We Americans consider Bob Ross a national treasure. Along with Fred Rogers a generation of us grew up believing we are special and to always be kind.

Bob is a gem! Such a calm, soothing person. He reminds me of Fred Rogers. The Americans will know who I mean.

@cindymatthewsarrowdalearts6449

Ай бұрын

Mr Rogers might be an interesting watch. I was just thinking of him, watching this. My nephew (nickname Duke) was hyperactive before they had all kinds of clever initials to glam it up. He was so BUSY, from the moment he got mobile at 8 months, crawling...one day the neighbor called my sister and said, "Honey, where's little Duke?" And Sis said, 'He's up taking a nap." Mrs S said, "Now, don't get excited, but I want you go up and check him out. He's on the porch roof." And he was. He'd figured out, at less than a year old, how to get the screen to come loose and he'd crawled out of his crib and out the window. His day was non--stop, from waking to crashing. The only thing/person to calm him was Mr Rogers' Neighborhood. He'd come to a complete stop in front of the TV when Mr Rogers came on. That slow, soft, methodical voice, much like Bob Ross', seemed to touch that crazy little boy like nothing else could. I imagine Bob Ross does that for Daz. :)

@JoeyVatavuk

Ай бұрын

best pittsburgher to ever live🖤

@baussify

Ай бұрын

Im Canadian…I know who Mister Rogers is

@gregadkins2483

Ай бұрын

Mr. Rogers is one of the greatest Americans ever. What a kind, beautiful man.

@kens32052

Ай бұрын

If I'm having trouble sleeping it just watch Bob and I'm a sleep in know time.

Bob has got you hooked. He's a national treasure

@ORagnar

Ай бұрын

Bob Ross has become an international star long after his passing. The Australian artist, Jazza, is a big fan of Bob Ross and I think he has the biggest art channel on youtube. 5 10:02 p.m.

Tips if you guys decide to attempt following his tutorial as these things are essential for this technique to work (so you don't think you messed up when in fact just didn't have the right tools) 1 - Make sure to get oil paints. They're a bit more expensive than acrylics, so it can be intimidating for someone that isn't so sure about painting, but oils take longer to dry and allow you to more easily blend the colors on the canvas as you go 2 - He mentions the canvas was "double primed". Canvas is a very porous surface, by going over it with primer you reduce a bit of it's texture and how much paint it will "suck" into it's fibers 3 - After priming he covers the canvas with "liquid white", once again another aspect of the technique that aims to let the surface wet and provide you with easier and smoother blend between colors. Also it's the reason you noticed how the paint goes on the canvas a bit "faint", as the colors you put down specially on that first layer mix with the white that's already there. 4 - He always mentions he cleans his brushes with odorless paint thinner, as when working with oil paints you can't rinse it with water 5 - Very important part of the process... Have fun!

@Im_lil_kennedy

Ай бұрын

Yes this has to be done for it to look so realistic!❤

@jl721ATcairn

28 күн бұрын

Also, if you do plan to use his brush cleaning technique, maybe do it outdoors. In his own words "You'll redecorate your living room in a heartbeat." Indoors it's more advisable to use a "beater rack" in a waste paper basket. Less messy.

@casimirPS5

24 күн бұрын

The application of liquid white is absolutely essential for his technique.

@JeffTiberend

22 күн бұрын

@@jl721ATcairn I had heard that that is why he got ill and died.

Bob was an impressionist genre painter. That is why it seems so simple, you don't actually do a detailed painting, you simply give the impression that there's detail there. His technique illustrated simple ways to create these impressions or suggestions of detail. It relies on the minds tendency to generate details where it expects them to be even when they are not there.

@rainerrain9689

Ай бұрын

Great explanation ,thanks.

@dragon-ed1hz

Ай бұрын

Yes. As he puts it, he creates "illusions."

@Fajowski50

24 күн бұрын

The second he starts tapping the canvas to create far away trees, there’s really not much detail there, but your mind is like, holy sh**, I see a whole forest way back there.

Bob Ross the original ASMR.

@mrgiannopolis

Ай бұрын

Crazy how we all felt that same feeling but couldn't describe it until "ASMR" was coined

I grew up watching Bob Ross on PBS. Even at an early age he was able to keep my interest.

