October 29, 1942 – July 4, 1995
If television artist Bob Ross wasn’t the nicest guy in the world then I want nothing to do with the world. Ross turned a love of painting and a lightning-fast technique known as “wet-on-wet” to soothe and entertain public television audiences for more than a decade. In 1983, the former U.S. Air Force Master Sergeant turned from the loud yelling of the military to the quiet encouragement of painting a “happy little” landscape in real time on PBS. His show, The Joy of Painting, was wildly popular due to the minimal tools required and oft-repeated techniques. Continue reading
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