Realistic faces emerge from circles, leaves, geometric clothing and dense fields of gold-colored ornament.
Begin with Pattern. Let the Figure Emerge.
An Artist-Led Collection Without Copies of Named Paintings
PaintEasy Gustav Klimt paint by numbers kits use the artist as a visual reference point rather than reproducing individual Klimt masterpieces.
The current collection contains 11 contemporary compositions: ten figure-led portraits and one decorative tree. None is presented as a one-to-one reproduction of The Kiss, Portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer I, The Tree of Life or another named Klimt artwork.
Instead, the designs study a group of recognizable visual ideas:
- Human features surrounded by extensive ornament
- Gold-colored surfaces broken into many smaller shapes
- Circular, floral and botanical motifs
- Geometric clothing that merges with the setting
- Dark grounds that increase the brightness of warm colors
- Art Nouveau curves balanced by structured pattern
- Shallow-looking space in which figure and background overlap
This distinction matters. The products belong under PaintEasy’s Famous Paintings collection because that parent category provides different artist-led paths through art history. On this page, the learning focus is Klimt’s decorative language—not the mechanical duplication of an original canvas.
These kits are not original Gustav Klimt artworks, authenticated reproductions, museum editions or products made by the artist.
Read the Image in Four Layers
A Klimt-inspired composition can initially look like one continuous gold-colored surface. Breaking it into visual layers makes the painting easier to understand and organize.
First Find the Human Anchor
In the portrait designs, the face usually provides the calmest and most recognizable part of the image.
Eyes, lips, skin shadows, hairlines and profiles establish the figure before the surrounding ornament becomes dominant. These areas may occupy less space than the patterned clothing, but small changes can noticeably alter the expression.
The Golden Portrait Muse uses a composed side profile surrounded by circles, botanical forms and a dark background.
Art Nouveau Muse places another profile against a golden halo, decorative dress and black ground.
These are useful starting points when the contrast between a carefully modeled face and a flatter patterned field is the main feature you want to explore.
Then Locate the Boundary of the Figure
The outer shape of the hair, shoulders, robe or arms separates the human subject from the surrounding design.
That division is not always obvious. Clothing may repeat the same circles, leaves and warm colors found in the background, allowing the figure to appear partially absorbed by the decorative surface.
Trace the principal silhouette before painting nearby dark areas. Preserving that boundary keeps the figure readable even when the garment and setting share similar motifs.
Follow the Repeating Pattern
Circles, spirals, leaves, petals, squares and curved bands create rhythm across the current collection.
Repetition does not mean every shape uses the same color. One group of circles may move through cream, ochre, orange, brown and black, while nearby leaves use several related yellow or green shades.
Follow the printed numbers rather than filling an entire motif family with one general color. The small differences are what prevent a dense pattern from becoming flat.
Finally Connect the Ground
The background provides the contrast that holds the other layers together.
Several current portraits place warm ornament against deep black or dark brown. Completing the darkest areas later can make it easier to preserve the figure, halo, leaves and outer edges of the clothing.
The result should still read as a numbered interpretation. A finished kit does not need to imitate gold leaf, mosaic, oil glazing or any other historical studio material.
Choose How Much of the Canvas Becomes Ornament
Profiles Surrounded by Circles and Leaves
Profile portraits offer a clear facial silhouette while allowing most of the remaining canvas to become pattern.
Klimt Gilded Profile combines a side-facing woman with circular motifs, floral elements, patterned clothing and a black-and-gold-colored setting.
Other current profile designs shift the balance between hairstyle, halo, botanical decoration and geometric fabric. Because their subjects are similar, compare the arrangement of the patterns rather than choosing by the word “portrait” alone.
A design with larger facial and background areas may feel more orderly than one in which small circles and leaves extend across the entire robe.
A Bird or Rose as a Second Focal Point
Some paintings interrupt the ornamental surface with one recognizable natural object.
The Woman with a Bird and Decorative Patterns adds a small bird among leaves, circles and geometric details.
Klimt Rose Reverie places a pale rose beside the woman and her decorated robe.
These additions create useful points of contrast. The bird introduces feathers, an eye and a beak, while the white rose requires clean separation from neighboring cream and gold-colored areas.
Choose one of these designs when you want the portrait to include a second subject without becoming a full landscape.
Pose and Gesture Instead of a Formal Profile
A figure does not need to face the viewer or hold an object.
Klimt Golden Slumber uses a sleeping pose surrounded by geometric pattern and gold-colored decoration.
Klimt Golden Embrace relies more heavily on the figure’s pose, dark hair and ornamented robe.
In these compositions, the body position becomes part of the overall shape. Check where the arms, hair and clothing meet before completing the larger decorative areas.
A Decorative Tree Without a Portrait
Klimt Eternal Tree is the only current design in this collection without a human figure.
Its twisting branches, circles, leaves and gold-colored background turn a tree into an ornamental structure. The image draws on a Klimt-associated decorative vocabulary but is not presented as a reproduction of Klimt’s The Tree of Life.
