Anyone who can't appreciate the artwork of Bob Ross sux eggs

[LynneSin]

That man was a fucking genius and his show was awesome!!

I wish they would sell DVDs of his show - they'd make a fortune!

[Richardo]

1. I'm gonna put a happy little tree right there - in Lynne's front yard.

:hi:

[LynneSin]

3. It's your world - you can put it anywhere you want

:bounce:

[Richardo]

6. I'm gonna need some 'magic white' on a bigass house painting brush...

To get that reflection from the water...

:bounce:

[Skittles]

52. HEY RICHARDO

wasn't it.....TITANIUM WHITE or SOMETHING LIKE THAT ? :D

[Richardo]

59. Oh yes, there was titanium white...for snow 'n' clouds 'n' stuff

but the *magic* white is what gets you that 'reflection' thang goin' on.

(Why do I know this so well? :cry: )

[Skittles]

64. OMG YOU ARE CORRECT!!!

IT'S COMING BACK ME!!!!!!!!!! I MUST HAVE REPRESSED IT!!!!!!!!! *sniff* with all due seriousnous, that lovely man left us way too soon :(

[GOPisEvil]

2. All hail the happy cloud and the happy tree!

[neuvocat]

4. They should have cut his hair when he died

and made it into a bunch of bristle-style paint brushes that would make for really unique paintings. There wouldn't be a better tribute to such a gifted artist.

[JimmyJazz]

5. I can't see past his hair - is there a painting in this picture?

:shrug:

[LynneSin]

8. Shut up loser - you just don't recognize genius when you see it

Anyone can paint this picture in 30 minutes or less

[Skittles]

7. OMG I LOVED BOB ROSS

that soooooothing voice of his - his love on animals - his happy trees! HE ROCKED!

[Rabrrrrrr]

9. Bob Ross was the bomb!

Was it great fine art? No, not really - but I bet when he was painting his own paintings he was pretty good.

But Bob's real artistic genius - his real art - was giving the avearage goobers the freedom to express themselves artistically, not about realism or technique or blah blah blah, but about the process of making art as a fun, creative, energizing, soul-enriching experience.

I wish he would have done a series of "let's paint abstract" painting shows, too. Just a few of 'em, a "Let's paint our feet and do a happy dance on the canvas and see what happens, shall we?" and "Take the jar and, with a big smile, toss all the paint at the canvas over there! Wasn't that fun? Isn't that great? Now, toss another one - use whatever color you want, it's your world".

[Skittles]

22. COME ON NOW

he should have put some paint on his HAIR and did some DABBING :D

[Rabrrrrrr]

25. "I've just poured Lance Armstrong's urine in my hair, and now I'm

gonna wipe it on that canvas on which I've already drawn an outline of WC Fields.` You can do this at home, with your own bodily fluids of choice. Remember, it's YOUR world!"


Hi Skittles! I just asked in a thread today where you've been, but no one answered me. I haven't seen you in ages!

[Skittles]

53. JAYSUS RABRRRRRRRRRRRR

I'M ON JUST ABOUT EVERY DAY!!!!!!! :hi: Been travelling a bit though; will be in Chicago Saturday

[LeftPeopleFinishFirst]

49. I bet those paintings would've been GREAT

nt

[chaska]

10. Mmmm, egg sucking.

[Love Bug]

11. Target is selling t-shirts with that picture on it

Says something like "Happy trees" under it.

Best 'fro I've ever seen on a white dude!

[gizmonic]

16. I have one of those t-shirts! n/t

:hi:

[ghostsofgiants]

38. A friend of mine has that shirt

[emulatorloo]

12. I loved him, DVDS and VIDEO TAPES here:

http://www.bobross.com/supplies.cfm?type=Videos%20/%20DVDs&special=Instructional



Thank you for posting and reminding me of the joy his show brought me. . . .

:hi: :toast:

[LynzM]

47. Spiffy!

I know what somebody's getting for their birthday.... :)

[tridim]

13. Bob Ross = Nicest person EVER!

And I don't think it was an act either. He made me so calm and happy.

"Hmmm.. Let's see, now where does that tree live? Oh.. There it is! It's your world."

