Bob Ross’ legacy lives on in new ‘The Pleasure of Portray’ collection
A brand new technology can discover ways to paint blissful timber and to make blissful accidents with a TV collection instructing the Bob Ross -method of portray utilizing among the prolific artist’s work which have by no means been seen earlier than.
Earlier than Ross died in 1995 from most cancers, he had accomplished seven work to make use of in season 32 of “The Pleasure of Portray.”
“He was so sick, however he was nonetheless engaged on his subsequent collection as a result of he wished to have the ability to maintain going,” mentioned Joan Kowalski, President of Bob Ross, Inc. Her mother and father, Annette and Walt Kowalski, co-founded the corporate with Ross.
These works have been saved away for nearly three many years. Licensed Bob Ross teacher Nicholas Hankins has studied these seven work and paints them from scratch on digital camera in “The Pleasure of Portray with Nicholas Hankins: Bob Ross’ Unfinished Season,” which began airing this spring in some markets on American Public Tv. Some episodes can be found on PBS’ web site.
The chance to “take these work and do what Bob finally wished achieved with them, (to) have them out on the earth making folks blissful is gratifying” mentioned Hankins just lately over Zoom. He teaches on the Bob Ross Artwork Workshop and Gallery about 15 miles from Daytona Seaside, Florida, and oversees teacher certification. Hankins additionally makes use of six of his personal work on this new “Pleasure of Portray,” which was filmed and produced at WDSC-TV Daytona State Faculty.
“I feel that Bob could be extremely happy with how we’re doing this,” mentioned Kowalski. “There aren’t actually many issues that come our approach the place we’ve to marvel, what ought to we do? Bob was very particular in how he wished this entire factor to enter the longer term.”
Hankins is a well-known face to Ross devotees. His personal instructing movies posted to the Bob Ross YouTube channel drew upwards of 300,000 views earlier than the concept of TV was ever talked about.
Kowalski is fascinated by the web response to Hankin’s movies. “Folks discover that Nick is by no means making an attempt to be Bob, and he is delivering naturally as himself and but there’s nonetheless that very same kind of feeling you get watching Bob.”
A surge of curiosity in all issues Bob Ross got here out of the pandemic, when folks have been staying residence and in search of methods to cross time. Now, with so many distractions, it could actually look like there aren’t sufficient hours in a day to unwind and relaxation. If viewers do not tune in for a portray lesson, Hankins hopes his 30-minute “Pleasure of Portray” episodes helps folks to calm down in the identical spirit because the originals.
“I hope I can carry that a part of the legacy on,” he mentioned. “I need to genuinely create an setting the place persons are going to come back in, take half an hour and simply flip off the world. Proper now could be a time we’d like it.”
Kowalski says folks used to sheepishly inform Ross “on a regular basis” that they’d go to sleep to his episodes, however he did not thoughts. “He mentioned, ‘I really like listening to that you simply’ve by no means watched a full episode of me.’”
If you wish to paint alongside, Hankins mentioned you want primary supplies like oil colours, an easel, canvas, and brushes. “But when they’re simply watching all they want is a tall glass of iced tea. ”That was Bob’s factor,” he mentioned, “get some iced tea and relax and watch.”
