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Published October 30, 2019
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Bob Ross discovered oil painting while he was enlisted in the U.S. Air Force in the early 1960s. He studied the "wet-on-wet" technique, which allowed him to produce complete paintings in less than an hour. He then became an instructor himself, eventually teaching a TV audience of millions on the TV show The Joy of Painting.
The Joy of Painting was a Sesame Street of friendly rocks and happy little trees to many would-be painters or bored stoners.
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Bob Ross painted more than 1,000 landscapes for his television show — so why are they so hard to find? This article solved this little mystery:
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/12/arts/bob-ross-paintings-mystery.html
