes stand out, correcting and straightening out any mistakes done with the lighter colours. I then did the sea last. Son't worry if the canvas has blurry numbers you cannot make out because they provide a paper with the detailed numbers on which you van use as a cross reference. You will have fun and at the end you get a great finished product.

They changed the paints, so they come in identical little tubes. You have to put the number stickers on and they fell off mine half way through. So can't tell which colour is which at all.Very annoying and the images of the paints are wrong, I specifically wanted the little snap pots.

This is a nice picture, I am about half way through but some of the paints arrived unusable and dried up and I also didn’t receive the paper key to help figure out the fiddley bits of the image. This is really disappointing as the last one I ordered from this company was great. Not worth the money unless they sort this out.

The finished picture was fantastic and gets lots of admiration.Be prepared to take time over this one, I took one colour per session per day.Good light needed and a magnifying glass if your vision is not 100%.I have modified the painting slightly to be HMS Victory as it resembles it very closely,Added Victory in gold on the stern and more figures in the rigging setting sails in in the lookout platforms.Very pleased with it.

This is a great way to pass time, would recommend any of the kits whatever your preference of subject is, the finished item is a beautiful picture for your wall, all you require is a steady hand and bl**dy good eyesight, even with the magnifier some numbers are unreadable, soon latched on to painting the white last, doing it any sooner obliterated the segment lines and was difficult knowing when to stop with adjacent colour. ps used metal nail file to spring pot lids open.Looks great on the wall

The kit is great, but would been better if it came with a reference sheet. Also I found 1 or 2 sections so far that had no number in them, so maybe they need to be amended. Over all though, I am Happy with the purchase.