The Joy of Painting

The Joy of Painting was an American television show hosted by Bob Ross that taught viewers how to complete a painting of a landscape in thirty minutes. The show was broadcast on PBS (produced at WIPB in Muncie, Indiana) and developed a cult following.

Each show began with Ross standing alone in a dark room in front a blank canvas. Over thirty minutes, Ross would turn the blank canvas into an imaginary landscape. His efforts were accompanied by a soothing monologue about the "happy clouds" and "happy trees" that he was creating with his brush.

Despite the death of Ross, the show continues to be broadcast and a multi-million dollar spin-off business bearing Ross' name sells art accessories related to the show.

 

The paintings are the excellent portrayal of the events and scenes that we see around us. The painters are the best cameras of the world. They reproduce many different types of pictures. They even draw imaginary pictures that do not exist in this world. We tend to use both thinned oil paints and dense oil paints. Masterpieces can be dyed more than once, but each time it may be different from the existing paintings.h

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