This episode is a typical Bob Ross landscape painting with a snow-covered mountain scape in the distance, with both mid and foreground areas covered trees, bushes and a water element.
For the Mountain base, Mr. Ross miss a number of colors - but I cheat and
simply use the Mountain Mixture - so I have include a link for that paint in
the supplies section.
As I may have mentioned before he also makes use of the 2" brush for certain
elements but I am not comfortable yet with that so I stick to the 1" landscape
brush and the #6 fan brush. Working with the 2" with be something I need
to do on my practice days - which seem to be far and few between now.
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Meadow Lake (c) 26 December 2022 Gilbert Blankenship |
I think the sky in this one is a bit washed out, and a little bland. But
to me it does add the feeling of cold. Despite that I had some problems
with the mountains, I was able to get some decent shading in, reach the top
edge of the mountain form and caught some decent paint breaks. On the
down side I also head some pretty thick paint laid in that I just couldn't
seem to get off the mountain itself, and some small zones that took so little
paint that you can pretty much see the canvas tooth. I also had some
errant brush hairs give me some pain.
Talking about brush hairs, my #6 fan is probably dying for a number of
reasons. Improper care being the primary reason. Cleaning with
paint soap and water apparently isn't good. So I am going to have to
order more. In fact, watching one live episode on PBS recently I noticed
in a brief shot that Bob uses a number of brushes during his painting.
And here all this time I thought he just had one of each that he
constantly cleaned. What a cheater. I feel so used!
Ok, so this season I will buy brushes as I buy supplies until I think I have
enough. It will mean more "proper" cleaning - which I will try and
research.
Back to the #6 Fan. It's current state is problematic since I used it so
heavily this session. So enough about that.
Trees. I still (kind of) like my evergreens, and am working on improving
the trunks. As to the other trees and their trunks/branches - well ...
ok more work. It's not like I don't have plenty of sessions coming.
I may have overdone the sticks a bit in this one, and my water ripples are not
level. All that said, I don't think its horrible. In fact I am
still having fun and I am seeing improvement. So - maybe I will just
keep going for a while.
And in the mistakes department, I mislabeled the back with my china pencil as
S03E01. Great (sigh).
And one last thought. New format. I have moved the thoughts about
the assignment above the list of supplies and associate links - and have
enlarged the results image. Let me know what you think.
- Gil
Sources/Inspirations:
- Official Bob Ross YouTube or Streaming Channel (check your smart TV software)
- Amazon Prime
- DVD
- Book
Materials:
- Tools
- 1 Canvas (18x24, but I use 16x20)
- 2" Background Brush
- 1" Landscape Brush
- #2 Script Liner Brush
- #6 Fan Brush
- #5 Palette Knife - for Detail
- #10 Palette Knife
- Palette
- Easel
- Paints
- Liquid White
- Titanium White
- Prussian Blue (T)
- Mountain Mixture
- Dark Sienna (T)(B)
- Burnt Umber (V)
- Van Dyke Brown (T)
- Alizarin Crimson (T)
- Sap Green (T)
- Cadmium Yellow
- Yellow Ochre
- Bright Red (B)
- Permanent Red (V)
- Clean-Up
- Brush Cleaning Bucket
- Brush Scrubber
- Paint Thinner
- Brush Beater Rack
- Grime Boss Heavy Duty Wet Wipes
- Mason Jars for filtering Thinner
NOTES:
- In the video series he appears to use Burnt Umber (V) while in the books he uses Dark Sienna (B).
- In the video series he uses Permanent Red (V) in the books he uses Bright Red (B). Permanent Red does not appear to be available from Bob Ross Inc as of this date.
- Also I have added a note for Transparent or Semi-Transparent (T) colors
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