I Forced Artists To Follow A Bob Ross Tutorial

In this video I forced artists to follow a bob ross tutorial.
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‪@SailorSketches‬
‪@MonitorComics‬
‪@PromotusAnimations‬
‪@camandoh‬
‪@patanpotan‬
0:00 following the tutorial
8:24 revealing our paintings

[@Tarika916]

A traditional artist being faster than a digital artist is honestly impressive

[@georgiykireev9678]

To be fair, these are physical techniques, trying to follow them digitally is just really inconvenient

[@Tarika916]

@@georgiykireev9678 True tho

[@brandonsteele2826]

And Bob Ross would also do each painting three times, so you might be seeing his third take after he's got it down.

[@omargoodman2999]

It would be possible to make a painting that resembles Bob's style on a digital medium just as fast, if not *faster.* *BUT...* and that's a big but, I cannot lie, it would require an _entirely_ different set of techniques to pull it off. You wouldn't try to copy Bob's technique, because those were developed to take advantage of the physical properties of wet and semi-wet paint on a canvas. Rather, you'd need to put together techniques that take advantage of the digital tools available in the program you use. Things like exploiting the properties of blending, stretching and distortion, and various effects that can take advantage of the nature of how pictures are displayed on a monitor using really only three colors.

[@EvRight9768]

personally i think its easier to do traditional because you dont have all those settings for the brushes and all, just a swipe of a brush and u alr have a mixed colour (but there are cons and pros for both )

[@petermatis6083]

Let's be honest, Bob would be proud of all of them.

[@PhoenixFireG5683]

Abso-freakin'-lutely

[@daebi37]

Fact

[@graveyardoperations7407]

It would've been such a thrill to see Bob with all these Art KZbinrs these days. It would have been delightful TV.

[@fernandotrevinocastro1018]

Bob didn't want people to become painters, or sell our paintings, or show them somewhere, or be good, or even do better. He just wanted us painting. So yes, he's proud.

[@kitkatpadywak7609]

100% wouldve made him the happiest dude in the world

[@bluesapphire170]

To be fair, even for someone who draws traditionally, bob ross worked ridiculously fast. I’d say you guys did really well despite the limitations, People tend to forget it’s actually easier to blend colours traditionally without switching tools.

[@christophhofland8890]

Yeah, Bob was a master of his style before he ever got his show, and even then he repeated paintings multiple times before his filmed take. I would also say he has a innate talent in understanding 3d space. that's what your struggling against if you try to follow him with traditional methods, with his medium and colors. Digital it really is a whole different ball game. I do watercolors and digital but I cant do both on the same day or my head starts to ache because they are just so different.

[@Aerowind]

To be fair, the method itself is also super fast. It's not really analogous to normal drawing/painting. You can learn how to paint like Bob Ross a lot more easily than more traditional methods.

[@taqresu5865]

It also depends on the medium of paint and canvas. For example, I've used mediums like watercolor, acrylic, and egg tempra. Sll of which have different properties and techniques. Apparently Bob Ross uses oil paint, a medium I don't have experience in.

[@maxmustermann-zx9yq]

he's not working fast so the audience can follow, but physical painting is way faster then digital cause you can easily create multiple complex lines/textures by using different stroke techniques, how much paint you use, blending, amount of paint, using something else then a brush (like a sponge)

[@AwwesomeVal]

It's cuz he paints it 4 times before he goes live to ensure he can do it in the TV time slot. This is time number 5 in a row of doing the painting for Bob Ross.

[@s0me_Weirdo]

THE ONE USING MS PAINTTTT 😭😭

[@realdragon]

He doesn't fuck around, he took the challenge

[@sycho-tech5104]

I kinda agree with them about it two. I mean it’s Ugly as sin, but in a weirdly interesting way that almost makes it beautiful.

