Paint by Numbers vs. a Painting Class
Paint by Numbers or Paint with an Instructor?
An honest comparison for anyone who wants to paint a picture and doesn’t know where to start.
What Paint by Numbers Is and Who It’s For
Paint by numbers is a kit with a pre-printed canvas divided into numbered areas and matching paints: you fill in the areas by number and a picture appears. It’s a relaxing activity for long evenings at home, suitable for kids too; but it won’t teach you composition, colour mixing or brushwork – the result is set in advance.
Experience paintingPaint by Numbers vs. Experience Painting – a Comparison
- Result – by numbers: an exact copy of the template. With an instructor: your own painting based on a template – every one different, in your own hand.
- Time – by numbers: 10–30 hours at home over many evenings. With an instructor: a finished 40 × 50 cm painting in 3 hours.
- Price – a paint-by-numbers kit: from a few hundred to over a thousand crowns. A class with an instructor: from 1 690 Kč including canvas, paints, brushes, easel, apron and a welcome drink. Painting class →
- What you learn – by numbers: patience. With an instructor: composition, colour mixing, light and shadow, brushstrokes – a foundation for more paintings. Acrylic painting →
- Company – by numbers: alone at home. With an instructor: an evening with friends, your partner or colleagues in a stylish café. Experiences for two →
- As a gift – a kit is a thing; a class is an experience – a voucher by e-mail within 5 minutes. Gift voucher →
When to Choose a Class with an Instructor
When you want your painting finished in one evening, when you want to learn something and paint your own motifs next time, when you’re looking for something to do as a couple or with a group – or when you don’t believe you can do it: the instructor guides you step by step and the templates are sorted by difficulty. Classes in more than 20 Czech cities, new dates every week.
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Why Experience Painting with ArtMoment
- Your own finished painting in 3 hours – no numbers.
- Everything included: canvas, paints, brushes, easel, apron, welcome drink.
- The instructor guides you step by step, templates sorted by difficulty.
- In more than 20 Czech cities, new dates every week.
- Great as a date, a girls’ night out or a gift.
Most Popular Formats
Abstract art – pendulum painting and other unusual techniques. from 499 Kč/hour + canvas and paints
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Colour-by-Number Books for Adults – How They Differ
- Colour-by-number books are on paper; paint by numbers is done with acrylics on a canvas with pre-printed areas.
- Both guide your hand for you – the result is set in advance and hard to get wrong.
- You can buy kits online from a few hundred crowns; they suit an evening at home, not an experience-type gift.
- A class with an instructor, on the other hand, produces an original: you choose the motif and colours yourself and get advice on composition.
- If you want something in between, drop into the open ArtLab studio and paint at your own pace from 499 Kč per hour.
FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS – PAINT BY NUMBERS
As a way to relax, yes; but it won’t teach you to paint – the colours are pre-mixed and the areas fixed. A class with an instructor teaches composition, colour mixing and brushstrokes, and you have a finished painting in 3 hours.
A kit costs from a few hundred to over a thousand crowns plus dozens of hours of your time; a class starts at 1 690 Kč including all materials, a drink and the instructor – and your painting is finished in one evening.
Yes – most guests are holding a brush for the first time since school. The templates are sorted by difficulty and the instructor is there to help at any time.
At a regular session we paint from the listed template (a different one each date); in the ArtLab studio you create freely without a template.
Yes – the gift voucher arrives by e-mail within 5 minutes, has an open date and the recipient chooses the city and date.
In practice, yes – the main difference is the base. Colour-by-number books are usually paper, while paint by numbers is done with acrylics on a canvas with pre-printed areas. Both have a result set in advance; an original only comes out of a class with an instructor.
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More than 40,000 guests in more than 20 cities have already found out with ArtMoment that anyone can paint a picture – no numbers needed. Join them.
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