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WHY PAINTING?

If a person is going to paint, they will paint. Whether they are good may be relative as well as irrelevant. —stephen

Walking to where?

20250619- Been painting at a much slower rate now. My motivation has been interrupted for some reason. If I need to come up with a reason it could be my lack of professional training. Meaning, I either need to take some art lessons at the nearby junior college, or make time to watch some more videos online, of which there are many.

Currently, some friends have asked me to do a commission and I accepted. I visited their home at their request and got some background details on why they wanted a painting. Seems a location in their house has special meaning, and they wished it captured for posterity in the later years to remind them of an era. It is a great idea.

—Stephen

PAINTING - Bob Ross

Ever know someone or of someone that you either listen to on the radio, or watch on TV?

Well, I do. His name is Bob Ross. Most everybody has heard of him. Some of you probably watched his show on PBS, ‘The Joy of Painting’. I started painting with him using my iPhone, my easel, and his paints, and brushes. He is famous for his 2” brush. There’s even a website called https://www.twoinchbrush.com/ out there. You definitely need to check it out by clicking on the link. You will see a lot of my paintings there. I say ‘my paintings’ because Bob says in his videos to paint them, and sell them or whatever. He was a great artist and a great man. He still lives on for me whenever I get stuck and don’t know how to proceed, I go and find one of his paintings and follow his video and get back into it. I strongly suggest, if you want to get into oil painting, start looking at some of his videos.

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