[@therebelfrogy9287]

That's when you know he's the real deal

[@Hana-gd1vr]

@@sycho-tech5104it started out genuinely as squiggles but the longer it went on the more i began seeing the vision

[@sycho-tech5104]

@@Hana-gd1vr right, your first reaction to it is just’that’s horribly ugly’ but if you keep looking at it…

[@retorotaku]

My Mum can’t watch a Bob Ross tutorial because she can’t handle it when he adds massive splodges everywhere, she keeps thinking he’s going to ruin the paining XD

[@wild.berryz]

my mom says things like that when i draw i’ll circle things to explain the piece or try doing effects while she watches i draw digitally so i just press undo or draw on a different layer but it stresses her out no matter how many times i explain

[@Hype_Incarnate]

Your mom is twitch chat. The amount of times I've seen "RUINED!" and "saved" 😂

[@TwistedSynn]

then he turns that splodge of paint into something Amazing, it's why I love watching him, no mistakes just happy little accidents, you can splash random paint on his canvas and he'll turn it into something. Making it look like it's meant to be there.

[@3to4characters]

I hate that kinda line of thought

[@SeohnAranys]

​@@Hype_Incarnate Its because those people have not reached the enlightenment levels where they understand that the only mistake in life, is when one gives up or learns nothing from it. What's sad is some never realize they are questioning a painter as if he did something wrong, a painter I might add, that literally teaches the very concept of embracing perceived mistakes and turning them into something better. This is why you ignore hypocrites or people who have no idea what they are talking about, and who don't listen to experts. An expert is an expert for a reason and if you tell them they made a mistake only to be proven wrong later, it is because you aren't the expert and don't know as much about it as you believe yourself to know, or simply never explored the idea. When that happens, that's when its best to speak less and listen more. You might be good at something, but apparently, there's room for you to grow if you can't recover from a perceived mistake or make it in to something even better.

[@itzmehDevi]

The one who drew with a mouse..that is a style that is beautiful and yet i have not seen before

[@eri-chanteenau18]

They all were draw8ng with a mouse

[@itzmehDevi]

@@eri-chanteenau18 oh- no way.. that's sick and made it even more impressive.. . Either way I meant the one who drew lines looking like a glitch at first

[@filipinosonicfan]

@@itzmehDevi Microsoft paint?

[@itzmehDevi]

@@filipinosonicfan yeah that one

[@nevenevada6041]

@@eri-chanteenau18 There were some with a tablet and a cellphone

[@Unknown2Yoo]

Shows the importance of the right equipment and optimization! He's got all his paints picked, all the brushes and knives out, and clear space for mixing colors. He's only fast because he's efficient 😁

[@Rathdrgnknight]

I mean I tried following him once using traditional methods (paint on canvas) and there was no way I could keep up even though I set up all the colors and tools before hand. The man wasn't JUST efficient, he was genuinely a master of his craft.

[@Unknown2Yoo]

@@Rathdrgnknight Yes, I shouldn't have used the qualifier "only", he's clearly skilled and wasn't intended to imply he wasn't.

[@loganshaw4527]

I think the slowest thing he did was mixing the paint, everything else was extreme speed with no quality lost.

[@emberguard5009]

It's almost always faster to do your own stuff if you know what you want the final product to look like than it is to copy someone else.

[@Razgriz85]

He was a military drill sgt, so that explains why.

[@IceTeea_09]

bob ross: *swishes* "and there you have a tree"

[@MnemonicHack]

swishes again "And now we have a mountain range"

[@ThisSetter]

swishes again "and there's our ocean"

[@Dokja_.]

swishes again "And now our sky"

[@_Revengist]

swishes again "There's a cozy cottage"

[@hdgrim7662]

*swishes again* "And now we have our happy little painting"

[@nicolaspeigne1429]

What always amazes me about Bob Ross painting technique is how quickly and out of nowhere things just appear on the canvas. And then 2 seconds later and it looks twice as good already

[@fatkidwithfudge]

It's a big single colored blob at 1st. You blink and that blob is now 3 detailed mountains and a goat.

