The Joy of Painting
We don’t make mistakes, we just have happy accidents.
Created by Bob Ross
On PBS
A gentle, meditative instructional series built on encouragement and the quiet mastery of landscape painting, designed to soothe and empower rather than to impress.
The Joy of Painting was an American television show hosted by painter Bob Ross that taught its viewers techniques for landscape oil painting. Although Ross could complete a painting in half an hour, the intent of the show was not to teach viewers "speed painting". Rather, he intended for viewers to learn certain techniques within the time that the show was allotted. The show began on January 11, 1983, and lasted until May 17, 1994, a year before Ross' death.
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