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 ...

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 ...

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 ...