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[-] [email protected] 163 points 1 year ago

Bob Ross really said it was a skill issue

[-] [email protected] 41 points 1 year ago

Flexed on em too

[-] [email protected] 33 points 1 year ago

And then proceeds to show everyone each episode that the skill threshold is really quite low to paint. Painting as well as he does is pretty tough but almost all of his techniques were very simple.

I'd love to see (it probably exists and I haven't looked) for someone similar to Bob Ross but for acrylics. I think acrylics are easier to get into than oil paints, both in cost and usage. But I think it's a bit different in painting technique.

[-] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Really beat the devil out of him

[-] [email protected] 89 points 1 year ago

Obligatory fun fact, Bob Ross speaks the way he does because, in military boot camp, he felt like everyone was too aggresive and angry and he promised himself he would never use that tone with people.

I remember that story mostly cause I like the image in my mind if a Bob Ross really not fitting in in the military, haha.

[-] [email protected] 69 points 1 year ago

He served for 20 years, it wasn't just boot camp. In that time he learned to paint, and eventually earned more money painting than he was getting in the Air Force and retired. The core is accurate though, he said that he was tired of being mean and didn't want to yell anymore.

[-] [email protected] 32 points 1 year ago

His time in the military also heavily influenced his landscape paintings. He was stationed in Alaska, and thought it had some of the most breathtaking landscapes he had ever seen. That’s why so many of his paintings feature rolling mountain ranges and evergreens.

[-] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago

What time period did he serve? He's not that much older than my dad, who was also stationed in Alaska when he was in the military. Kinda wonder if they met or had a chance to have, at least.

[-] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

I didn't want to cite the years because I wasn't sure on that point, but wow I forgot it was that long.

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[-] [email protected] 25 points 1 year ago

He felt that he was too angry. He kept the afro that he wore because he said that it's a soft look and his other hair reminded him of who he was. He used to have cool, attitude, greaser hair.

[-] [email protected] 49 points 1 year ago

I for one would like to see Gordon Ramsay host the worlds angriest painting show.

[-] [email protected] 19 points 1 year ago

Have you seen the British version of this show? Hes a completely different person, with a mission to help the restaurant improve.

[-] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago

I have. For the past 10 years, cooking shows have been trending towards something Bob Ross could host.

[-] [email protected] 12 points 1 year ago

I stopped watching cooking shows about 5 years ago because they had essentially given up any claim to being educational. They were all reality shows based off the most current trends.

[-] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago

I adore the Great British Bake Off. It's a competition but if competitions were made of kindness and understanding.

[-] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

I don't even care about baking and I love the GBBO just for the sake of seeing a TV series where everyone is nice to each other for a change. Even the mean guy.

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[-] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago

Painting Donuts with Gordon Ramsay

[-] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago

And the special edition DVD disk with bloopers and outtakes has the tagline "You fucking donkey!"

[-] [email protected] 48 points 1 year ago

"Fuck, I'm out of yellow. Uhhh, I'll just do a grey one and make up a story about a colorblind guy. They'll love it."

J/k I don't doubt the story

[-] [email protected] 52 points 1 year ago

Yeah, "anyone can paint" is a big theme that Bob harped on a lot through the series run. He talks about it almost every episode, and that's kind of the point of "the joy of painting". It's not a talent show, it's to show you that it's a lot more fun and less difficult than you might think.

[-] [email protected] 15 points 1 year ago

Hell, even making abstract paintings is fun. Just get some paint and make a mess.

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The guy who makes and sells his own paints running out of ochre would be hilarious though.

[-] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

It’s funny you mentioned yellow, because at the end of this episode he also unveils a nearly identical painting he did with sepia tones instead. He only used white, black, and a burnt umber (deep brown) to mix the sepia tones.

[-] [email protected] 43 points 1 year ago

"So I showed him that its not his disability, just his glaring lack of talent."

[-] [email protected] 31 points 1 year ago

Bob Ross was a gift to the whole human species, we didn't deserve him.

[-] [email protected] 27 points 1 year ago

Bob accidentally dunks on a colorblind guy

[-] [email protected] 26 points 1 year ago

My brain still can't comprehend that picture is all grey

[-] [email protected] 37 points 1 year ago

The pictures isn't all grey. The painting is, but Bob, his shirt, etc. are all in color. :)

[-] [email protected] 18 points 1 year ago

I love that this comment implies the other dude has color blindness but never realizes it his whole life lol

[-] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Well - it's true I can't paint or draw to save my life...

[-] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago

points fingerguns

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I've seen this episode a few times, and it turns out great. Your brain sort of fills in the gaps.

[-] [email protected] 13 points 1 year ago

Besides it'd probably be fascinating to hand a colorblind painter a full palette and see what happens. A red/green colorblind artist might accidentally paint an autumn landscape mistaking red for green. Or it turns out nicely bizarre. I think it opens a conversation, we talk about how "is your red the same as my red" but what happens when it objectively is not?

Wasn't there an artist who was developing cataracts and his paintings drifted into softer pastel colors?

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Gets killed by SCP-096

[-] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

Goobertown Hobbies is basically the Bob Ross of painting minis

[-] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

No rules UFC-style cage match between Bob Ross and Mr. Rogers. Only one man comes out alive. Which man is the victor?

[-] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

I love Bob Ross, but Mr. Rogers won the Ultimate Showdown.

"Many lives were claimed but eventually, the champion stood, The rest saw the better, Mr. Rogers in a blood stained sweater."

[-] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

Yuh Bob was a Master Sgt for medical admin in the USAF, but Mr Rogers was Marine infantry.

[-] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

Nah, I'd paint.

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