[@zoey2262]

a good way to get this fast is to time yourself, give yourself like 5-20 minutes per drawing or painting. i think a lot of digital artists focus too much about things being perfect, when the best pieces of art have many flaws, they just work with it

[@plucas1]

Be aware that Bob used to often do at least THREE of each individual painting--one pre-show to make sure he could do it within 20 minutes to fit the format of the show, one on camera, and one afterward that he would be more careful with if the first two didn't turn out, for glamour shots used in stills at the beginning and end of the show. And this was after he'd done 10,000+ similar natural landscape paintings over his career in the wet-on-wet style. He was super skilled and super fast and made it seem natural, but that was only after he practiced and worked like crazy to get that good. No one should feel bad for not keeping up with him who doesn't have similar experience to him.

[@Valentino-RJ]

I wanna steal Bob Ross’s hair. No explanation

[@redmadness265]

I got the shovels

[@JustAnAverageToast]

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[@Nintendo3dsXLlol]

I got the water

[@darks_gene707]

I got the scissors

[@L0lb1tt0]

I want his art skills and personality

[@71tofu]

I think the advice with Bob's tutorial is "Watch it over and over, pause it whenever you need, and then watch the parts you need help with again." This is the kind of guy who would smile after you succeed, give you a pat on the shoulder if it's not the same as his and call it beautiful because he just wants you to improve and get better and enjoy the process of making art. This is just something he did as a hobby because he loves it, and he wants people to love it too. Every canvas painted is a success, and I know even now he'd be the first person to agree with that. Just sitting down to paint something is a success. Dude is the definition of a wholesome man trying to let others experience his hobby.

[@Bubbly_Dragon]

In fact, he would praise you if it didn't look the same as his, since that was one of his big points he liked to talk about on his show! Each episode is there to give you an idea of what to do and how to do it, and you're supposed to use that to create whatever you want to make, regardless of how close it is to his example!

[@peachenelle]

Bob Ross being a calm, tranquil source of edutainment, and then this video having me on the edge of my seat can't look away while the artists are all trying to keep up 😭 You all did amazing, it is truly a chaotic feat to accomplish.

[@perrymeril]

Did you know he was once a drill sergeant?

[@MacDaniboi]

What I love most about this is that despite them following the same tutorial and trying to mimic the original, none of them look the same and they all have their own individual style to them.

[@DocNo27]

Exactly how Bob would have liked it!

[@Avlicc]

I love how the last guy (red monster) was silent during the whole process + was the one to sent the most impressive one😆 (The other ones are very good as well but I just found that funny)

[@nighthawk3305]

Artist locked in

[@Erity]

Bro was locked in 😂

[@davidurban7346]

Yeah if they just shut the fuck up. They could have done a better job. Being loud = views in their dumbass minds.

[@Hello_I_Have_Appeared_]

Fr, the entire time I was wondering if they/he would speak lol

[@clausstudioproduction]

bob: "and that without a single ctrl+z"

[@kokaomf]

Bob "There is no mistakes, just happy little accidents" Ross.

[@Robertscorner1]

People don't realize how fast Bob Ross paints until they try to follow a tutorial. He completes a 18 x 24 painting in under 25 minutes.

[@themelancholyofgay3543]

Bob paints like a speedpaint video💀💀💀

[@iamgoat5863]

The more canvass he makes, the faster he gets. Plus him being focused calm and happy painting He's a speedster for sure. If he was able to get his hands on those digital ones I know he be smoking everyone going 10x than his normal 4x hand painting.

[@HittingBandy]

I love how Bob Ross is giving these asmr levels of wholesome tips and commentary, and just at the side he's speedrunning a whole ass painting like nothing. Also if I recall, there were multiple instances where he'd pump out several paintings/episodes in a single day.

