waaaaaaay back in the day, there was a t.v. show called, "john nagy: learn to draw." the idea was, you'd tune in to his half hour show not being able to draw anything except flies (get it? draw flies?) and by the end of the show, you'd be rembrandt. or at least john nagy.
well, once again, i am not feeling well (i need to donate my immune system to science. why not? i don't seem to be using it anyway.....) and once again, i find myself flat on my back on the couch, channel surfing. (sidebar here: i can't draw and i can't surf, but i can channel surf. we all have our talents.)
so, anyway, i am channel surfing and i come across a guy with a HUGE afro and his shirt tucked into his dad jeans and he's gearing up to paint a picture. i lift my finger from the "next channel" button to get a second look. is that john nagy????
no. it's not. it's bob ross. whoever bob ross is.
so, anyway, i toss the remote on the coffee table and settle in to see what Big Fro Bob is gonna paint.
it. was. a. ma. zing., people. A. MA. ZING.
in about twenty minutes time, he painted a complete picture, worthy of hanging. 20 minutes! how can you paint a complete picture, worthy of hanging, in 20 minutes? or even not worthy of hanging?????
what he painted was a winter scene, or as we in the trade call it, "landscape." it freaked me out how fast and how well he did this. it was like, ba-da-bing, ba-da-boom, here's your gorgeous winter day in the woods. done.
the whole thing blew my mind but i think the part i liked best was how he painted pine trees. i wish i could explain his technique, but i can't. basically though, visualize him saying to the painting, "pine trees......appear!" and they did. it was that magical.
now, bob ross's painting taste doesn't happen to suit my taste, but his talent is unmistakable. and i sure never knew that painters could paint that fast.
now, if he would just paint a picture of me getting well..........
fast.
