Sunflower Still Life with Apples Paint by Numbers Kit | Floral Still Life Paint by Numbers for Adults

A blue and white ceramic vase sits on a warm wooden table, overflowing with sunflowers in vivid golden yellow and deep brown, mixed with bursting orange marigolds and fresh green leaves. Six red and golden apples are scattered on the table in front of it, their glossy skins catching the warm studio light. A soft lace cloth drapes to the right. Behind everything, a deep warm dark background in layered chestnut and walnut tones gives the whole composition the quality of a classical Dutch master oil painting. The Sunflower Still Life with Apples Paint by Numbers Kit is the most classically beautiful floral design in the collection — timeless, warm, and utterly satisfying to paint from first brushstroke to last.

What Makes This Kit Special

About This Design

• A large bouquet of golden sunflowers with deep dark brown centres and vivid yellow petals, arranged in generous abundance with faces turned in different directions across the upper canvas
• Vibrant orange marigolds mixed through the sunflower arrangement, their round fluffy heads adding rich colour contrast and textural variety to the bouquet
• A beautiful blue and white ceramic vase with painted decorative detailing — the kind of classic European porcelain that anchors traditional still life compositions
• Six red and golden apples clustered on the wooden table surface in front of the vase, their glossy skins rendered with warm highlights and natural colour variation
• A soft cream lace cloth draped casually to the right of the arrangement, adding a delicate textural element to the composition
• A deep warm chestnut and walnut dark background with subtle wood grain texture that gives the whole painting the atmospheric depth and richness of a classical Dutch master oil painting
• A rich photorealistic painting style with dramatic warm studio lighting that makes every petal, apple skin, and ceramic surface glow with life

Everything Included in Your Kit

• Pre-printed 100% linen canvas, double-primed (20" x 16"), with numbered colour zones
• High-pigment acrylic paint set — non-toxic, pre-mixed, and ready to use straight from the pot
• Pro-series brush set — 3 professional brushes (fine, medium, fill)
• Printed colour key reference guide
• Step-by-step instruction sheet
• Gold canvas hangers for easy wall display

Nothing to buy separately. Open the box and start painting.

Kit Specifications

How to Paint This Sunflower Still Life Kit

1. Identify your colour families — This design has five distinct zones: the dark background (deep chestnut, walnut, near-black); the wooden table surface (warm amber, honey, brown); the blue and white vase (ivory, cobalt, Delft blue); the flower arrangement (vivid golden yellow, deep brown centres, orange, green); and the apples and lace (vivid red, yellow-green, cream white).
2. Paint the dark background first — The deep chestnut and walnut background fills the upper two-thirds of the canvas behind the arrangement. Fill this in first and let it dry fully. The warm dark tones establish the dramatic lighting that makes the yellow sunflowers and red apples pop.
3. Work through the vase and table — The blue and white ceramic vase sits at the compositional centre. Paint the white ground first, then add the decorative cobalt blue banding and painted detailing. The warm wooden table surface comes next.
4. Paint the flower arrangement — Work from the inner stems and leaves outward to the petals. Fill the golden yellow sunflower petals first, then the dark brown and black centres, then the vivid orange marigold heads nestled between them. The arrangement is large and takes time — it is the most rewarding section of the kit.
5. Finish with the apples and lace cloth — The glossy red and golden apples on the table surface are the final foreground elements. Work through the warm red base, add the yellow-green highlights, and finish with the soft cream lace cloth to the right for the last delicate detail of the composition.

Why Still Life Makes the Best Paint by Numbers

Still life is the oldest and most celebrated genre in Western painting for good reason. A classic arrangement of flowers, fruit, and beautiful objects gives you the perfect combination of bold, satisfying colour areas and fine, rewarding detail work. This design captures exactly that balance — the large dark background and broad sunflower petals give beginners easy wins early, while the vase detail, petal edges, apple highlights, and lace texture reward more experienced painters with increasingly fine and satisfying work as the composition builds.

The finished painting has the warm, golden atmosphere of a seventeenth-century Dutch master still life and works beautifully as wall art in kitchen, dining, living room, or hallway settings.

A Timeless Gift for Floral and Art Lovers

This sunflower paint by numbers kit is a beautiful gift for anyone who loves flowers, classical art, Dutch master painting, still life aesthetics, or warm and elegant home decor. It suits farmhouse, traditional, eclectic, and gallery-style interiors beautifully and makes a genuinely timeless piece of finished wall art.

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