[art] Bob Ross weekend: 5 paintings

With the long weekend, I decided to take out all my oil paints and get back into Bob Ross painting. 


Season 9. Episode 3. Red Sunset.


Season 12. Episode 10. Mountain at Sunset.


Season 13. Episode 8. Mountain Exhibition.


Season 10. Episode 1. Towering Peaks.


Season 10. Episode 2. Cabin at Sunset.

While Bob can crank out a painting in 30 minutes, it takes me 60 - 90 minutes. Not bad- easy enough to do in an evening. But I should definitely practice more often.

Now to order frames and start hanging all these.

[painting] Joy of Painting... a lot.

A few weeks ago, I got out all my oil painting supplies and ran through some Bob Ross Joy of Painting episodes. When I whipped out five paintings over three days:

Now I just need to order frames. I'm out of a bunch of colors so I'll wait until after the holidays to paint more.

[painting] Winter Night

I did my most recent Bob Ross painting last Friday night:



Season 3 Episode 4 (free to watch on YouTube). This was working on a canvas covered with liquid black, rather than liquid white, to create a night scene. At this point I didn't have many of the paint colors that Bob uses, so my background trees are green rather than grey. Also, I had a hard time with snowy-tree technique. I almost gave up on this painting halfway through but I'm glad I finished. No mistakes, just happy accidents.

Looking forward to having some free time this weekend to work on another one. But I really really really want to finish these socks I've been working on forever. And I'm going to Hmart with my mom tomorrow. And we've got to carve out some time to to see Captain America: Civil War (#TeamCap). I need a vacation.

[painting] Quiet Cove

Another Bob Ross painting:



The painting is "Quiet Cove" from Joy of Painting, Season 23 Episode 5. I wanted to do a sky color other than blue. Was very happy with how my trees turned out in this one. Practice practice practice.

[painting] Mountain Summit

The 2nd painting I've done at home is Mountain Summit:



I followed along to a DVD that came with the basic painting set but this scene is from Joy of Painting, Season 13 Episode 10. Pretty happy with it- still getting the hang of all the techniques but these mountains are fun to do.

I need to rearrange my craft room. I recently acquired a new (used) spinning wheel and a small one-person couch. Everything is kind of jumbled in there and I've been painting in the dining room. I'd like to have a spinning corner, a knitting corner, a painting corner, a sewing/embroidery corner... And the room doesn't actually have that many corners. I'm taking the last week of the month off for a little staycation at home, mostly for gardening stuff. I think that might be the right time to reorganize the craft room.

[painting] Mountain Ridge Lake

I've taken several Joy of Painting classes with an instructor certified in the wet-on-wet oil painting technique. I was thrilled to see Hulu add the last few seasons of the show and I started watching episodes. I realized that I hadn't seen the show since I was a kid and watching Bob Ross do the techniques kind of opened my eyes. I ordered all the basic supplies and my sister gave me her easel. I then picked and episode and did my own at home:



This is from Season 23 Episode 3: Mountain Ridge Lake. I was kind of amazed- this is the first time I have ever done a mountain with a palette knife. I followed along with the episode on my iPad, pausing it when I needed more time. This took just over 2 hours.

I've been much happier painting at home, I think because I get to choose the scene I want to do. Dollar said he thinks the paintings I've done at home have been better and I agree. I am so excited about this new hobby and love that I can start and finish a painting in less than three hours, including set-up and clean-up.

[knitting] The Joy of Winding Yarn

Hulu recently added some seasons of Bob Ross' The Joy of Painting.



I think winding yarn and watching Bob Ross is just about the most relaxing thing for me. After I finished winding yarn, I laid down on the couch under a blanket and watched episode after episode. Dollar eventually came into the living room and asked what I was doing. I could only reply, "I'm... sooooo... relaaaaaaxed."

I signed up for another Joy of Painting class in April. I think I'm going to invest in some Bob Ross supplies to start painting at home- now that I have the episodes to guide me!

[art] Joy of Painting #5

I signed up to take my fifth Joy of Painting class this past weekend. I brought along a friend this time, to see if she'd be into it. (She was.) Here are progress photos:

The complete painting:

Another reason I like taking these classes (besides having new artwork to hang on the wall) is that I have a painting to enter into the Tunbridge Fair next year. Can't wait for another class next spring!

[art] Joy of Painting #4

Went to a Joy of Painting class last weekend.

I always loved the idea of adding monsters to paintings. These classes don't really allow for something like this- because there are so many people in class and things have to keep moving along at a steady pace. If I raised my hand and asked "How should I highlight my monster's fur?", the instructor would probably say "What monster? I told you to add a tree." 

Anyway, I saw that this painting featured a bunny, so I tried to make it a creepy bunny by giving it a red eye and fang. From a distance, you can't even tell- but I know it's there. 

Someday, when I'm feeling more confident in my painting skills, I'll set up all my paintings and add proper monsters.

[art] Joy of Painting #3

Here's my finished painting from Saturday:

I like the clouds the most. I see about 7 things I would change or do better next time, but I like this one the most out of all three that I've done.

The class was small this time- only 6 people signed up (usually there are more like 15). The next one will be this fall if you're in the area and want to spend the day making happy trees :)

[art] Joy of Painting 2

I took another Joy of Painting class this past weekend, this time with my sister. It really is a lot of fun and the time goes by so fast.

And the finished painting:

Plus, my sister won the drawing for the teacher's previous days painting- and she gave it to me!