[gizmonic]

14. How could you NOT dig him?

I remember an episode that had him showing photos of the cool squirrels that used to visit his backyard feeders. Then without missing a beat, he went back to painting.

Squirrels, afros, and painting...can't get any better that that!

A very cool, laid-back kinda guy...painting all the happy clouds he wants in heaven! O8)

BTW, I bought a spiffy t-shirt from Target recently. It had Bob Ross and his happy trees on it. :)

[tjwash]

15. Remember the anti-Bob Ross?

That short little squatty nazi looking guy that would throw a half hour temper tantrum on his art show?

What was his name?

[gizmonic]

17. William Alexander n/t

[tridim]

18. You mean the "Almighty magic white" guy?

If so, I think he was Bob Ross' teacher. I liked him too, but not as much as Bob.

[tjwash]

19. Yes William Alexander. "THE ALMIGHTY BRUSH!!!"

That dude was a complete hoot.

[Richardo]

20. I think Kaiser Wilhelm was all about watercolor, not der magic vhite.

:)

[fleabert]

41. dude! I saw that! but can't remember for the life of me who he was...

that guy was a freak!

[TlalocW]

21. We don't make mistakes when we paint

We have "happy accidents."

I watched him as well, and I have one of those t-shirts that says, "Happy Trees" on it.

I wore it to work, and my boss told me that when he watched him as a kid, he would get stressed out because he didn't think that Bob could finish his current painting in half an hour.

I asked if he understood that his getting stressed out was the opposite of what Bob was trying to do for him. :)

TlalocW

[Skittles]

23. LOL

what you said about your boss.......I used to watch many years ago and while I wouldn't describe myself as "stressed" I do remember thinking HOW IS HE GONNA FINISH THIS F***ING PAINTING IN FIVE MINUTES ????? :D

[tridim]

24. Easy.. He just added less "sticks and twigs" at the end

and he didn't do the "slap-the-big-brush-on-the-easel-leg-and-giggle" thing. :D

[Skittles]

51. YEAH but TRIDIM

SOMETIMES he would start a BIG-ASS HAPPY TREE in the freaking FOREGROUND. *ARGH* I'd be going.......YOU ONLY HAVE TWO MINUTES LEFT. :o DAMN................maybe Bob Ross DID stress me out!!!!!!

[grace0418]

26. Well, I guess I've been sucking too many eggs because looking at

that makes me want to vomit. :)

[Kraklen]

27. The artwork is nothing special...

but the show itself and the man himself sure is.

[LynneSin]

28. It was never about his art - it was about him doing the art

:bounce:

[Aristus]

29. "This tree lives right...right...THERE! Yeah, right there. It can be

anywhere you want; this is your world, remember. Let's put in the indications of a few highlights........there. And let's...let's give him a friend! He lives right...right...THERE!

Time to clean the brush now. Into the thinner it goes...and remember to use odorless thinner, blot it...and then just, hee-hee-hee, beat the devil out of it!

If I didn't use odorless thinner like this, my wife would just...well, she'd just kick me right out of the house!"


The man was a national treasure. I miss him.

[kiki]

30. "I'm gonna put a happy little bush, right there..."

"..that'll just be our little secret."

"And if you EVER. Tell ANYONE. That that bush is there. I will come to your house. And I WILL CUT YOU."

- Bob Ross on Family Guy

[Beware the Beast Man]

31. That man made me appreciate kitsch in a whole new way.

And it was fun to watch in college when I was blunted.

[RetroLounge]

32. I know of guys who've used his techniques

to paint backdrops on their model railroads.

His influence is everywhere!

RL

[Rabrrrrrr]

33. Model Railroads? I love model railroads!

I've been considering the last couple years that, when I finally have a house and can finally build a layout again, I'd like to do at least one section that's totally abstract (since that's the kind of artwork I do).

I think it would be kinda cool - shoot for a mix of abstracted splashes and lines and geometry, and mix it with a bit of surrealism.

"Hey Rabrrrrrr, what's the giant chicken with the eiffel tower coming out of it's head and the river of phlegm pouring into Wilfred Brimley's scrotum?"

"That's the train station, Bob"

"But, how do the people get into it? The tracks are on the other side of the table."

