Posted
on October 29, 2013
Okay,
yes, the “The Joy of Painting” guy had a name: Bob Ross.
A
guy who enlisted in the U.S. Air Force at age 17—a guy who made a
living screaming at recruits who were late and ordering them to clean
the latrine—seems an unlikely sort to become the calm and happy
host of a TV show called “The Joy of Painting”!
But
Bob Ross learned to paint quickly while in the military, because he
had only short breaks in which to paint pictures (which he then
sold). And while he was screaming at all those recruits, Ross
promised himself never to shout again, once he was out of the Air
Force.
Ross
was so calm and soft-spoken as a television host, he was compared to
Mr. Rogers!
When
Ross began to make more money selling art than he made at his “real
job,” he left the Air Force. Someone at PBS must have been
impressed by his “quick paint” technique with oil paints and
realized that this technique would be perfect for a how-to-paint TV
series. Soon Ross was world famous for his show on PBS.
You
see, many oil painters allow time for one layer or color of paint to
dry before applying more color, but Ross used a wet-on-wet technique
that allowed a picture to progress so much more quickly! It is
estimated that Ross painted between 25-to-30 THOUSAND paintings in
his life. Most of his paintings are of mountains and trees, cabins
and lakes—subjects dear to his heart because he lived in Alaska for
many years.
To
see how quickly Ross painted, check out this video, which
teaches how to paint “happy little trees.” Or how about this video how-to on waterfalls?
Quotes
from Bob Ross
Remind
yourself of these things over and over again, while you paint!- We don't make mistakes; we just have happy accidents.
- [Someone said] 'Bob, everything in your world seems to be happy.' That's for sure. That's why I paint. It's because I can create the kind of world that I want, and I can make this world as happy as I want it. Shoot, if you want bad stuff, watch the news.
- In painting, you have unlimited power. You have the ability to move mountains. You can bend rivers. But when I get home, the only thing I have power over is the garbage.
- We don't know where it goes. We don't really care.
- Any time you learn, you gain.
- Any way you want it to be, that's just right.
- Trees cover up a multitude of sins
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