[@parhelionhalo]

I remember reading a comment years ago that he paints 3 works per episode. 1 for planning, 1 for the display, and 1 for when he's recording. Im too lazy to do research but its not unbelievable given of how fast he works.

[@orbweaverx]

Now I just want a speedrunner but they guide you through the whole thing like Bob Ross

[@Rathdrgnknight]

My husband and I (tried to) follow one of his tutorials and we kept needing to pause for like 10 minutes to catch up to him. I was yelling at the screen and getting mad because how the HELL does he do that SO FAST.

[@glenmartin7978]

wet on wet is the only way he is so fast and good at what he paints

[@Rathdrgnknight]

@glenmartin7978 no but we TRIED THAT and still couldn't keep up.

[@SilvaDreams]

It's called talent and practice. You were slow because you tried it once and completely lacked the learned skills. He had decades of experience under his belt.

[@grqfes]

@@SilvaDreams and im only assuming but he probably did a test run or 2 or 3

[@anzullic]

I like how the video is just "go" and the pure panic of "he's too fast" sets in :D The paintings turned out great too!

[@AddieArtPerson]

I think most of the problems were just caused by using a different medium lol

[@robbieaulia6462]

Exactly, the advantages of digital art is extra detail and precision, not speed.

[@chronosclaimsall]

@@robbieaulia6462 You can get speed from digital art too, just depends on what you're trying to accomplish

[@realdragon]

@@robbieaulia6462 And ctrl+z

[@gabrote42]

Even commenters using canvas still can't follow that speed. Dude was just a master

[@leadpaintchips9461]

Not so much. Not a whole lot of people using oil paints who are unfamiliar with the technique that Bob Ross used are able to keep up with him. That specific style of wet on wet needed the canvas to be primed in a liquid coat of white paint and a unique style of palette knife, that he learned from (and dedicated his first two seasons to) his mentor. He had a _lot_ of practice using that specific technique.

[@Geminias]

Allegedly, before each video, bob ross would do 3 or 4 warm up paintings. By the time he did the show... he was just cruising through those strokes.

[@SwiKeyMTC]

You are sort of correct, he would do one as practice then he'd do the second one for the video, but then after that he would do a third one, simply to give away.

[@SwiKeyMTC]

You can find all the info in a KZbin video published by The New York Times called "Where Are All the Bob Ross Paintings? We Found Them." Great video, definitely recommend the watch.

[@lostpupper2632]

i do love the "oh god he's so fast" when (having grown up watching these on tv) this was him being slow because he was explaining what he was doing or Teaching Mode lol

[@thejestor9378]

Yeah he had two other paintings, a development one and a display one that he would apparently paint up for each episode as well.. this is him on the recording painting where he is going slow. I don’t want to know how fast he can paint when he isn’t slowing down.

[@LivinYungEntmnt]

Everyone needs a little Bob Ross so they can learn the basics. He really teaches you how to make stuff look good in a time efficient manner.

[@r4z0rv1n3]

Given that he's painting in a traditional medium with completely different tools at that speed, I'm impressed that some of you were able to have at least similar-looking pictures.

[@gabriellemicozperez3370]

as a pen user , this vid is too advance for me , im getting intimidated by both skynix’s friends and bob ross at the same time 😅

[@davidrodriguz4232]

i would love to see more of this. my art teacher back when i was in high school had the whole art class follow one of Bob's videos each of us using different mediums that we preferred, the whole class was yelling at the screen that he was going too fast, and our teacher kept telling us it was ok and to keep powering through it and there was no pausing the video. at the end our art teacher told us all the only thing that was slowing us down ourselves because we to cynical on ourselves and our own work and sometimes you just need to let go or just worry less and not nitpick every little thing. all and all everyone's art works came out amazing.

[@PeptalksWithNicr]

"I can keep up with Bob Ross" *looks away for 2 seconds* WHERE DID THE MOUNTAINS COME FROM!?