Bob Ross was a public television god. His show was that show you randomly stumble upon in some random time of the day, and for some reason, it was hard not to keep watching. He had such a soothing and peaceful vibe. May he rest in peace.

Bob was amazing. He worked until he couldn't anymore. Even wore a wig at the end. Never told his audience how sick he was. So much nastiness in his death, there is a great documentary on it.

@markd4926

Ай бұрын

Sad, the cleaning solvents were probably responsible

@GodLovesComics

Ай бұрын

He said he was "older than dirt" here and yet he was only 52 when he died.

@DiggitySlice

Ай бұрын

"Documentary" is one way to call that sham

@DamageIncUS

Ай бұрын

@@DiggitySlice you don't think Bob Ross was tricked or his son robbed of the business?

@DamageIncUS

Ай бұрын

I 100% do on both.

Bob was in the military for 20 years, when he was stationed in Alaska he saw snow for the 1 st time

Daz is so excited to take a crack at this, you can see the glitter in his eyes.. DO IT!

@joshbull623

Ай бұрын

I would 100% buy a card or canvas if he made some. I love when artists or people who want to become artists do these Bob Ross inspired works. He was a national treasure and a fellow veteran, I love the support and keeping him alive since the people that own his IP are not the most respectful of his legacy. Daz is exactly the perfect example of one of the major reasons Ross was doing this. I think I can speak for everyone though, that we would all love to watch Daz and his journey doing it too.

Bob is one of those people that just exudes kindness. You can tell that’s really who he is. Steve Irwin and Fred Rogers (Mr.Rogers) are two others that give me the same impression.

@user-oh2hs6jh5x

Ай бұрын

Great minds think alike. I was apparently doing a Fred Rogers reference while you were doing one as well.

@kevinerose

Ай бұрын

Yes, I would put Steve Irwin in that category too. Good call. What a short list of people.

@apollojakenwill

Ай бұрын

Lavarr Burton from Reading Rainbow too

@Sabbathtage

22 күн бұрын

​@apollojakenwill I was just about to say that. I adore Levar Burton.

The magic happens because he does a "wet on wet" technique. There is a wet layer of white that he paints over that keeps the paint I don't know the word, plyable, I guess, keeps it fluid and moveable. Also, if you do another Bob Ross video, could you do one he paints on a black canvas

@Chris-ib8lw

Ай бұрын

Season 19 Episode 10 is a good one.

Bob Ross is a national treasure. However, if you want to try this painting technique, do *NOT* buy any product with his name on it. His former business partners (Annette and Walt Kowalski) stole the rights to his name and image. They are greedy scum. There was a Netflix documentary detailing it all called "Bob Ross: Happy Accidents, Betrayal & Greed." There are also multiple videos right here on YT that cover it. One is called "The Untold Tragedy of Bob Ross"

bob ross is beloved...the world lost a great one when he passed.. that sound he made slapping the brush on the easel to dry it off is lengendary

He painted every painting three times. Once to plan out what he was going to do for the show, once for the show, and a third one he took more time on to go in his gallery.

@scottgraney5275

Ай бұрын

Is that true? Makes sense

@Seeker6192

Ай бұрын

if thats true, thats awesome sauce

@Seanymac1970.

Ай бұрын

And you can see, if you pay attention, Suttle differences in the final painting.

@scottgraney5275

Ай бұрын

I watched in the 70”s. Awesome

@markgettemeyer1145

Ай бұрын

I’ve always wondered about this as it appears he very often glances off-camera as if he’s looking at a sample that he’s done. It makes perfect sense. I’ve also found it a little curious that (at least in the episodes I’ve seen) he doesn’t talk about composition/rule of thirds, etc. I could sit and watch his videos all day long and never get tired of it.

Those trees do look happy.

Hey bringing back so many child hood memories for me! I love it!

@VanJR.

Ай бұрын

Brings me back to elementary years 30 years ago

Bob Ross loved painting trees, but add to that...barns, lakes, flowers, waterfalls, and mountains. I love his mountain scenes! All of his paintings are so beautiful!

@kevinerose

Ай бұрын

Don't forget the shrubbery and sticks on the ground and rocks. He loved the details.

