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Bob da Ross
The more we do this – the more it will do good things to our heart. The little tiny Tim easels will let you down. The man who does the best job is the one who is happy at his job. Let your imagination be your guide. It’s almost like something out of a fairytale book.
There is immense joy in just watching – watching all the little creatures in nature. If I paint something, I don’t want to have to explain what it is. We’re trying to teach you a technique here and how to use it. We’ll take a little bit of Van Dyke Brown. Anyone can paint. We’ll play with clouds today.
It takes dark in order to show light. Little trees and bushes grow however makes them happy. Look around, look at what we have. Beauty is everywhere, you only have to look to see it. If we’re gonna walk though the woods, we need a little path. You gotta think like a tree.
Isn’t that fantastic that you can create an almighty tree that fast? We don’t really know where this goes – and I’m not sure we really care. Play with the angles. Use what happens naturally, don’t fight it. I like to beat the brush.
Don’t hurry. Take your time and enjoy. I thought today we would make a happy little stream that’s just running through the woods here. Working it up and down, back and forth. You can bend rivers. But when I get home, the only thing I have power over is the garbage. Trees grow in all kinds of ways. They’re not all perfectly straight. Not every limb is perfect. From all of us here, I want to wish you happy painting and God bless, my friends.
Van Dyke Brown is a very nice brown, it’s almost like a chocolate brown. A fan brush can be your best friend. Let all these things just sort of happen. Trees grow however makes them happy. What the devil. You have freedom here. The only guide is your heart.
Everyone needs a friend. Friends are the most valuable things in the world. There’s not a thing in the world wrong with washing your brush. Just go back and put one little more happy tree in there. That’s a son of a gun of a cloud. You can get away with a lot. Just make little strokes like that.
You can do anything here – the only pre-requisite is that it makes you happy. A big strong tree needs big strong roots. We must be quiet, soft and gentle. And that’s when it becomes fun – you don’t have to spend your time thinking about what’s happening – you just let it happen.
Everybody’s different. Trees are different. Let them all be individuals. We’ll throw some old gray clouds in here just sneaking around and having fun. This is your creation – and it’s just as unique and special as you are. Let’s just drop a little Evergreen right here. Have fun with it. That easy.
La- da- da- da- dah. Just be happy. Let’s go up in here, and start having some fun The shadows are just like the highlights, but we’re going in the opposite direction. As trees get older they lose their chlorophyll. Fluff it up a little and hypnotize it.
You have to allow the paint to break to make it beautiful. Let’s make some happy little clouds in our world. A tree cannot be straight if it has a crooked trunk. I thought today we would do a happy little picture.
Let’s make some happy little clouds in our world. I guess that would be considered a UFO. A big cotton ball in the sky. That’s a crooked tree. We’ll send him to Washington. We have all at one time or another mixed some mud.
Steve wants reflections, so let’s give him reflections. I was blessed with a very steady hand; and it comes in very handy when you’re doing these little delicate things. This piece of canvas is your world. Don’t fight it, use what happens. This is gonna be a happy little seascape. You’ve got to learn to fight the temptation to resist these things. Just let them happen.
Every single thing in the world has its own personality – and it is up to you to make friends with the little rascals. All you have to do is let your imagination go wild. It’s life. It’s interesting. It’s fun. And I will hypnotize that just a little bit. Use absolutely no pressure. Just like an angel’s wing. Learn when to stop.
All you need to paint is a few tools, a little instruction, and a vision in your mind. You don’t have to be crazy to do this but it does help. You can create beautiful things – but you have to see them in your mind first. Don’t fiddle with it all day. This painting comes right out of your heart.