Paint-by-Number Gets Personal

There's no shame in painting by number. The kitschy technique, developed in the 1950s by Detroit's Palmer Paint Company, has been used by artists such as Andy Warhol and Damien Hirst. But if you associate paint-by-number more with boring landscapes and sorry still lifes than artwork worthy of your walls, head to Easy123art. The Louisville-based company will transform your digital photo (or a hard copy submitted by mail) into a custom paint-by-number kit, complete with paint brushes and a 42-hue palette of acrylic paints. Prices range from $49.95 for an 11-by-14-inch art paper kit to $90 for a 16x20 canvas version. Increase your chances at creating a masterpiece by specifying edits when placing your order: crop at will, change up the background color, and airbrush away those glasses.