Stress-Free Painting: How to Pick Your First Kit (And Actually Finish It)

Let’s be honest: many people buy their first painting on impulse, intrigued by the pretty box, only for it to end up gathering dust in a week. Why? Usually it isn’t lack of talent or patience, but an ill-fitting kit.

If you worry painting is too time-consuming, too difficult, or “not for you,” here’s our checklist for starting your painting journey easily and joyfully:

How to Choose the Right Painting?

1. Don’t trust just the “stars”—ask the experts!
The difficulty rating (those stars on the box) is just a guide. True complexity is a mix: how many colors, how similar they are, what size the painted areas are.

Nuance: A painting might have 3 stars but just 10 colors—all tiny areas that need a magnifier. Or 40 colors, but large, easy zones. Don’t decode the box alone: message us, drop by our branded stores, or chat online. Varvikas experts know each canvas inside out and will help you pick one with clear color contrast and comfortable zone size.

2. Pardonable Plots
For your first try—or if you worry about precision—nature scenes and animals are ideal.
Clouds, flowers, ocean, fluffy creatures: no sharp lines, so a brushstroke outside the edge just adds personality. But a crooked wall or misplaced eye in a portrait? That sticks out immediately.

3. Perfect Format: The Sweet Spot
If you fear an unfinished project, start with 30x40 cm or classic 40x50 cm. You can finish that in 2-3 weeks with just 20 minutes a day—quicker than binge-watching a show, with a lasting result.

4. Why Varvikas is Your “Insurance Policy”
We know poor materials kill the joy of painting. That’s why every Varvikas kit includes:

• Extra-opaque acrylic: covers numbers in just one coat. Vacuum-sealed, so paints are never dry.
• Pre-stretched canvas: wrinkle-free, ready to paint.
• The right brushes: springy synthetic tips that don’t splay after a half hour.
• Beautiful printed instructions for beginners.
• Wall mountings for your finished piece.
• Both color and black-and-white printed checklists, so you can easily track your process.
• Gloss varnish jars.

For anyone afraid of “burning out”—
If you consider yourself impatient or have past negative experience, don’t miss our article:
👉 Why 80% of People Abandon Paint-by-Numbers—and How Not to Become One of Them
We cover common psychological traps and show how to enjoy the process, even if you have just ten minutes a day.

Don’t rely on guesswork—ask the pros! Message us in chat, and together we’ll find the canvas you’ll finish with joy, right down to the last brushstroke.
👉 See the Varvikas starter collection