"Through the window in Kelly Ripa's breast over there, the one hanging from the monkey skull propped against the tube of Brill Cream"

[RetroLounge]

35. Now there's an original Model Railroad idea!

"the river of phlegm pouring into Wilfred Brimley's scrotum?"

:rofl:

RL

[Rabrrrrrr]

37. Well, it's all symbolic, you know?

No, it's abstract and surreal, so there isn't any symbolism. That's the beauty of it!

[RetroLounge]

40. The DaDa Railroad...

RL

[Rabrrrrrr]

42. Absolutely!

That would be awesome!!

And if I were really lucky, I'd get it featured in Model Railroader magazine. That would be the best!!

MR: "Do you have a drawing of the layout?"

Rabrrrrrr: "Yes, here" (hands them an old coffee filter filled with used grounds)

[RetroLounge]

43. Ceci n'est pas une Locomotive

The Magritte Express...

RL

[Rabrrrrrr]

44. ROTFL!!

Great idea!

[RetroLounge]

45. or a Dali Diesel

Melts on the rails...

RL

[LynzM]

46. LMAO

Sounds awesome :rofl:

[KG]

34. Bob is gone

:(

but dick cheney is still alive - proof positive there is no god.

[Rabrrrrrr]

36. Yep. And John Lennon died, but Kenny G is still here.

George Harrison - gone. Pat Boone - still here.

Hendrix - dead. Michael Bolton - not dead.

Martin Luther King, Jr. - dead. Ghandi - dead. JFK - dead. Robert Kennedy - dead. George Bush, Dick Cheney, Karl Rove, et. al. - still here.

Bob Ross - dead. Kinkade - still here.

Frank Zappa - dead. Billy Joel - still here.

The world is full of injustice, and I sometimes have to wonder if there is a God.

[peekaloo]

39. I discovered him when I lost interest in Sat. morning cartoons.

Mr. Mellow.

PBS still features painting shows in the a.m. on Sat. but it's just not the same. :cry:

:smoke:

[LeftPeopleFinishFirst]

48. YOU CAN TAKE THAT HAPPY LITTLE TREE AND...

Put it right there next to the happy little stream.


:bounce::hug:

[name not needed]

56. Hey Bob, watch this!

I'm gonna put a little happy tree... in my ass! :7

[eyepaddle]

50. Good News! I don't suck eggs!

Bob Ross was awesome, soooooooo calming and his technique with the bigass brush (See post above ;) ) was inspiring.

[bridgit]

54. don't let'em kid ya kid...

it's all about "happy little trees" :thumbsup: bob ross rocks

[tyedyeto]

55. And his 'pet' squirrel was the cutest little squirrel!

[NuttyFluffers]

57. My most sedate memories.

I once was recovering from an operation during my grade school years. While in the hospital I was lying on my bed watching tv. Well, when the painkiller shots came I finally found Bob Ross on the PBS channel. Soon I was in a truly "happy place." When I later heard Pink Floyd and heard "comfortably numb" lyrics I knew exactly what that feels like.

Mmmm, comfortably numb watching Bob Ross. He was the human opiate.

His technique is actually quite stunning when you realize how fast he could do certain things. His genius was also in making it effortless and inviting.

[leftofthedial]

58. And who has the happy little bush to prove it?

right here

yes. that's so nice.

[arwalden]

60. There Can Never Be Too Many "Happy Little Clouds".

[cleofus1]

61. he was not teaching how to paint happy little clouds

for those of you who were paying attention he was teaching basic oil painting technique...and he was a master...

[Trigger Hippie]

62. Yeah, I LOVE Bob Ross

My dad and I used to watch his show all the time on PBS years ago. His show really brought us together. :)

[Enraged_Ape]

63. The most relaxing TV show in history

Maybe the most relaxing thing EVER. Better than Quaaludes or Valium.

I remember my first job as a physical therapist working in a hospital. Every day was long and just brutal. This show was on just as I came home. I would sit in my rocking chair before the TV, kick up my aching feet, and in five minutes, the stress would melt completely away. His voice, his demeanor, the paintings...everything was just so calm and lovely.

I loved Bob Ross. I wept when I heard he passed.