Bob Ross

[Sonorous]

Gouache is an opaque watercolor-like paint. I think you mean Gesso, which is a (usually) white ground many people paint on, but you wait for it to be completely dry first.

Probably.

 

[Bard2dbone]

Where'd you hear that from exactly? Painting over a wet ground only works to make a painting sloppy and hard to control, and an undercoat of white would mix in with the colors placed on top of it, making them chalky and quite frankly a big mess.

Not a good artist in the big scheme of things, but a great painter at painting the types of paintings he wanted to make, and always happy. He gave the vibe of being a great guy.

Actually I got that from National Public Radio. They did a long segment on Bob Ross a couple of months back. I think the program might have been 'This American Life.' I don't remember the commentator but I DO remember the part about putting an undercoat on the canvas being a crucial step in Ross' technique that was never showed on his show. I don't know if they ever gave the official name of the technique. If they did, then I forgot it.

 

[Bryan R. Tyler]

Actually I got that from National Public Radio. They did a long segment on Bob Ross a couple of months back. I think the program might have been 'This American Life.' I don't remember the commentator but I DO remember the part about putting an undercoat on the canvas being a crucial step in Ross' technique that was never showed on his show. I don't know if they ever gave the official name of the technique. If they did, then I forgot it.

Hmmm... Well, I suppose it would work if he used a really, REALLY thin (in paint to turp ratio and application) coat of white on a fairy absorbant ground, similar to the watercolor technique of laying a coat of water on the paper first to get a misty wash of color for the background. It would have helped him get some of those misty backgrounds he always used.

 

[Mike A]

I think Bob Ross was the greatest human who ever lived.

Many people talk about how great of an artist he was but he really wasn't that good, he just used some simple techniques effectively. Of course I'm only judging this from the 30 minute compositions I've seen him do on his old show, "The Joy of Painting". Though that is also what everyone else bases their opinion on, so it's fair. I'm sure his personal work was marvelous.

What's more important is that there never was a man who loved life more than Bob did. While he would be painting, we would be chatting away to the audience like he personally knew each and every one of them. He would often have small woodland creatures, such as baby flying squirrels, that he would show off and play with.

Damn, I would have loved to meet that guy.

I just had this EXACT conversation with my drummer (an excellent painter) last night.

God bless you, Bob Ross.

 

[Mr. Zebraface]

Bob Ross = legend. Simple as.

 

[Mike88T]

The Ross "Wet on Wet" Technique does use a white bass to paint the canvas first; acrylic paints don’t mix like watercolors and allow for blending.

 

[John Deppel]

It used to crack me up, when Bob Ross was always talking about those "happy trees." I think the best was him painting some "happy weed."

 

[MAJOR METAL]

I have allways enjoyed his paintings , those " Happy Littel Trees " were a great part of his work. RIP Bob

 

[mr e]

on TJoP, if bob coated the canvas with gesso (white or black), he stated so at the top of the show!

 

[Sonorous]

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[Sonorous]

Also, isn't it odd that the thinner he always recomended was odorless? I mean, you would think he would appreciate that odor.

 

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