Bob Ross said he made over 30,000 paintings in his lifetime . If he did n’t betray them , where did his army of glad clouds go ? We ’ll let Bob explain :
“ One of the question that I get word over and over and over is , ‘ What do we do with all these painting we do on telecasting ? ’ Most of these paintings are donate to PBS station across the land . They auction them off , and they make a happy buck with ‘ em . So if you ’d like to have one , get in touch with your PBS station , make … we give them to stations all over the country to help them out with their fundraiser . ”
If that ’s true , Ross believably donated around 1,200 house painting . Ross shot 403 episode ofJoy of Paintingand made three copies of each painting per instalment .
The first copy always veil off screen , and Ross referred to it while the cameras rolled ( none of his on - air paintings were spontaneous ) . Ross paint a third transcript when filming finished . This prison term , an supporter would put up behind him and click photos of each brushstroke . These pictures went into Ross ’ “ How to ” books .
As for the 28,800 painting Ross made outside of television ?
We have only a faint theme . Some Ross actually sold . Before becoming a tv set star , Ross was an Air Force Master - Sergeant in Alaska . There , he paint and trade gold pans . later on on , Ross taught lessons year - round , and he on a regular basis gave detached paintings to his students . Sometimes Ross kept his paintings , eventually donate them to charity . A pair of his spell even found their way of life onto the bootleg market : duringJoy of Painting ’s second time of year , a burglar stole 13 reference painting from Ross ’ van .
Do you own a Ross archetype ? How ’d you get your hands on it ?
[ Note : Reader Kelli taper us to theBob Ross Art Workshop and Galleryin New Smyrna Beach , Florida , which hosts a collection of his house painting . Thanks , Kelli ! ]