I can watch this man paint for hours. Grew up watching Bob with my dad in the 80s. Fun fact, Bob created 3 versions of every painting seen in each episode. He created 1 version before the show, 1 version he actually painted during the show, and 1 version after the show. Each with more or less detail than the other.

My cousin grew up watching Bob Ross and took up painting after retiring from his ad executive job. Hes now a world famous artist and has his collection on display currently at Pendleton Art Center.

@kevinerose

Ай бұрын

I bet Bob Ross had inspired lots of kids to paint.

Bob was a national treasure that is fiercely missed by multiple generations. He was more than an artist, teacher, mentor , therapist and friend. I hope you treat yourself to much more from Bob. ❤❤❤

Bob Ross had the best voice and painting talent for ASMR videos. I cannot tell you how many times I had trouble falling asleep. I would watch his videos and would end up asleep on the couch, chair, floor.

Yeah, keep bringing us some Bob, they're great. And I like that you guys like him so much.

Been watching since I was a kid and it never ceases to amaze me how easy and quick he makes it look.

It may be hard to believe, but Bob was a Drill Sargent in the Air Force. His job was to yell at people.

@Loroths

Ай бұрын

What!? 😂 That is the last thing I expected him to have done.

What's great about Bob Ross is that he had to create each painting within 25-30 minutes. Occasionally he would have a two part episode for more elaborate paintings. Those were usually his best paintings he did for the show having that extra time. Some of his stuff he did on his own time is just incredible.

Bob Ross was cool as heck! If you watch a German painter named Bill Alexander, you will know where Bob Ross got a lot of his painting personality and inspiration from.

I could join you two watching Bob Ross all day. His show was such a peaceful, calming, experience.

Im almost 65 and me and friends used to watch Bob when he was on TV Sunday afternoons and marvel at how easily he produced beautiful paintings with his wet on wet technique, but you have to use his paints and preferably his brushes for best results, theyre pricey but good quality - nothing as relaxing on a Sunday afternoon than watching Bob Ross talk his way through a painting - and you guys havent seen nothing yet, he used to do paintings that mimicked a window from inside your house and looked like you were looking outside at a cool winter scene. He also used to do oval paintings where he would use a film with an oval cutout then pull the film off when he was done and you had a unique sort of amulet looking frame style, he had a few really nice ideas, very relaxing to watch Bob.

He prepares the canvas with "Liquid white" which makes the canvas "wet". It's this wet on wet technique which allows the paint to blend on the canvas. In traditional painting, artists mix the paints on the palette and apply it thicker.

4 mins in painting looks done to me, lol

Many years ago when my grandmother was alive we would sit at 5:30 every evening and watch Bob Ross. It was one of the only times I remember my grandfather also watching TV with us. He would stand in the door way and just chuckle when Bob would take what looked like a nothing blob of color and make a perfect lake

*Paints one lone tree. "Everybody needs a friend" *Paints second tree 🥹

Back in the 90s when I was a teacher, on the last few days of school, after finals I needed time to grade and do end of year stuff, I'd turn on Bob Ross and they just lit up, became entranced and stayed quiet other than a few oohs and ahhs. Like magic. Kids from other classes would get passes to come to my room to watch Bob. What a great loss his death was.

I toured Bob's filming studio in Indiana. It was awesome. A couple interesting notes about him; He HATED his aftro, but it made him recognizable so his team convinced him to keep it. It was not natural. He teased it that way. He was also asked about his calm demeanor in an interview once. He was a master sergeant and drill instructor for the Air Force. He was known as "Bust-em-up Bobby" and had a reputation for making recruits cry. He hated that reputation and went into a depression over it. He found his outlet with art. He said he got tired of being mean to people, and vowed to never raise his voice when he left the military. He wanted to bring only calm to people, which he successfully did until he passed away in 1995 at the age of 52.

This is the first time I've ever heard anyone say they aren't impressed with a Bob Ross painting.

@MAGGOT_VOMIT

27 күн бұрын

ikr I thought Bob nailed it. That's exactly what a walked over ice-crusted snow path looks like.

