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The Joy of Painting is an American half-hour instructional television show.Created and hosted by painter Bob Ross, it ran from January 11, 1983, to May 17, 1994.In most episodes, Ross taught techniques for landscape oil painting, completing a painting in each session.
The Joy of Painting returned to television as "The Joy of Painting with Nicholas Hankins: Bob Ross's Unfinished Season." Nicholas Hankins, a Ross certified instructor, was the on-air host and painter. Hankins previously produced his own painting instructional videos. He released them through Bob Ross's YouTube page. [4]
Ross was born in Daytona Beach, Florida, to Jack and Ollie Ross, a carpenter and a waitress respectively, and raised in Orlando, Florida. [1] [2] As an adolescent, Ross cared for injured animals, including armadillos, snakes, alligators and squirrels, one of which was later featured in several episodes of his television show.
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NC Wesleyan University is showing 75 of the PBS “Joy of Painting” series star’s work at the Dunn Center through early January
For 403 episodes of the PBS classic, Ross softly guided the viewer through the process of painting a blank canvas — his signature 'fro making the show as much as his deft and deliberate art skills.
TV host and prolific painter Bob Ross studied under Alexander, from whom he learned his wet-on-wet technique, a method of painting rapidly using progressively thinner layers of oil paint. [4] Ross mentioned in the very first episode of The Joy of Painting that he had learned the technique from Bill Alexander, calling it "the most fantastic way ...
Robert J. (Bob) Ross is Chairman and CEO of Inasmuch Foundation. Founded in 1982 by Edith Kinney Gaylord , Inasmuch Foundation awards $25 million plus in grants each fiscal year to nonprofits supporting initiatives in community and civic engagement, education, human services, and journalism.