Believe it or not, paint by numbers pictures actually became rather popular and could be seen in many homes.

Paint by numbers allowed people to begin using their free time to do a craft. It was a wonderful way to pass the time and just great keepsakes. And just because the numbers were there, didn?t always mean you had to follow them. Of course, paint by numbers artists were limited by the drawings that the cake came with, but that wasn’t always the case. Many of the artists individualized their work by altering the picture slightly, perhaps blurring some of the lines, perhaps by omitting a part of the picture that they did not like. And of course having full discretion of which colors to use and where.

Paint by numbers was a rather fascinating phenomenon, and its popularity still surprises people even now. I know it surprised me. I always thought of it as something that small children did. Paint by numbers was nice though because it actually allowed the average person to create a wonderful work of art by their own hand.

Morgan Hamilton offers his findings and insights regarding the world of arts.
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