@briancleveland6115

27 күн бұрын

@@MAGGOT_VOMIT Exactly, and he was stationed in Alaska for 20 years when he was in the Air force, so he knew what snow paths looked like.

Bob Ross is so unbelievably comfy. I love his vibes.

There's a base paint on the canvas called Magic White - Bob learned the technique from Bill Alexander - and apparently inherited the Magiic White formula. He's also not pressing down as hard as you think. If you're going to try to paint along be prepared to pause the video - he'll get way ahead of you and you'll get totally lost.

@susanhaney3437

22 күн бұрын

I agree! When we painted along with him, we put the remote in a plastic bag because we were pausing it constantly and wanted to keep it from getting covered with paint

This guy's like a reassuring blanket of pure kindness and positivity. Such a welcome relief from reality.

It's amazing how hypnotized you get watching Bob. To quote Billy Connolly, he's "focking brilliant!". Peace y'all

I first watched Bob’s show in the 80s. Back then I had a tv with no remote so i physically had to change channels. One Sunday afternoon I was flipping from one football game to another and stumbled on Bob Ross’s show on PBS. I was lulled by his quiet voice and fascinated with his painting technique. I forgot about the football games until his painting was finished.

Not only did he not paint a path, but the illusion makes the path look like it's lower than the surrounding areas which now look like small hills. Like the path looks lower and all the white areas look angled up like snow drifts.

Daz - "I struggle to draw the curtains" I burst out laughing! 😂😂😂

I have all of the seasons of Bob Ross painting on DVD. I distinctly remember watching and paying attention to see if he ever didn't chuckle and smile after "cleaning the brush". As far as I could tell, in the hundreds of times, it only happened once. And he genuinely seemed to be having an off day that day. He wasn't grumpy per se, but more like distracted, or running late, that kind of vibe. I wish I could remember which specific one it was, it was definitely later on in the seasons.

this is good to watch on lazy days, chillin on the couch, maybe take a nap kinda show, his voice is so monotoned haha calming now thati think about it, this dude is prolly why i have such a happy got lucky personality, public tv used to be pretty good

Bob Ross is an absolute icon. I didn't have cable TV growing up, but since he was on PBS (public broadcasting service, a free educational channel) he would always be on in my house. He had such a soothing voice and personality and was the embodiment of positivity.

Office Bloke Daz and Gaynor should try to paint along one time for fun and see what you come up with LOL They did it on the Irish Try channel and they were drunk! LOL

Bob Ross had me watching him paint on PBS (public broadcasting station) when I was thirteen years old (1983). My artistic attempts never made it past vague shapes and stick figures so Bob was a magician to me. Can you believe that he created masterpieces like this every week and never got paid for doing the show? 26 episodes per year for 11 years, 403 thirty minute episodes, new painting every time. The paintings of his that survived are worth millions now.

He does love a tree, don’t he. “Yes, happy little trees, fat trees, skinny trees, dead trees, happy little bushes, little friends, rocks that live - oh, say, over here. Why not. God bless.” 😂

The “wet on wet” technique is critical to be able to do the paintings this way. If you don’t prepare the canvas first you won’t be able to mix the colors like you think and you’ll end up disappointed.

I cannot wait to see what painting you come up with. I KNOW you can do it, your HEART is in it. PLEASE make a video of your future creation. I would LOVE to see it. It will be GREAT. Thank you for your videos.

Daz, your reaction is millions of us watching PBS over the years. Especially after a few left handed cigarettes. There is a reason that people still dress as Bob Ross for Halloween. He was a huge cultural figure without doing anything but painting and talking.

B4 I was aware of Bob, there was a old guy named William Alexander. Same technique. I bought all the supplies and went for it. Actually sold my first painting. I'd say colors and perspective were the hardest part. 😊

The wet white canvas is the secret to the light paint flowing.

As a painter, there’s a stylistic approach to painting that many call “mise-en-scène” in which the artist has no forethought into what they are painting. In this technique you just continue to paint layer by layer- letting the scene come together however it does with each additional choice. That’s why he chooses to paint certain colors and then later decides to paint over them. In this style, you never know what part of the canvas will be left to the viewer and what will be covered up by more paint later on. This type of painting helps to keep the continuity, composition, and color story of the piece homogenous, as you continually add color on top of color. ♥️ hope that helps explain a little why certain things get put down and then covered up!

