Bob Ross (painter) appreciation

[Paul]

This guy was amazing. if I happen to catch his old shows on PBS I have to watch.

[darthalexander]

I liked the guy a lot and would watch him every chance I got. It amazed me how he did a painting so fast. Yeah it was often the same stuff over and over, but to make it look as good as it did took a lot of talent. I wish he had done other stuff on his show as well.

I'll always remember his "let's give this tree a little friend over here" type of comments. That or when he'd clean his brush he'd always laugh. His son was on a few times and he was pretty talented as well.

[SHAKEMASTER TV9 is Don Knotts]

Happy little tree.

[Gus Richlen: Ruffian]

i loved watching him when i was growing up. i still do watch when i can. his voice is just so soothing, and the way he paints is so beautifully unreal.

[Young Game]

*Language*

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[rhennesey]

Oh yeah, this guy. His show was really relaxing and his voice was soothing.

[Baixo Astral]

Interesting facts:

1 - He got into the painting due to wanting to get away from his earlier life, in the military. I get the impression from Wikipedia that he was a drill sergeant or something.

2 - He didn't get paid for the shows, donating them to PBS, and making his money from merchandising and franchised painting instructors.

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Sept 14, 2010 14:34:07 GMT -5 Baixo Astral said:

Interesting facts:

1 - He got into the painting due to wanting to get away from his earlier life, in the military. I get the impression from Wikipedia that he was a drill sergeant or something.

That's freaky. I just now thought, "I wonder if he was in the military?" given the time period.

[Yami Daimao]

*in low, almost whispering tone* ...there.

[Dean-o]

I used to watch him daily after school. It was so amazing how fast he did his paintings.

[darthalexander]

Sept 14, 2010 16:16:15 GMT -5 Dean-o said:

I used to watch him daily after school. It was so amazing how fast he did his paintings.

That is years of practice for you.

I'm trying to paint stuff now and I spend 30 mins just wondering if I'm choosing the right color or not. Here he has a painting finished in that time.

[Ultimo Chocula]

Sept 14, 2010 7:14:00 GMT -5 darthalexander said:

That or when he'd clean his brush he'd always laugh.

"Heh heh, and we just beat the devil out of it."

[Long A, Short A]

I thought it was cool how much he loved animals. Sometimes there would be some type of woodland creature on set. I also liked it when he talked about his classes.

["The Bantam" Rob Boss]

I'd never heard of him until about 4pm earlier today, when I first accessed this thread.

Since then, I've been watching episode after episode...

"Some titanium white, bit of van dyke brown... that's it.... "

[Facepalm]

You can always tell if someone has seen one of his shows - they know what phthalo blue is! ;D





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[Milkman Norm]

If you feel like putting another cloud you can put another cloud that's the great thing about this kind of painting, there aren't any mistakes...

[frankincleveland]

I was always amazed at how a squiggle of dark paint scratched onto the canvas could so quickly become a near photo-realistic tree.

[polexia]

i wish there was a place to see full episoides other when once a week on public television

[cobrafan]

I actually seen an old episode a few months ago while flipping channels. It's amazing to watch him turn a blank canvas into this massive painting in 30 mins.

Probably the only interesting show PBS ever had.