LouisaD Posted August 1, 2019 Share Posted August 1, 2019 Hi fellow members, A family member recently made me a wonderful surprise: he gave me a paint by numbers personalized with my favorite picture of James, my mixed-breed corgi! It's not my first paint by numbers but I didn't know it was possible to turn a photo into a custom one! Just started yesterday and I thought you might want to see it so I'll share the progress with you. I added the picture used so that you can compare and imagine the final result. There are a few wrinkles on the canvas, I'll lightly iron it to remove them. Have you ever done such project? Cheers, Louisa 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Little Gifts Posted August 1, 2019 Share Posted August 1, 2019 What a great idea! Do you know who they organised it through? My sister would love one of her heart dog (now passed). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LouisaD Posted August 1, 2019 Author Share Posted August 1, 2019 Oh, that would be wonderful for her. I'm also thinking of getting one of my old Gus that passed away 2 years ago. He ordered it here: https://www.winniespicks.com 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
persephone Posted August 1, 2019 Share Posted August 1, 2019 Oh I love that idea! I hope you will post a photo of the finished work . 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loving my Oldies Posted August 2, 2019 Share Posted August 2, 2019 What fun. Brings back memories of painting by numbers over 60 years ago. Mum framed a couple of my “artworks” and I’m sorry I threw them out years ago. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LouisaD Posted August 5, 2019 Author Share Posted August 5, 2019 On 02/08/2019 at 4:48 AM, Loving my Oldies said: What fun. Brings back memories of painting by numbers over 60 years ago. Mum framed a couple of my “artworks” and I’m sorry I threw them out years ago. That's sad! It's now time to make some again then I'll definitely keep you posted! Here is the result after a few more hours of fun I'm super happy the wrinkles are slightly fading away; I can barely see them anymore! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LouisaD Posted August 12, 2019 Author Share Posted August 12, 2019 Update #3; almost ended the background! Looking forward to start painting my dog 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
persephone Posted August 12, 2019 Share Posted August 12, 2019 so many colours to tone in I'd probably read the numbers wrongly :P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PossumCorner Posted August 12, 2019 Share Posted August 12, 2019 (edited) On 1/08/2019 at 8:02 PM, LouisaD said: …. Have you ever done such project? …. No, but it looks more interesting than the "adult colouring-in" that many of us were hooked on a few years ago, and spent a fortune on boxes of coloured pencils. Do you buy the paints through the canvas supplier people or separately - water colour or synthetic - just enough for the one image supplied, or more generous? Other colours available or only to suit the image you order from them? I did look at the link, just couldn't see that much detail. We do a lot of fiddling with photoshop and others and create some good (and some dreadful) 'painterly' images from photographs and have them printed onto canvas. But yesterday I sold two of my horses and looking at some photos of them remembered your post and thought it might be interesting to do a paint-by-numbers from a photo for something different to see how it goes. James looks a great little dog, could you put up a progress photo when you have started his colouring - our Rheneas could have a tiny bit of Corgi in him, he's a (very) mixed breed pup. Edit to add. ignore questions, screen-freeze fixed so link "all there" - still need update photos of James. Edited August 12, 2019 by PossumCorner fixt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LouisaD Posted August 13, 2019 Author Share Posted August 13, 2019 3 13 hours ago, PossumCorner said: Do you buy the paints through the canvas supplier people or separately - water colour or synthetic - just enough for the one image supplied, or more generous? Other colours available or only to suit the image you order from them? I did look at the link, just couldn't see that much detail. You just have to send a picture and they turn it into a paint by numbers. They provide you with the canvas, the paint set (more than enough for the painting but you'll just get the colors that suit your image), 3 brushes, a chart (copy of the canvas in case you need to double-check a number in an area you've already painted) an instruction folder. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LouisaD Posted September 2, 2019 Author Share Posted September 2, 2019 Finally done! Love the final result & every minute spent on it! I just have to frame it now. Already thinking about the next one I'll get 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
persephone Posted September 2, 2019 Share Posted September 2, 2019 It has brought you much pleasure and pride....That's great. It looks good..such a cute pose :)Thanks for sharing. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Two Best Dogs! Posted September 2, 2019 Share Posted September 2, 2019 Beautiful! What a lovely gift 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Animal House Posted September 2, 2019 Share Posted September 2, 2019 Well done! It's turned out lovely, I'd try one but my dog would probably eat the canvas or paints, or both. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
teddybeans Posted September 3, 2019 Share Posted September 3, 2019 its turned out very nicely! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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