I used to watch this back in the day with my dad. Believe it or not, Magic the Gathering has cards that used some of Bob's paintings, and Topps has baseball cards out called Joy of Baseball, and the backgrounds are Bob's paintings.

I generally watch an episode of Bob every night while I'm getting ready for bed. It's extremely relaxing.

Bob was a master sergeant in the Air Force. Being stationed in Alaska was how he got his inspiration for painting mountains and trees.

11 years doing that and his "allright!" stills sounds as happy and inspiring as the first episode. Allright!

F**k Yeah more Bob Ross!

You won’t regret learning about. Bob Ross. Him and Fred Roger’s are like the two most wholesome people USA had produced ❤😎

His ability to just visualize things in his mind and then create them on canvas with a few sreokes is incredible .I have been a Zen Buddhist for about 60 years and his whole demeanor is very much like someone who has achieved satori .

I live in Indiana so Bob was on television every day in the am hours when i was a kid, so on weekends when i wasnt in school Bob would be on and i didnt appreciate it so much then, but now as an adult i miss sitting in my childhood home 8am watching this. Now it gives me a nostalgic feeling.

The power he refers to is the ease to blend /create motion in the work with the wet on wet technique. A true master!

The grandfather of ASMR! I just discovered ASMR a few years ago, but I remember as a kid Bob Ross used to put me to sleep ALL THE TIME! I told my son about it when his show came to Hulu and I had him watch an episode with me…WE BOTH PASSED OUT!😂

He was on TV so often in my teens, but I hardly ever watched him. Now, I guess I'm making up for lost time, watching this with you two! Thank you.

@kevinerose

Ай бұрын

Right. We didn't realize how great it was. I was the same way and would hardly watch it either. But every once in a while, the channel would end up there and we would sit there captivated.

The paint is so light on the canvas, because as he mentions at the very beginning, he's gone through before the start and painted liquid white over the whole thing. That white paint is still wet when he starts, and the color blends down into that white to mix on the canvas, so you get those lighter colors and ease of application.

I'd watch Bob paint when I was a kid and it was raining outside. He died way too young. RIP to a true American legend.

One day I decided to follow along. I have zero artistic abilities but did have a wife who painted so I had supplies. It actually came out quite well. He was an amazing teacher.

Watching Bob was what we who didn't have any health insurance did for " mood stabilizer" i still think its better.

About how the colors go on, remember that there's a layer of wet white paint on the canvas when he starts, so whatever color he puts onto the brush at the beginning is blending in with the white, especially when he works it with those criss-cross strokes over and over. Note that he doesn't work it as much when he wants the paint to stay dark.

Bob Ross was once a fearsome drill sergeant during his 20 year stint in the U.S. Air Force where he acquired the nickname Bust-em-up Bobby.

It always amazes me when he us doing things on the painting, then all of a sudden it looks totally real! I live in the forest. He nails it . So great.

"I mean I struggle to draw the curtains." 5 seconds go by. HA! You sir have misbehaved.

20:30 … what he’s doing is setting a background. Then he can do whatever he wants on top of it, and what remains is a perfect background, perfect layering and depth to the picture.

Bob was a fellow U.S. Air Force member. It's still hard for me to imagine this soft-spoken, gentle soul being in the military. It's a tragic shame the way Bob's partners, the Kowalski's, treated his family after his death. In the late 80's and early 90's, while still active duty in the Air Force, I decided to give Bob's painting method a try. I made my own easel, with free scrap wood from a local lumber center. I saved even more money, by making my own paint palates from free scrap cardboard boxes, from local appliance stores. The paints, brushes, and cleaning solvents were the only things I actually paid for. His method of painting really IS as easy as it seems. I experimented a lot, so I ended up with a number of small works that I gave away to family and friends. I only made three largish paintings (20" x 24" or 50.8 cm x 60.9 cm). Two were of Winter mountain scenes, and the other was of a Summer mountain scene (I got good at mountains). I still have one of the Winter scenes and the Summer scene, but the second Winter scene I gave to one of my former bosses. I had the ones that I kept, professionally framed, and they are displayed in my hallway to this day. I retired from the Air Force in the late 90's, and all my painting supplies were packed for my final move back to my home of record. Unfortunately, that box of supplies never got reopened, and sat in my attic for several hot Texas summers. By the time I finally found it again, all the paints had dried up, and the brushes were stiff as concrete. By that time, I had moved on to other hobbies, and have never picked up a brush again.