Choose this design when the movement of the branches interests you more than facial painting. It also provides a natural route into PaintEasy’s wider Landscape Paint by Numbers collection.
Gold-Colored Does Not Mean One Yellow Paint
The visual richness of these designs depends on several related colors rather than one uniform gold section.
A typical gold-colored area may be constructed from:
- Pale cream and warm white
- Yellow and muted ochre
- Orange and rust
- Tan and warm brown
- Olive or muted green
- Dark brown and black
Keep the numbered paint pots in order when working through these neighboring shades. A pale yellow halo, ochre robe and brown circular ornament may look similar before they dry but perform different roles in the completed design.
Gold-colored imagery also does not guarantee metallic paint, gold leaf, foil or reflective pigment. Unless the selected product listing explicitly includes a special-effect material, expect the gold appearance to come from ordinary acrylic colors and tonal contrast.
The finished painting may look warm and luminous, but it should not be marketed as having a metallic or gilded surface.
Current Size, Format and Difficulty
All 11 current PaintEasy Klimt-inspired designs use a 40×50cm canvas, approximately 16×20 inches.
Current presentation options are:
- No Frame
- DIY Frame
- Framed Canvas
A standard PaintEasy regular kit includes a pre-printed numbered canvas, acrylic paints matched to the selected artwork and three paintbrushes.
The individual products are currently tagged as Advanced. Their difficulty comes primarily from dense ornament, repeated small shapes, facial features and several neighboring warm colors.
A portrait with one large face is not automatically simple. The surrounding robe, circles, leaves, jewelry, hair decoration and narrow black boundaries may require more time than the face itself.
The collection does not currently contain Mini Sets, square canvases or a dedicated custom service that converts uploaded photographs into a Klimt-inspired portrait. For available photo-based formats, browse Custom Paint by Numbers separately.
Always confirm the current difficulty, dimensions, contents and frame choice on the individual product page before ordering.
Paint the Structure in Four Passes
Pass One: Protect the Face and Hands
Identify the eyes, lips, facial outline, fingers and other small human features before working across the surrounding pattern.
Complete the numbered skin tones carefully. Optional soft transitions can be considered after those areas dry, but they should not spread into the hair, jewelry or decorative background.
Pass Two: Establish the Longest Boundaries
Paint or mark the edges of the hairstyle, shoulders, garment and principal halo.
These longer divisions prevent a dark background color or broad robe section from crossing into the figure. Use the pointed brush tip near narrow contours and change to a broader brush only within larger areas.
Pass Three: Complete Patterns by Number
Work through one paint number across all matching circles, leaves or garment sections.
This is usually more reliable than finishing each decorative object separately. Similar motifs often depend on several colors, and completing them one at a time can make it easier to place the wrong shade in a repeated section.
Keep enough paint on the brush for coverage without flooding the borders of small geometric shapes.
Pass Four: Join the Background
Once the important faces, silhouettes and motifs are secure, fill the connecting background areas.
Let a dark section dry before correcting it with cream, yellow or another pale shade. If a printed number remains visible, add a controlled second coat only after the first coat has dried.
Keep geometric and circular boundaries clear. Extensive blending can erase the contrast that makes the decorative structure readable.
Use Ornament as the Display Decision
These paintings share a warm, decorative character, but they do not all create the same wall effect.
A black-backed portrait produces stronger contrast and can function as one concentrated focal piece. A composition with more cream, yellow and botanical detail feels lighter, while the tree design distributes movement across the full canvas instead of centering attention on a face.
When comparing several designs, look at:
- The amount of black surrounding the gold-colored areas
- Whether the face is frontal, in profile or at rest
- The size of the halo or circular decoration
- The density of the garment pattern
- The presence of a bird, rose or botanical subject
- Whether the composition is figure-led or tree-led
If several canvases will be displayed together, keep the canvas dimensions and frame treatment consistent. Two strongly patterned portraits can work as a pair when they share a similar balance of black, cream and warm ochre.
Avoid selecting several pieces only because they all appear “gold.” Differences in pattern density and facial scale can change the visual weight of each finished painting.
Follow the Nearest Visual Route
Use Famous Paintings when you want to compare the visual languages associated with different painters.
Move to Art Nouveau Paint by Numbers when curved lines, botanical ornament and turn-of-the-century decorative design matter more than one artist’s name.
Browse Alphonse Mucha Paint by Numbers for decorative women organized through flowing line, floral borders and poster-like framing rather than dense gold-colored pattern.
Choose Portrait Paint by Numbers when the person, expression or pose matters more than the Klimt-inspired surface.
Use Abstract Paint by Numbers when shape, rhythm and color fields are more important than a recognizable figure.
Return to All Paint by Numbers to compare every PaintEasy subject and format.
Select the balance of face, pattern and warm color that you want to build one section at a time.
Try it yourself! You don’t have to be neat. It doesn’t need to be perfect.