[@SailorSketches]

Hehe this was so fun to do!!! ❤❤

[@skynixart]

it was stressful

[@nathankeboku4792]

Fr

[@Charuchii]

The weird thing about doing a bob ross tutorial is if you try to follow it and take some of his advise, it always ends up looking decent, no matter how much you mess around. Its the power of happy little accidents

[@Harleymations]

Bob ROSS??? SKYNIX,BRO WE NEED MORE TURTORIALS FROM YOU!!!

[@ethanthamouse6695]

I think they forgot bob ross said “there are no mistakes just happy little accidents” like in some of his videos he would jus add something he felt like a tree or something but he emphasized that you don’t have to follow it to the letter if you want one tree or two or ten …..he’ll if you want zero trees you can add them it’s your world

[@kouly58]

That red guy. Dude's first words in entire video: 8:50 What a chad.

[@EagerAlligator-xh3wj]

"Six artists struggle and panic to do something that they have been doing for years and are professionals of"

[@NatalieBobbitt-lh5mp]

Did you know that if you took all of Bob Ross's paintings and line them up properly they create one giant photo going up the river stream surrounding the mountain ranges in every single one of his photos

[@IceMaverick13]

But he also did tons of paintings of swamps, beaches, oceans, and plains? How do those factor into a collage of following a river around a mountain? That sounds like a case of cherry-picking paintings to make a nice themed set.

[@l0sts0ul89]

​@@IceMaverick13 Super Environment created by aleins

[@MikoyCreator]

🤯

[@SomeNormalArtist]

This was super fun to watch. Can't wait for the next video!

[@keithpierce5686]

"Hes too fast" Bob Ross: you should watch my tutorial on how to git gud

[@forgettableotaku]

The Microsoft paint XD

[@bitterbunn1831]

to be fair, physical techniques required specific brushes that not everyone has with the desired configuration for blending color and blending into the canvas

[@SekiBegins]

Looks like you had a good time, Very enjoyable montage of artists completely loosing it over a tutorial 👍

[@thomasparkin259]

I like that for most folks Ross is relaxing and soothing whereas for artists it's like they're a C tier Dragonball character trying to a watch a fight too fast to see.

[@milleniumadam8643]

its quite hard to replicate the accidents that you can do with physical tools like the textured scraping as something digital without preparing the digital brush for it. And if its wrong, you can make the slightest changes physically very fast only if you continue adding little by little. With oil paint its hard to remove what you add. so if you mess up, your entire canvas is gone. But digitally you can mess it up and then delete layers.

[@RePorpoised]

Yeah, bob ross is about leaning into any imperfections to make something in one go. Digital struggles with that, your tools don’t offer the same level of granular control, but as you said, give infinite ability to correct mistakes.

[@charlesatanasio]

The crazy thing? Ross predates CGI. This is 100% pure skill from him.

[@sarawitrodchompu3576]

even the modern technologies can't handle the might of the ancient arts

[@gabrote42]

Four commenters tried to do it on canvas and also failed. It was Bob's skill, not just the medium

[@sarawitrodchompu3576]

ancient arts@@gabrote42

[@Razgriz85]

Imagine doing this back in the day where you couldn't pause, or rewind the video, and you had to wait for the episode to rerun if you didn't finish your piece the first time.

[@fiddleriddlediddlediddle]

Bob Ross intention: Relax Bob Ross reality: Panic

[@MALEMization]

There is ONE THING these guys cannot do: BEAT THE DEVIL OUT OF THEIR BRUSHES!

[@luisB_OG]

Y'all drew awesome paintings! 💪💪😤

[@ChuckFinelyForever]

Bob’s power comes from his hair

[@1L1KEP0TAT0ES]

😔I feel bad for the hairless artists, how will they ever experience the power of bob

[@Skeletonarchmage]

Bob Ross is a legend of art no one can convince me otherwise

[@alrun1836]

If Bob’s watching from heaven he’d be proud of all of you. And probably impressed at how you all did that on a computer.

