Critics were aghast, but hobbyists couldn't get enough of it: In the mid-1950s, paint-by-numbers kits were all the rage. Dan Robbins, the artist who helped invent those kits, died at a hospice on ...

If you enjoy the ocean and relaxing by the beach, this paint-by-numbers kit is for you. Including a canvas, paint, and paintbrushes, you can let your mind and imagination wander to the beach.

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.

The first paint-by-numbers mural, “Hands of Change,” was painted on the St. Petersburg City Theater (4025 31st St. S) in 2020. Marie used social media to spread the word that the community ...