Paint-by-number kits are a great way to get started in painting. Their preplanned paintings free new artists from worries about what to paint so they can learn how to paint. Most kits come with ...

Paint by Numbers is an easy and fun art that allows a novice to enter the art world without requiring any professional talent or years of practice. This technique divides the painting process into ...

A dime store hobby turned most everyone into an artist. The popular paint by numbers after some 71 years since the first kit was introduced at the 1951 New York Toy Fair is still a very popular ...

Dan Robbins, inventor of paint-by-numbers, pictured here at work on a “personal portrait” painting, circa 1954. (all images courtesy of Sarah Robbins) Though sales of paint-by-number painting kits ...