Bob Ross is a completely different animal. He wasn’t about his paintings - he was about getting people to paint. His show, The Joy of Painting, summed it up in the title. He wasn’t trying to be the next great artist, nor was he trying to make a niche for himself like Kinkade. No, he wanted to give the people the tricks and tools in order for them to paint, with out all the lofty bullshit that gets thrown around in the fine art world. He didn’t even sell his paintings. He made his money from books and later branded art supplies.
While I don’t want my painting to look like Bob Ross’, I do want to paint like Bob Ross.
Also - fun fact - he spent 20 years in the Air Force as a Sargent. He was the guy who yelled at you all day, and when he got out he decided he wouldn’t yell at anyone ever again.
