The Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History staged an exhibit in 2001 called “Paint by Number: Accounting for Taste in the 1950s.” It surveyed the phenomenon less as art than as a ...

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 ...

The actual painting is easy. Simply dip your brush into the paint pot corresponding with the number on the canvas, lightly dab off any excess paint with a rag or paper towel and continue painting ...

"I had heard that Da Vinci used to use diagrams and number them when he was instructing his students in painting, and a light bulb went off in my head," Robbins told the Chicago Tribune in 1999.