JonJon
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There's nothing wrong with Bob Ross. I think he's a good thing, and if he encourages people to have a go at painting and develop their own style then I think he's a great thing.
He did his paintings according to a well-practised formula and it's true that he didn't get paid for them. He didn't seek any payment as he saw them as a way of promoting his range of artists materials. There are thousands of them stored in a warehouse somewhere, supposedly worth millions of dollars, though I think it's doubtful that they are actually worth that much. They're pleasant and fairly decorative, but that's about as far as it goes. I suppose you could say that Bob Ross was to art what Herb Alpert and his Tijuana Brass were to music.
He did his paintings according to a well-practised formula and it's true that he didn't get paid for them. He didn't seek any payment as he saw them as a way of promoting his range of artists materials. There are thousands of them stored in a warehouse somewhere, supposedly worth millions of dollars, though I think it's doubtful that they are actually worth that much. They're pleasant and fairly decorative, but that's about as far as it goes. I suppose you could say that Bob Ross was to art what Herb Alpert and his Tijuana Brass were to music.