Paint by numbers offers a unique way to create beautiful artwork, even for those without prior artistic experience. This ...

Nate Berkus and Jeremiah Brent know paint. The couple has decades of combined experience in the interior design space, and with that comes dozens of painting tips that they absolutely swear by. While ...

In 1953, the Detroit-based paint company Craft Master was the driving power behind the paint-by-number craze that swept the midcentury hobbyist market. Not only had the company invented the ...

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If your child has mastered the art of painting on a blank piece of paper and wants to take their painting to the next level, paint-by-number kits are a great option. Paint-by-numbers can be very ...

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 ...

In the 1950s, the most popular artwork to grace the walls of an American household wasn't a Pollack, a de Kooning or a Rothko. Instead, odds are it would have been a paint-by-number picture. Dan ...

TOLEDO, Ohio — Dan Robbins, an artist who created the first paint-by-numbers pictures and helped turn the kits into an American sensation during the 1950s, has died. He was 93. Robbins, whose works ...

A small-town artist who created the first paint-by-numbers pictures and helped turn the kits into an American sensation during the 1950s has died at age 93. Dan Robbins, whose works were dismissed by ...