Bob Ross's nephew Chris was my friend and first roommate, back in 1993. Chris's mother was Bob's sister and was his personal assistant and bookkeeper. We went to Bob's Florida house in the Forest City area of Orlando off and on throughout my teen years, he had a screened in porch with pet squirrels that lived in it. Chris had a drug problem and ended up in prison for something related to that, so I don't know what happened to him after he got out, but he was always getting into trouble.

We believe in you, Daz! Your joy and enthusiasm is as infectious as Bob Ross's!

You asked about him going over his own paint, thats called a wet on wet technique and allows you to add to the existing backround and really saves time and looks natural plus like old style painting techniques you dont have to wait for colors to dry and come back over and over, its what enables him to do an entire painting in about 20 minutes.

Bob Ross was a special man. Very mellow. Very chill. smoke a bowl have couple of ales and sit there mesmerized. All my stress melting away hahahha

When I was a kid I would watch Bob Ross anytime I found him on tv.

My wife and I play a little game - bob ross was really a prolific serial killer and each of his paintings is where he buried the body. The game is to figure out where in the painting it’s buried - in this one it’s next to the baby tree next to the barn.

@limeygg

Ай бұрын

😮😂

Sometimes we would put on the Bob Ross show, and let it play all day. We actually bought my wife the joy of painting how to paint step by step. She got pretty good very fast. She started painting trees, and evergreens.

Bob Ross is so popular, even today, that he's inspired a whole range of Hallowe'en costumes.

Bob : "its very forgiving, you can't make a mistake here" Me : wanna bet ? - hold my fan brush

We don’t make mistakes, *just happy accidents!*

Always really loved the seascape paintings he did, like "Ocean Breeze"

Painting a darker base coat at the bottom also adds a bit of light/shadow effect for the white. White objects usually have shades of white/grey for the indentations or recesses. So if he only pained white at the bottom and didn't do the dark first, It wouldn't have had the "texture" of snow on an uneven surface like the ground.

I first saw Bob paint in the 90's and my first thought was, "oh brother this guy uses a putty knife to paint how good can it be". And then, "Ohh, he's actually an artist and the putty knife works great.

Watching his library streamed on Twitch was an amazing experience, something like that doesn't come along that often.

Bob did 3 of every painting and he said he couldn't paint them exactly the same each time and people at home won't be able to either.

Bob Ross was ASMR before we knew what it was, I remember after high school in the late 80s early 90s I would come home from school exhausted as usual because I stayed up way too late the night before, I would get something to drink, his show would come on about 20 min after I would get home and I would lay down on the carpeted floor turn on his show and literally fall asleep before every episode ended for about an hour listening to him with the best nap you could ever imagine.

I laughed so hard just the thought of ya'all watching Bob Ross. I'm 55 years old and when I was a kid there was no 500 channels to watch in the 70s. We had the 3 major networks and PBS. I was more of a musician but I'd tune into PBS occasionally for "Austin City Limits" or something off. I'd watch Ross in amazement! I got into high school years and we'd get high and watch him and it was a trip! I'd get up for one of those long pisses and come back and Ross created a Michealangelo piece during that time!

Hey Daz, watch the "cowboy camp scene" one. I think it was Bob's only painting that had a human in it. Back in the 80's my Mom (RIP) bought his kits and did pretty good.

I will literally watch every Bob Ross video you upload

Your Bob Ross reactions are priceless. One of the best new lines of reaction videos I’ve seen in while. An American over 35-40 in most cases grew up with Bob. Great to see a couple from the UK love him too!

Bob Ross is the best. My friends and I would all take trippy stuff and watch him paint.

My grandma used to watch Bob Ross, and she has a painting she made herself that looks just like the one made in this episode.

LOL, calling your child a happy accident made me spit out my water.