Recreate Bob Ross pictures

What you need:

• 3 different brushes
• 3 spatulas of different sizes
• 1 instruction DVD
• 1 DVD recorder
• 3 canvases
• 2 drying towels
• 1 color mixing palette
• 25 different colors

Paint like Bob Ross

• Anyone who has ever watched Bob Ross painting his pictures might think that it can actually not be difficult to paint such beautiful pictures. However, this is a fallacy, because if you want to learn this method, you should first get some information.
• You should get the instruction DVD and brush on the Internet or on TV, Colours and spatula for sale. Then you should find a room where you can paint undisturbed but also watch TV. The easiest thing will be once you watch Bob Ross paint a picture.
• Then you can actually prepare everything so far that you can then immediately start painting Bob Ross pictures. In other words: take your time to look at the DVD and then find the items you need.
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• Prepare the matching colors on the color mixing palette. Anyone who knows Bob Ross's pictures knows that painting is not done in the conventional way, but drawn with a spatula and roughened with coarse brushes.
• This means that you also use objects that no other painter uses and therefore should You also have a practice easel with you, on which you can try out each step go through. Also have enough damp and dry cloths ready.


Paint pictures on canvas

So that the painting of the pictures succeeds and they remain permanently beautiful, you should ...

Paint pictures like the master

• Insert your DVD and turn on your player. First, Bob Ross will show you what colors will be used for the picture to be painted. Stop at this point and add the colors to your color mixing palette. To accurately recreate Bob Ross pictures, you should also do exactly like the master.
• Then restart the DVD. First he will make the background. Take a close look at this step and then first paint on your trial easel. When you feel confident, you can get started on your proper easel.
• If there is anything that you are unsure of, just rewind and start over. Even if you wind it back and forth a hundred times, every little thing matters.
• You deal with the complete Bob Ross pictures as with the background: always look at a piece, then paint on the test canvas and only when you are sure, on your correct canvas to paint. Look closely at how hard he presses on the brush or spatula.
• The right color mixes are very important for Bob Ross's pictures.
• Take your time while painting.
• If you do this, you should be able to paint very beautiful pictures. Don't be discouraged and read the companion book to the Bob Ross series.