I ordered 3 paintings as Christmas gifts for family members this year. Everyone was ecstatic to receive their gifts and start painting! My wife recently finished her painting of the Grand Canyon and put it in a frame. It looks great on the shelf of my office!
I ordered this as a Christmas present for my wife and it was an instant hit! She's hooked now and will be ordering more.
I ran across these kits by accident and now I am obsessed! The kits are well put together, highly detailed and easy to follow. The paints provided are great and cover the canvas beautifully. If you get the DIY frame, they are easy to assemble and easy to mount your finished painting. I'm now going to try to visit as many National Parks as I can so I can grab it's kit to complete! They make amazing gifts for those crafty folks in your life too!
Bought this for my wife and she has been loving it! It comes with everything needed! High quality and tons of fun!
Love the National Park Vintage series!! Working on Zion right now, definitely challenging but fun! The brushes included are my only complaint. Grab some better quality ones and off you go!!
I’ve become obsessed with paint by numbers! Wander Painting has beautiful designs that are a delight to paint. I find it to be therapeutic, and at the end I have a lovely painting to proudly hang on the wall. I highly recommend these kits.
Great quality. Company available for advice. Pretty outcome.
I've done a few of these now and I still enjoy them. I'm about half-way through the Joshua Tree one and I can say it's a bit more challenging compared to the other ones. The spaces to paint in are really small and difficult to get a brush of paint in, but the overall painting is still coming out really cool. Lots of details in this particular painting, which is a good thing. Just takes patience.
Below are all four of the paintings that I've completed. I've thoroughly enjoyed doing them. The Channel Islands was my first and probably the most challenging~
It is the vintage Kings Canyon that gave me the troubles~
Very relax and the final painting looks beautiful
Had a great time with this painting project. Every color that went on brought me a little closer to seeing Black Canyon of the Gunnison and reminded me of our trip there. Such a special place! Now I can enjoy it all the more.
Having a lot of fun painted Capitol Reef! Lots of details! Very impressed by the quality of the kit. Working on finishing color #8 and already did some of #9!
Absolutely love the final version of the Grand Canyon—who knew nature’s rough draft could get even better with a little artistic magic? The colors are stunning, the details mesmerizing. The paper copy? A must-have. Might need a bright light to see the numbers on the print, but hey, that just adds to the fun! And let’s not forget the delightful communication with the Wander Painting team—truly a joy from start to finish!
The painting is very therapeutic and relaxing. I found that it is easy to follow, which I was worried about, and it's fun, too. This company is great with getting back to you and supplying the necessary help when needed. Highly recommended.
The painting kits are wonderful! I bought a few of the national parks kits for a friend as a winter project. It has turned into a meditative morning ritual for them and they love the art! One of the best gifts I have ever given!
I've enjoyed every second of my Wander Painting experience; from the chatty order confirmation emails to the well-packaged materials to the creamy paints and well-prepared canvas. My only complaint would be that their catalog isn't big enough! I would paint only Wander PBNs if I could find enough projects to fit my needs. I'll keep watching for the selection to expand, as I'm sure it will!
I’ve tried many PBN’s and this one was the most enjoyable and easiest to do. The paint quality was excellent, I did not run out, most colors covered with one coat. Some needed more and touch ups etc, still plenty of paint left. I will buy again. I love it.
I need to get a kit to frame it, I wished I had bought the whole kit.
Just finished this painting of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. Canvas was clear, reference was handy, paints were great. Would definitely order another project. This would be a good project for beginners.
It is fun & relaxing and the paint seems decent quality. However there are A TON of teeny slivers that are difficult to fill in with the brushes - I had to use the tiniest one for almost the whole painting. There aren’t any instructions and it can be hard to fill in the texture, so I recommend getting your brush a bit damp to encourage the paint to “flow.” If your paints don’t come with numbers on the top, you might want to write on them with a sharpie, as they’re easy to confuse. You don’t need a second set of paint.
Finally, my color #4 is definitely not correct. From the example photo, it should be a light green but I got a tan that’s only the tiniest bit slightly darker than #3. So my finished product doesn’t quite look right, even if it is cool.
I decided to try painting the National Parks that I have visited. I picked a couple and put them on my Christmas list. I just finished the 1st one (Smokey Mountains) and absolutely loved it. I came very close to running out of black paint, but I added a few drops of water to the container and was able to stretch it out. I also discovered that adding a tiny amount of water makes it a little easier to paint the letters as the paint "flows" a little easier. I had been certain that I was going to ruin the whole thing when trying to get the letters right, but I think it turned out ok. I'll for sure be ordering more National Park kits!
I had so much fun painting this! And it’s lovely!
I bought 2 vintage ones, Rocky Mountain and Glacier NP. Shipping took 10 days but it was expected and worth the wait. I have good eyesight but bought a standing magnifying glass with LED light. Definitely helps a lot since the numbers are small and closed together. I used the magnifying glass most of the time because I could follow the lines better with it. There were a couple of mistakes on the numbering but it wasn’t bad. The brushes they provided are good and you don’t need to buy more. Plenty of paint is provided.
This was my first paint-by-numbers in decades, the last (and only) one I did prior to this one was when I was 9 or 10 years old. It was a lot of fun and very relaxing :). This won't be my last one, I'm pretty happy with the results!
I made mistakes while I was working on this and learned some things along the way that will hopefully help the next newbie:
1. It takes 2-3 layers of paint to cover the paint by number areas on the canvas, depending on the color (this is common across vendors from what I have seen so don't let that deter you). Some colors are more opaque than others. Before you start, prime your canvas with a thin layer of CLEAR Gesso (you can get Gesso at an art and craft store) before you start, let it dry for at least 24 hours and you won't have that problem (lots of YouTube videos out there about this).
2. If the PBN canvas has very small areas, go out and get yourself a detail brush, it makes it sooo much better than being frustrated working with a brush that's really too big.
3. Unless you plan on pasting the paint on, you don't need any extra paint. I ordered some because I feared running out while working on it and never opened the additional paint set.
4. Don't open the paint pod and start painting (I did that and the top of the painting has paint that is way too thick). Check the texture of the paint, if it's really thick, add a couple of drops of water and stir until the paint is more fluid (I use a toothpick). Experiment on the side of the canvas or another canvas whether the paint is too thick or flows well. There is also a medium called Flow Aid you can use instead of water (have not tried that but will on my next one). You want to be able to easily move your brush around the canvas.
Last, but not least, if you are on the fence about getting one of these - get one, you won't regret it :)!