[@MrReaperHand]

It really goes to show how digital art can be fast in some aspects, but since technique of how a tool is used is lost under MANY settings as you can't just replicate those special techniques while digital art as fast as a pro does with traditional layering art. I watched Bob Ross for YEARS on the boob tube. Learnt some art skills from him, but since he was an oil and pastel artist I did pencil work because my dad did cartoons. I am not that good, but I can mimic art that has hard lines almost perfectly free hand.

[@fluffybunnyfelix]

It's not girl bossing, it's bob rossing 💅

[@cyruslupercal9493]

It's so much easier to pain like that, because you have instant control. You don't have to constantly change brush/tool settings.

[@bruh10246]

Idk man, I think that's just bob ross maxing out his conventional painting skill

[@conkle7955]

You guys did great keeping up with him and putting your own spin on his artwork. Never thought a video involving Bob Ross could be so chaotic and hilarious.

[@DXDragon38]

This was actually incredible! Some great works you guys put out!

[@NoVideolnput]

"is this ASMR" cmon Bob Ross invented ASMR! Also, I think it would awesome doing something like this while only being able to hear the instructions would be awesome!

[@gmsp123]

I won't lie. They didn't do it like Bob's painting, but they each made something just as good looking in the end with their limitations.

[@sirius1701a1]

Before each video recording, he would draw the painting he wanted to draw several times until he could almost draw it with his eyes closed, and then he would officially start recording. This is why he can draw so fast.

[@camandoh]

hey i was in this

[@luisB_OG]

Your painting was sick! 💪💪🔥🤔

[@DrahaNezhosh]

I loved this, so many different kinda of painting and style! that was so COOl!

[@yukichan177]

looool this is why ppl who say that artists copy from eachother like AI are wrong completely.. cuz video clearly shows different artists drawing the same thing resulting in different arts completly :D

[@RePorpoised]

Yeah it takes a lot more effort to replicate than to o your own thing but in an attempt to make similar

[@krunken_isok]

i love how most of them are using a decent digital drawing app, while someone else is using Ms Paint

[@MaxwellCatAlphonk]

The random cures in this episode were not being capable with keeping up with the tutorial

[@Outsider_07]

0:42 "Is that cloud enough...?" I'm dead 😂

[@near--zero]

Bob ross was too pure for this world. A true legend

[@morrius0757]

Bob Ross mastered the art of speed painting.

[@Sarril101]

One word, three letters - art. Really nice vid, I quite liked all of the drawings that came out of this and they were made so freaking quickly, well done everyone ^^

[@joligamerpro2184]

Oo well would you look at them, such a little artist we got here, love all those paintings, all with their different styles, methods. Such great art❤

[@LaughingCrowStudio]

All my teachers in Art School pohpoh'd Bob Ross and I never understood why until I found his videos on Twitch years later. So helpful! Art school not so much. A lot of my artist friends say the same thing: Bob teaches you how to paint from the ground up. Literally anyone can do this. [Convincing people to try? That's the hard part!] The guys doing the digital versions do really good jobs- it's probably the medium, as other people have said. A lot of the texture his painting gets is from the palette knives and his brushes- duplicating that by hand, big shout out to those artists! Each of them gets their own unique piece, and that's what Bob tries to teach. It's yours, made with soul [ and okay stress!] not a copycat of his. Most people don't know but Bob painted three versions of each picture: one for the how-too books, one to practice and one live on Tv. So he has a leg up on these guys, he's done this before. :P

[@Jesters-Jinx]

This made me smile, laugh, cry, and think. I now have a whole new appreciation for Bob Ross and artists.

[@Ammothief41]

til bob ross is an absolute monster of a painter.

[@MrGhosta5]

Bob painted every painting 3 times. One for the intro, one while filming the episode, and one for his patron. He was notorious for stressing his producers as he would work up until the last second. Bob's patron still owns all of his paintings and has no intention of ever selling them. Some things Bob did to speed up his paintings was that he prepared his canvas and palette before filming. He also used multiple of the same brushes and would work from light to dark to reduce how much he had to wash brushes.

