Hey everyone! Here's a painting I did earlier. I've been thinking about Bob Ross's Joy of Painting show Season 2, and this was his first painting/episode he did and it was my favorite out of all of his episodes from his second season, so I decided to take a crack at it and paint.
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The first thing I did was coated the entire canvas a thin coat of the Liquid White since it helps blend colors easily. Then for the sky I grabbed my 2-inched brush and loaded it with Prussian Blue, and went onto the canvas and used criss- cross strokes from the top and worked downward since the color gets lighter in the horizon. Then with a dry brush, I softened the sky.
Second, I took my 1-inched brush and coated it with Titanium White, with a tiny touch of Bright Red and painted in some clouds using the corner of the brush. Then with a dry brush I blended and fluffed the clouds, and then we have a beautiful sky.
With my palette knife, I mixed Prussian Blue, Van Dyke Brown, and a small amount of the Alizarin Crimson and used the knife to make the mountain shape. Then with a dry brush, I pulled the paint of the mountain and let it move since the canvas is wet.
Then I got the knife again and some Titanium White and a little blue to put snow and the shadows on the mountain, and afterward I took my 2 inch brush and made the allusion of mist by just tapping down.
Then, with a dry 2-inched brush loaded with Sap Green, I painted the meadow by pushing upward, pushing it right into the fabric. With a little Prussian Blue, without cleaning the brush I darkened the bottom of the canvas.
Time to make evergreens in the distance. I first mixed Prussian Blue, Van Dyke Brown and Sap Green and then took my Fan Brush and loaded it with the dark color and tapped down over the brush, and then used the corner of the brush to paint a few big evergreens.
Then with my 1-inched brush, I took some Liquid White and a mix of Sap Green, Cadmium Yellow, Yellow Ochre and a little bit of Bright Red and painted some bushes. Since the paint is thick, I first dipped the brush into Liquid White to help thin the paint. To paint bushes, you load the brush with paint and pull in one direction. Soon one side of the brush will be round and you tap very gently onto the canvas.
I took a dry brush, and gently pulled downward, making reflections since there will be water. I then took the Fan Brush again and loaded it with the tree color and added in some bigger evergreen trees and some more bushes with some more reflections.
It was then time to add highlights and water reflections on the remaining trees and bushes. I took another 1-inched brush, with some Liquid White(to thin the thick paint) and more green, yellow and red and added the highlights by gently tapping on the canvas. For the highlights of the evergreens I used my Fan Brush and some yellow and green and gently used the corner of the brush and tapped on the trees.
Then, I got my Palette Knife again, and some Van Dyke Brown and made some land/rocks by the edge of the water. For some highlights I mixed some Titanium White and Dark Sienna, took just a little on the knife and gently let it slide on the canvas. "AGAIN", I just let it slide gently so the colors doing get mixed up fully or darkened. Then with a little bit of Liquid White and Titanium White, I created waterlines with the knife.
With my 1-inched brush, and some of the dark tree/bush color, I then added some more bushes on the bottom right of the canvas
To finish off the painting, I used the 1-inched brush after cleaning and drying it, took the highlight color and high lightened the bushes, and then we have a finished painting. When Bob signs his work, he takes his Script-Liner, some Paint Thinner and Bright Red. He first dips it in Paint Thinner to thin the paint to make it look like the consistency of ink.
I hope you guys enjoyed seeing this step by step process. This was a lot of fun to paint, and it does take practice. Practice does make perfect. Give this a try; I really think you'll enjoy it! If you have any questions, don't hesitate to ask. If you'd like to see more of my work or would love to see future updates on upcoming work, you can find me on Facebook and Instagram as "Meyerpaintings". As Bob Ross would say, Happy Painting and God Bless my Steemit Friends.
This is Great.. I must confess you are a Great Painter.
I was just thinking, can you do a self-inspired painting in your next post. And show us the process like you did here ? I would be really glad to see it.
Following you already.
Thank you @ufxpression! Of course I can do a self-inspired step by step piece! That's actually what I was thinking of earlier haha. And thank you for the follow !
It looks like you also had the dream in your heart. Superb work.
Nice and bright....so much of my work ends up dull and washed out. Good separation of layers. Bob Ross Rules. ~Cheers
Thank you a lot @paintedevolution !
This is just stunning - man those details on that mountain is just incredible! You nailed the Bob Ross style for sure - gorgeous painting :)
Thank you very much @j-vo !
Great post tnx for sharing i just upvoted steemit all the way check out my new posts.
Thanks a lot @gclipse !
Wooow, it looks exactly like a Bob Ross painting! I'm happy to see another artist, who is inspirated by Bob Ross:) He was the happiest artist in my opinion and still my role model. I'll be happy to see coming posts by you! Yours @jeremyarts
Thank you very much! Bob Ross has inspired me a lot to really get into painting! I was more of a drawer then but then I started watching his show and I decided to give it a try and it's a lot of fun!
Good job !
Thank you my friend !
Stellar work my friend. Earned a follow for sure. I love how you give a detailed step by step process . Keep it up!
Wow, very nice! I like it!
Thank you @cowi !
Have you seen the netflix show "Chill with Bob Ross" I was watching it and wanted to try following along! You did an amazing job!
Yes I have and it's so cool! Thank you by the way @amethystrosee ! (:
Bob Ross, ya either love him or hate him! I say go for it! Bob has inspired a few generations of new oil artists. He certainly inspired me! This particular inspired piece is great. I would definately follow this channel. This is as close as you will get to your very own, personal instructor! Take advantage of Meyers help. lol. I'm loathed to repeat the "Y" word but you can find all of Bob's videos, every season, on YouTube. His son's vids are there too. Don't be afraid to ask for help or advice. Most Artists are more than willing to help a fellow artist who is trying to learn. It's very exciting to see new artists grow. I hope you give it a shot. Best wishes! :)
great. Congratulations, I really liked the technique, the colors and the textures that you created to represent every detail of nature.
Thanks! The technique is so fascinating!
I love the mountains. Nice painting. I paint differently though. .. and mostly portraiture. you can check out my intro post. I'm kinda new here really.
Thank you! Mountains are my favorite to paint. It was tough at first, but as I kept on practicing, I've improved! Oh, and welcome to Steemit my friend!
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very nice post, keep it up. make sure to check my art page too. artists need to come together on this platform to make a bigger impact.
Thank you very much bud! I sure will check out your page!
Mountains came out great! Love it!
Thank you @arinfinite ! I love painting them!
very nice! this is really a good post I am new here im looking some post that has my same interest .I would love to follow you!
Thank you very much @moonchazer! Welcome to Steemit! Fill free to check out my page if you'd like !
Hey @meyerpaintings, you've really got the Bob Ross style down, looks great!
Thank you @pennyroll! Bob Ross has inspired me ! Painting mountains are my favorite !
Art is love... This is... Good work!!!!
Thank you @genesis24!
I like the white lines on the water. It makes the painting go live, like water flowing while the air blows smoothly.
Thanks a lot @fiftyshades !
Invite you to a drawing competition
beautiful
Thanks @genealan !