If there is one thing that quarantine restrictions and lockdowns have taught us, it’s that we should spend some time for ourselves by doing self-care activities, hobbies, and trying to be productive even though we’re inside our homes.
Slowly getting back our lives together thanks to improvements in vaccines is helping us transition to the normal lives that we used to have before the COVID-19 pandemic.
We’re back to work, schools are reopening for physical classes in most countries, and life is getting busier.
The traffic is back, everyone seems to have their life on track… well, almost.
Having our life on track doesn’t mean that we should stop doing our hobbies just because we don’t have as much time for them anymore.
Hobbies provide us pleasure in our daily lives by giving us entertainment. It also serves as a meditation as we enjoy our hobbies and relax.
So if you’re looking for a new hobby that will help you acquire new skills, new knowledge, while helping you relax and have fun at the same time, then painting by numbers is a perfect creative hobby for you.
In this article, we will be discussing the different reasons to try PBN kits. Keep on reading to know more!
Everyone must be familiar with Paint by Numbers kits by now.
Apart from PBN being a popular kit and a beloved pastime hobby for many craft enthusiasts and aspiring artists, it also serves as a technique to learn fundamental concepts of painting.
The original kits invented by Dan Robbins may have been created in the 1950s but the technique came long before history at the time of the Renaissance when master painters like Leonardo da Vinci incorporated numbers to teach his students how to properly apply colors in the foreground, shadows, premature, etc.
Paint by Numbers has been a part of art history despite the criticisms it received from the art world.
Its popularity made it to pop culture and even though the fad died down over the years, it nonetheless becomes more popular than ever each time it becomes trending again, especially during the midst of hard lockdowns all over the world.
With this, a lot of people have been trying Paint by Numbers kits of all sorts and designs, from fixed design kits that allow you to recreate famous paintings such as Van Gogh’s Starry Night to Custom PBN kits where you can choose your photo that you can paint.
There is something for everybody and there are a lot.
So, if you’re not yet convinced about trying these kits, we will be discussing below the different reasons to try PBN kits.
Find Out the Different Reasons to Try PBN Kits Below!
1. Simple tools, great painting:
When it comes to art, less is more. And that’s what painting by numbers is all about.
By using just three tools, you are bound to create beautiful artwork that you can proudly display in your home.
Whether it’s a fixed design kit or a custom PBN kit, each set contains a pre-printed canvas marked with contours and numbers to guide you in the painting process, a set of acrylic paint brushes– 1 small, 1 medium, and 1 large; and a set of 24-color acrylic paints (for fixed design kits) while you can choose between three options for Custom PBN kits: 24, 36, or 48 colors.
These three things will help you create your masterpiece without making it too complicated on your end, and the instruction couldn’t be any simpler, too!
2. It allows you to paint what you can imagine:
Have you ever thought of recreating a masterpiece by painters like Claude Monet’s Irises in Monet’s Garden or painting your selfie, pet portrait, family pictures, or nature scenery?
Well, all these and more are possible with Paint by Numbers kits.
With the hundreds, if not thousands, of options that are available to you, plus the unlimited possibilities that you can create with custom kits, the design options are limitless and the only limit is your creativity.
Plus, companies also offer different styles and twists for these beloved classic kits, which include Diamond Painting kits (a hybrid between a PBN kit and a cross-stitch), Custom Pop Art PBN, Sketchy Art PBN, and so much more.
3. Meditative:
Because we tend to work all the time, whether, for our job, schoolwork, house chores, or other errands, relaxing doesn’t seem to be an option for many because it seems counterproductive.
But it doesn’t have to be that way, especially if you relax in the right way: by doing arts and other hobbies.
One of the reasons for trying PBN kits is their straightforwardness–the simplicity of instructions is somehow mindless; it takes your mind off reality even just for a while and makes you forget about your problems.
It gives you a sort of escape from the stress and these kits teach you to practice mindfulness or the act of living and enjoying in the present moment instead of thinking about the past and worrying about the future.
That’s what hobbies, art, and crafts are supposed to do: help you relax, meditate, and switch off the stress button even for a few hours without sacrificing your productivity.