The Joy of Painting (1983)

Genre

family, documentary

Country

United States

Length

31 seasons, 403 episodes

Rated

TV-G

Rating

8.5 of 10 from 59 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

Bob Ross hosts a half-hour show where he teaches landscape oil painting techniques. In each episode he creates a complete painting step by step in a calm and encouraging manner.

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What happens

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. Occasionally, episodes featured a guest artist who would demonstrate a different painting technique. The program followed the same format as its predecessor from 1974 to 1982, The Magic of Oil Painting, which had been hosted by Ross's mentor Bill Alexander. In 2024, the series was revived with Nicholas Hankins as host, initially using unused paintings Ross had completed before his death. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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