Watch the very first episode of Bob Ross’ “The Joy of Painting”

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Bob Ross introduces us to his “Almighty” assortment of tools and colors, tells us that anyone can paint, and creates a landscape of a forest path just after a rain shower.

This guy was utterly hypnotic. When I was a kid, I could never pass up watching an episode even though I couldn’t paint and had zero interest in painting. Watching and listening to Ross was just incredibly soothing.



14 thoughts on “Watch the very first episode of Bob Ross’ “The Joy of Painting””

  3. I first watched Bob Ross when I was young on pbs. I always enjoyed his relaxed way and his final result and how effortless it always seemed. I’m more of a pastel guy myself, that and pen and ink as well as charcoal and pencil. But still it was always inspiring to watch him.
    Often I would think “he’s ruining it!” But he’d pull it out in the end and make something nice in the end. He will be missed by those of us who grew up watching Bob and for those who didn’t, it’s nice that Shawn is sharing his painting here on the Loop.

  4. Bob Ross was a very special person in both his skill as a painter and even more, his ability to communicate to his audience. What a wonderful person he was & that came across our television screens. A true “gentle”-man.

    He died much too young and is missed by all who ever were graced with his presence!

  5. “Don’t want to be a mud mixer”
    “Almighty easel”
    “The leaves live in the brush”
    “Let it happen”

    What a cool guy.

  6. Thanks a lot for sharing this, even if it’s the last place I was expecting to find a painting post, nice divergence. You made my evenning, quite a discovery 😉

  7. I like to think that Shawn brings a bit of the Liberal Arts to this site’s Technology crossroads.

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