Let's Oil Paint With Bob Ross

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The first time that I saw Bob Ross was in the late 90's where his shows were broadcasted in the free TV here in my country. I was fascinated on how he painted one masterpiece within around 30 minutes. Probably it was an hour show with a commercial here.

Bob Ross uses the "Wet on Wet" oil painting technique where a pre-stretched, double primed canvass is applied with a "liquid white", probably a Titanium white oil paint color with a linseed oil so that the paint or painting could be able to edit out or changed even a few days after painting.

So I saw him do the evergreen trees and wondered with amusement and admiration because at the end of his every session he makes a very good painting product indeed. The moment I saw how fast he makes trees I was really amazed because I did have a pre-conceived idea that a good painting takes days or even weeks to make and yet Mr. Bob Ross can do it in 30 minutes.

Even now I am inspired to make a painting, even a digital ones that sometimes makes me admire too my own work. But of course I would like the real brushes and oil paints, canvass, easel, and paint thinners and all those tools like the brushes and the painting knife.

I do not think that I could do a physical painting using those instruments of panting art because of my current body condition because not only my limbs are weak they are also in pain and not in the condition to brush around a physical canvass. So I would just end up doing it digitally but I could not get the right effects because of course nothing could equal the real thing when it comes to such doing a type of artwork.