What was wrong with Bob Ross? (hexbear.net)

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I just saw a full episode of his show. The fuck? I’m not a painter but I’ve seen my mom paint all my life.

This motherfucker just did in 15 minutes what would take her weeks. Like???

And he did it while talking, in clean fucking strokes. So fucking fast. I saw a literal masterpiece being created in fifteen minutes from nothing. From nothing. It was a blank fucking canvas, man.

I knew of Bob Ross, but I’d never actually seen him paint. Goddamn. How did actual artists react to him? Like, how do you not feel just thoroughly outclassed.

All while this mofo is saying how easy all that he’s doing is while I know for a fact how hard it is. Like, is he just gaslighting everyone?

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[-] [email protected] 6 points 7 months ago

Bob would practice each painting 3-4 times before each show. He was crazy fast and achieved that level of speed by rehearsing a few times before filming. Also, his style very often was a bit repetitive, so I'm sure that helped - just sort of mixing and matching familiar elements. Even with rehearsing and the paintings being similar, though, he was crazy fast and consistent.

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