Lakeside Homes - Bob Ross style oil painting

[JeVousViolerai]

What a happy little painting.

[spitharoo]

Yet another left handed artist.

[rondidonX]

Good picture, but I`m scared of that music..

maybe that`s the reason why you have so few ratings.

[ronnietucker]

@rondidonX don't be a big girls blouse!

[aireeuh]

@rondidonX oh waah. Toccata & Fugue in D Minor = the BEST

[heuscherartnoosa]

Hi Ronnie, It's a very nice painting - but it has absolutely nothing to do with Bob Ross (I think he would turn in his grave) - exept maybe - the wet in wet technique.

[fkulahci]

good picture, very bad music

[19440212]

Bach



[19440212]

This organ and music are fantastics !!!

[1971SuperLead]

@19440212 YES!!!! Who musical piece is this????

[DemiathDoomhammer]

@1971SuperLead it's Johann Sebastian Bach, "Toccata and Fugue"

[1971SuperLead]

@DemiathDoomhammer Thank you!



[icampos89]

Meh, nothing special. Keep at it though, it takes time.

[shannoboy]

drooling............. hehehe

[MrOu812huh]

Thanks for the insite. I like to fact you can combine techniques thanks for the help.

[Danoford]

Very nice...would you like to share your recipe for your homemade magic white.

What tool are you using for the waterlines...looks like a utility knife??

Joy of Painting Rocks

[ronnietucker]

the waterlines are done with a Bob Ross style painting knife, same shape as he uses, but not his brand, so much cheaper.

I use a pea-sized amount of white paint with roughly the same amount again of Linseed oil. Mix them up to get a watery white paint and that will be enough to cover a sheet/canvas larger than A4. But spread it reeeeeeally thin!

[Banryu95]

One simple trick is to paint the canvas a solid color before you sketch or paint on it. White showing through where it isn't meant to is rarely desirable.

[Cre8iveSignWorks]

yes i agree!

[Banryu95]

Specifically, if you watch Bob Ross paint, almost every time he will have prepped the canvas with a coat of thin, wet paint (liquid white, liquid clear, etc) and with a large brush put some light colors down and many times he'll do the same for the bottom half. Also, not to nit pick, but Bob Ross's style (which is a wet method modeled from Bill Alexander's style) requires no outlining at all.

[ronnietucker]

I did start with a sketch, but that's just my way of starting, and my canvas was then coated with a homemade liquid white.

My way of painting isn't 100% Bob, but it's closely based on Bob's style with the blending, clouds and reflections. I never do trees, or buildings, the Bob way.

[ronnietucker]

There's no white showing through. What you see as white, is white oil paint, not the white of the canvas.

[Banryu95]

To vindicate my first comment, what the white is from (canvas or paint) doesn't matter. There is white in the trees that are otherwise in full color.

There are several things (all of which you have said yourself) that are not Bob Ross' style. Bob Ross' style was very useful, but it's also very specific. Any single season contains 95% of the techniques he uses.

That being said, your painting is more of a Ross-Inspired painting. You are skilled and obviously you have passion. I commend that.

[ronnietucker]

Thanks. You are right in saying that it's more Ross inspired than styled, inspired is probably a better way of putting it.

[Death82]

nice job...keep it up