[@SofSof.]

I actually love all of them xD I would hang any of them on my wall. The one made in MS Paint is so cool, probably my favorite

[@Bladeofwar94]

That's the craziest thing about following a bob ross video. The art you make just turns out good somehow XD

[@JunkPhubeta]

Despite the stress you guys went through, you guys did a great job. I would totally watch a series of you guys just painting with Bob Ross.

[@StarNeverDoes]

Some of these came out really good! I wish I could draw like that

[@Basheequa]

This video is my introduction to your channel and it's great, would love to see more.

[@shadowswithin702]

You all did really good, Bob Would have loved those paintings.

[@mrcteddy20]

Not only is he efficient and has practiced doing painting thousands of times, he also has to do the painting in the 30 minutes given for each episode so that's why he can seem to be going fast.

[@eleventy7]

Yeah, it feels the speed painting was more out of necessity due to the show's time constraints. A few times he would say how he wished he could do hour long shows. With video tapes being a recent thing, at the time, it was probably hoped that people would record, replay, and follow along with episodes at a pace that was comfortable for them.

[@kannraorhara]

It feels like the video you guys found to paint by was sped up JUST slightly. I noticed it when he was just speaking in the beginning where his sentences seemed to be more- choppy almost..? That definitely wouldn't help in trying to keep up with him. Unless that was an editing choice on your part..? IDK.

[@leechowning2712]

It was the normal 27 minutes, you hear one of them ask near the end "has it been 27 minutes already", but they compressed it by about half. I would really enjoy seeing it at full time, but I know not every channel wants to load near half hour videos.

[@capnsmashem1554]

Bob Ross is a consummate Master Painter. Analog trumps digital every time. Digital artists: "WHERES THE HOGS HAIR BRUSH SETTING?!!!!"

[@luisB_OG]

This is so chaotic but in a fun way!! 😅😅😂😂

[@robertruiz98]

I always used to feel like I was a little slow in the head but the fact that I used to keep up with these paintings this video is giving me some self-confidence back

[@Red-Clover_]

This is pog content need more 😮

[@aaronrattley8580]

This is the most stressful anything Bob Ross related have ever been, dear lord 😭

[@NorthzYT]

Bob Ross is the GOAT, not gonna deny it but he does do several attempts at each painting to get the speed and technique down.

[@elymationgg7706]

great work my dude great work

[@mr.huzzah3019]

I have to say...ya'll did a lot better than I expected. Bob Ross is SUPREME! Huzzah!

[@an3582]

This was an excellent video idea. I would watch hours of this.

[@TheForhekset]

They did really good jobs making paintings as fast as the master.

[@fiddleriddlediddlediddle]

I've completed Bob Ross paint-alongs before and hearing these artists panic about being left behind or painting with the "wrong" color or in the "wrong" spot or even worrying about layers... They're worrying too much.

[@leechowning2712]

You can tell new folks... but looking at what they got from a single video, I would really love to see them do this a few more times. He was always such a great teacher.

[@webkarma9654]

Monitor’s painting style in this video reminds me greatly of my Dad’s drawing style, very sketch-like

[@dddoodles]

What kind of FOOL even attempts to use layers while following bob. This video was great!

[@Bundalaba]

Proof he makes it LOOK easy . Truly a master during his time .

[@chiefawesomeness]

I love the reactions of the difficulty spike from mountains > trees 😂

[@angelcat8886]

Loved this sm I used to sit down with my parents and watch bob ross it was great rip bob 🕊

[@honorwolf1617]

This is a joy to watch

[@nb6792]

I love the last one! from skynix. i would hang that on my wall... the style makes me think cubism and impressionism had a baby

[@Twoswordsdrizzt]

The trees kind of threw everyone for a loop, but your mountains were amazing 👏