She is fantastic

He used the best products. That is why he painted so beautifully.

aww! thats heart breaking!

Yes, Bill #1, Diane #2 and Bob #3 (in my humble opinion)

@@cr8244 1. Bill 2. Diane 3. Buck 4. Lowell 5. Bob 6. Steve (Bob's son) in my opinion

Tom Anderson is an excellent teacher as well. He studied Bill’s work more than anyone we know.

Love the camaraderie among these artists. There are some that I've never heard of, but will take the time to search them out. The others I'm just learning about, except for Bob, but they all are great very talented. I am amazed at their great artistic abilities. Worthy, very noteworthy, to be recognized as the instructors that they are. ❤❤❤🎨😃

​@@AAlexanderArti think the best and the most serious person.we need nore lessons from mr Anderson

I'm confused, Bill taught Bob. Bob began his shows before Bill. Bob later had Bill on his own show. Then I guess there was a falling away which was unfortunate. Bob had Diane on his show in 1984 two years before she hooked up w Bill and did shows with him like these in 1986-87, I know she liked both. She is much more shy and unpolished yet on Bob's show, although good business lady, she did more than held her own. by the time she was w Alexander she knew she was good, the hair do's and styles and perhaps her private studio's proved that too her.

@A E you dont know what ur talking about. First off, alot of Bills shows were aired in an outside setting(as in fumes couldnt build up) also oil paints by their own nature have many toxins in them, but with anything the dose makes the poison. As in dont sit there and breathe in cadmium yellow fumes directly from the tube! With this being said many things can be attributed to any individual artist. Bob said himself that he never thought he'd live to an old age, as he was a very heavy cigarette smoker. Same for most people of that time, because there was no knowledge of the adverse effects associated with it. Furthermore, what about Buck Paulson and Lowell Speers they both are very much alive and close to 90 years old! And im sure they had the same amount of contact with those "fumes" you ignorantly speak about. As they too were on Bill's show. Also Buck still paints! So what does that say about those "fumes" you speak of? Oil painting has been around for centuries and will continue to be around for the foreseeable future, and as such with anything in life establishing the proper safety habits is key in enjoying oil painting to its fullest potential as well as staying healthy while doing so.

Diane died in 2008 from Cancer, this video is from Bill's show in the late 1970's early 1980's.

I agree. She was one of the best teachers ever.

Beverly Bollhorst. Good question.

Yes his products are still available at alexanderart.com. Follow the link that says Buy Art Supplies.

Morgan Calvi what was her illness mate

Morgan Calvi 😞

@@morgancalvi6675 Believe it or not she made these videos in 1986. She fell ill in 1990 and never fully recovered. Cancer ultimately took her life in 2008

@@Khashenzo Guillain Barre Syndrome

Diane’s shows that we produced, never aired on TV.

except her two guest appearances on the “Art of William Alexander” in 1986

@@swirlingabyss but I'm still gonna paint.

@@swirlingabyss That's possibly true since it's recently been linked to cancer.

Isn't that the damn truth

swirlingabyss omg your right I don’t believe mineral spirits were available back then you just blew my mind

@@morgancalvi6675 It's still producing a gas, you just can't smell it. There is no difference.

Cute ;)

@@barbaraandre-vanlith8 It was a great spectacle to behold-an emotional rollercoaster. I saw the drama as it unfolded. You were basking in the warmth of the community on Bill's video, when someone casually mentioned a video on Bob's channel. I knew I was about to witness history then, as you naively ventured into the uncivilized territory of the unwashed masses who desperately hope Bob's voice can somehow ease the crushing pain of modern life. I had every one of Diane's videos on a separate tab. I must have clicked refresh a thousand times on each one, and then-at long last-I saw that the inevitable had happened. I like to imagine it was a Ron Burgundy moment-someone reading out loud as if from a teleprompter, without awareness of what profane horrors were being unleashed.

rogue waves

@@swirlingabyss disagree. I've noticed that Bill stands the paint up on the canvas more, which is leading to highlights and shadows that vary in the light of the room.

They both were great artists and neither of them invented the wet in wet technique.

@@swirlingabyss Alexander's a better painter than Ross.

@@richiejourney1840 right, but Bill invented to prime the canvas with a liquid white paint and he invented the shape of the palette knife. Both things are very important for this style of painting. He did a lot!

He never said that in fact in one episode he thanked bill for showing him this technique dunno where ur getting that idea from

Oh, you poor thing. 🤦