You don't need to buy expensive art supplies to create impressive paintings.
Although Microsoft's free Paint program is commonly used for simple doodles, dozens of artists have used it to craft amazingly detailed works of art.
From celebrity portraits to beautiful skylines, here are some of the most creative paintings made in MS Paint circulating the web.
Boston-based artist Patrick Hines has created some amazing images using MS Paint. This photo is an ode to a scene from "Harry Potter And The Deathly Hollows."
Here's another one from the Harry Potter series created by Pat Hines. The whole image was created in MS Paint other than the print on the gravestones, which Hines used Photoshop to slant.
Here's an extremely meta painting of Microsoft founder Bill Gates through MS Paint. Hines said he uses his computer mouse for every single painting he creates.
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