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 ...

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 ...

As the daughter and granddaughter of two artists who are very persnickety about what constitutes as "real art," I'm reluctant to reveal my love of paint-by-number kits. Specifically, watching the ...