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Nancy Drew: Danger By Design Hints

How do I do the paintings?

  • 1 of 5: If you need more money than you have, talk to the vendor at the center of the park; he'll offer to pay you for painting reproductions of famous paintings. Neat!
  • 2 of 5: On the face of it, this is very simple: click the brush on the color, then click it on the areas that need that color. The problem arises in knowing which color is which. There are several shades of brown; which one goes where?
  • 3 of 5: On the portrait of a woman, her eyes are dark brown like her hair; her lips are light brown like the shadow under her chin. You may need to experiment to find the exact shade of her face. And don't forget to fill in the top of her face and the whites of her eyes with white.
  • 4 of 5: On the flowers painting, it's the purples that make the trouble. There are three purples, but you only need two of them -- the bluish purple and the reddish. And again, don't forget the white part of the vase.
  • 5 of 5: If you're totally stuck (or color blind), refer to these pictures, which revert to a paint-by-number format:
    But remember, you don't really need to do any of the paintings if you watch your money -- and you can also just do the easier painting over and over.