@@morgancalvi6675 Bill's authenticity comes out in his Almighty passion and in this way one can tell the difference between the Master and the grasshopper

@@morgancalvi6675 Bob Ross did pay tribute to Bill in some of his videos.

@@morgancalvi6675 who cares?!

@@indigozen4794 Agreed, I have heard it said, One is a Painter the other is an ARTIST!

We do !

You should share your work!

Good for you!! I totally support you senior...just like me!!!😊

Started painting at 40. So relaxing and makes great gifts!

Bill is very inspiring

Good luck happy to know that plz share your work .. would be so encouraging

Bob was already a traditional painter. He only took on this technique as a way to get other people into painting by convincing them it wasn’t difficult (which traditional painting is), but Bill didn’t really teach him to paint.

Gustavo Lovato they both would have done better if they had more time.

Gustavo Lovato you are correct. Bill was born to be an artist and began his artistic career very early in his life. If you see his older work you will see that he was a classical artist. His focus on his television show was to inspire people to pick up a brush. It was never about showing people what a great artist he was. He knew what he could do but that is not what it was about.

I've learned a lot from both. Both were great and are missed.

@@seeburgm100a I'd like you to post them so we can see them,...

Bill taught Bob THIS technique that he used to bring more people into the world of painting, but Bob was already a traditional painter. However, the wet on wet technique was something he could use to fit into a short TV show time frame. His paintings were likely more realistic since Bob was painting a countless amount of paintings for the show. For every episode you saw, he painted each one three times. 1 to use as a reference painting that was off-camera during the show, 1 was the painting he would paint during filming, and another he’d paint step by step for photographs to put in his instructional books. This doesn’t even count all the paintings he was doing for classes and demonstrations. He literally painted until he couldn’t anymore. In fact the only season he truly freestyled was Season 2 because his reference paintings for that season were stolen.

You can get a sort of grayish color when mixing complimentary colors

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rachel newport making things too perfect? You’re out of your mind. His paintings weren’t ever perfect, he barely ever went over what he did to “perfect” them. He just did them well so it looked perfect.

Bill wasnt as good as bob

highachie my tale Bill was better than Bob in this style, but the misconception is that he taught Bob to paint. He only taught Bob the wet on wet technique; Bob already knew how to paint. He only wanted to learn this style from Bill as a means of bringing more people into the world of painting by convincing them it wasn’t as difficult as the masses thought.

Didn't like Bob?

Thank you!

Many of the shows you see here were never released on PBS therefore they don’t have an “episode number and title. I agree that it would be good to organize them and we are working on that. Playlists by category makes more sense them but doing it chronologically. Bill’s shows didn’t build one episode to the next. He was spontaneous and painted many different subject matters.

No, Bob Ross never took the credit. He was clear on that and even had Bill Alexander on the show. Bob was hired by PBS, but he used that technique, but quite a few times on his show explained that Bill Alexander taught him this wonder technique of wet on wet. Go back and watch Bob's shows and you'll hear him. They're both wonderful artists.

Mike Ivy you’re kidding, right? Bill was the one that took credit for inventing wet on wet you imbecile. Bill got jealous Bob had his own successful show. Stop spreading false information.

@c1rcu1tn3rd why? He was an idiot, you need to re read it. Bob never took credit, he even mentioned Bill and thanked him in a season 2 episode. Bill WAS THE ONE claiming he invented wet on wet, he said it himself.

I really would recommend you do it in oil as you'll have more fluidity and time to play around with the motions and movements before adding in the details and allowing it to freeze as you leave it to dry. Acrylic will start to dry up at the most interesting but early steps of the painting and you'll find yourself frustrated trying to get things to shift positions and blend together in other areas.

@@soulfullyone1233 That was a year ago and the acrylics worked out ok.

@@davidpambianchi1 Yea but oils work out great! With this technique anyway I've found, but if acrylic also works great for you, than my goodness happy days for everyone! haha

Bill was Bob’s teacher. Bill was first.

@@AAlexanderArt Thanks for the clarification! 🙂

Did you know that Bob was a student of Bill?

I quite like his explanations and talking, interesting man with an interesting attention to the perspective of his surroundings. Sad he isn't still with us but I'm sure he would get a right chuckle out of your replies here haha. Take care of yourself, one love.