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 ...

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It was mid-March 2020, the state of Oregon had just gone into pandemic lockdown mode, and Rachel Austen was afraid that the unfolding crisis would force her to let go of the only employee at her ...

Have you ever wanted to paint a beautiful landscape, a cherished portrait, or even your own pet, but felt intimidated by the prospect of free handing it? As they say, “there’s an app for that.” Today ...

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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 ...

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 ...

LAST WEEK I lay in wait for the mailman, watching from the window for him to appear in his starched blue uniform and rumpled surgical mask. After he drove off, I pulled on my own surgical mask and a ...

I just figured out something. It really has nothing to do with aging, but it may have come from a bit of wisdom from being alive for almost eight decades! There is a real comparison between ...

A new Iowa City mural painted by volunteers was designed to show appreciation to Iowa City’s compost workers while building community. The process to create the mural, designed by local artist Erica ...