I followed a Boss Ross video and did a painting last night - Winter Frost. It turned out OK, I think the mountains look really good. Can't believe how fast and easy he makes it look. Was fun, might do another one. I used to draw a lot as a kid, but first time ever painting.
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My in-laws went to a Bob Ross style class and the both painted the same winter mountain scene. Let's just say neither one of them wouldn't have made great artists.
I think mountains are the easiest thing to paint because they're so far distant from the point of view, and Ross also did them in the least amount of camera time.
Up until a couple of months ago (when we got a Roku), I still used to watch Bob Ross on the local PBS station here. I can't draw a straight line with a ruler, but I just loved watching his episodes. He just made it look so easy...and I love his nature paintings.
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shareA FEW BOB ROSS HIGHLIGHTS...
HE WAS A MASTER SERGEANT IN THE US AIR FORCE.
HE LOST PART OF HIS LEFT INDEX FINGER AS A CARPENTER WHEN HE WAS A YOUNG MAN.
HE RESCUED AND CARED FOR INJURED ANIMALS...INCLUDING SNAKES,ALLIGATORS,ARMADILLOS, AND SQUIRRELS...ONE SUCH SQUIRREL APPEARED ON SEVERAL EPISODES OF HIS SHOW.
HE DISCOVERED PAINTING BY WATCHING A PAINTING TV SHOW WHILE WORKING AS A BARTENDER.
HE DISLIKED HIS HAIRSTYLE BUT KEPT AS IT HAD BECOME PART OF HIS LOGO.
IN HIS SHORT LIFE...ROSS PAINTED WELL OVER 30,000 PAINTINGS.
On the show he would call the squirrel and other critters "rascals"
A few years ago at Burning Man they had a Bob Ross thing https://playaevents.burningman.org/2019/playa_event/34988/