"The how-to craze that swept the nation."--Cover subtitle.

Fifty years ago, an unemployed artist named Dan Robbins had no intention of creating an American icon, but that's exactly what happened when he convinced a savvy but sceptical entrepreneur named Max Klein to manufacture and market the first painting-by-numbers kits in 1949. Here is the light-hearted historical account of the business and cultural phenomenon that touched the lives of more baby boomers than Barbie and G I Joe.

This full-color beginner’s guide lets you create four pictorial animal quilts with easy-to-use, paint-by-numbers color keys! These beautifully intricate quilts may look complicated, but Kerry Foster makes them easy with this step-by-step guide. By taking the guesswork out of fabric choice, anyone can bring a sophisticated use of light and shadow to these sewn animal portraits. Use the color keys and diagrams to easily choose a palette from your fabric stash and create amazing images with turned-edge machine appliqué. Choose from a fabulous fox, an adorable raccoon, a majestic stag, and a fierce bear!

Paint By Numbers is fun. Plain and simple. It allows a new stress-reducing approach for expressing ourselves - using a method of painting invented by Leonardo da Vinci. (Legend has it that he created this method because he was too busy to teach his disciples and pupils how to paint.)After years of suffering enormous social anxiety, and surviving countless (and frightening) panic attacks, Logan Ransley found out about Paint By Numbers - a popular "kid's game" that anyone can use to paint true pieces of fantastic art.The concept of "Paint By Numbers" is simple: Each artist is given a canvas with the outline of a graphic. The outline is separated by "mini outlines", each one designated with a number. The artist then paints in those assigned numbers with a colour that corresponds with the number. (So #1 is orange, #2 is red, #3 is green, and so on.) Reaching the pinnacle of his expression, he created a complete guidebook on Paint By Numbers.The Official Paint By Numbers Guide takes you by the hand and shows you how to maneuver and overcome the many problems both he and his friends encountered. Among those include thickening paint, smudging areas, unrolling the canvas without destroying the outline, and a lot more.Using the techniques and skills that helped him cope with the stress of everyday living, Logan gives you the tactics and strategies you can use in your own life to manage stress single-handedly and how to transform "Paint By Numbers" from being a game for kids into a therapeutic art form so you can become a happier, less-stressed and a more creative version of yourself.

The Stress Less Paint-By-Number Mandalas kit gives you everything you need to paint your stress away and create beautiful art in the process. With more than two dozen mandala illustrations, you can choose your own meditative pattern, follow the color-selection instructions, and unwind. You don't have to worry about picking the wrong color or blending the wrong shade. This carefully curated palette ensures each piece you complete will be frame ready. It doesn't get more beautiful--or more calming--than Stress Less Paint-By-Number Mandalas! Features: An 8.25" x 9.25" book with 30 mandala designs 6 tubes of acrylic paint 3 professional-grade brushes 1 paint tray

Relaxation is as easy as 1, 2, 3! The Stress Less Paint-By-Number Flowers kit gives you everything you need to paint your stress away, and create beautiful art in the process. With more than two dozen flower illustrations, you can choose from lilies, zinnias, daisies, sunflowers, bluebells, and more, then follow the color selection instructions and unwind. You don't have to worry about picking the wrong color, or blending the wrong shade. This carefully curated, soothing palate ensures each piece you complete will be frame ready. It doesn't get more beautiful--or more calming--than Stress Less Paint-By-Number Flowers! Features: An 8.25" x 9.25" book with 30 flower designs 6 tubes of acrylic paint 3 professional-grade brushes 1 paint tray

Thirty-two floral designs include tulips, daffodils, roses, and other blossoms. Printed on one side only, the illustrations are on heavy, high-quality paper so most paints won't bleed through. Features pad-like binding.