Best of the Joy of Painting

I purchased this book shortly after taking a class in painting the Bob Ross way. The book offers a good explanation of his techniques, and contains many pictures with detailed instructions for painting. The instructions are clear, and easy to follow. It is obvious that many of his painting follow the same general theme, but once you learn the techniques it would be easy to branch out and do your own painting. Having this book means that for the most part you do not need any of the others in the series. I am not an artist, but I found that I get great pleasure from being able to create a painting of my own that looks good.Note: You must be willing to invest some money into buying the Bob Ross brand of paints and brushes to make this technique work well. Also, you need to finish the work in one sitting or it becomes difficult to make the paints do the same thing on a dry surface.

Came promptly, brand new and in great condition. But I wish the step-by-step instructions were in color. they're all black and white except for the painting that Bob Ross did that you're going to do.

Every Bob Ross book is great and this is no different. Bought this as a gift for my mom and she loves it, great little book

Bob Ross is old hat for me; I used to watch him on TV when I was a child. My nephew is eager to learn to paint and this filled the bill for him at the time. Now he's into more advanced stuff.

Excellent book in most ways! Sixty of Bob Ross's paintings and instructions on how you can duplicate them. Plus a helpful introduction, (as Bob calls it) on what you need and some of the techinques used throughout. There is one problem though...and it is, relatively speaking, a huge one. You see, obviously, painting is a VISUAL art...and Bob, whose "Joy of Painting' series was a huge sucess, (and, in fact, became a 'cottage industry' for him..painting supplies, brushes, palette knives and so forth) is a very visual teacher. And the this book and (I'd be willing to place a sizable wager on this) any other of his books, (and there are quite a few) cannot possibly protray precisly HOW Bob does it...(and in his shows, made it look staggeringly easy. He made us belive, and I mean really, really belive, that any klutz could turn out a wonderful painting, just like he did. Can you? I'm not sure. I am a well known klutz with absolutly no artistic talent in my body. Not Bob Ross at all. I am really leaning toward trying this myself...Regardless of my comments, this is a wonderful book, with equally wonderful paintings illustrated. Yes, at least one other reviewer pointed out, the 'how-to'photos are all in black and white, and yeah, it sure would be helpful if they were also in color...(the way the photos of the paintings are) but that is actually a small thing. If you are a Bob Ross fan, and it is very hard not to be, this book is well worth obtaining...Watching a few episodes of this show on YouTube will answer most questions the commentary leaves...

This book has the most beautiful paintings in it that I have ever seen.I am a beginner painter (painting for 4 months) and there are enough instructions for me to follow to complete a painting. I just completed one of the paintings in this book and it came out beautiful.This book gives me inspiration to also create my own paintings. I have really appreciated the information in the intoduction. There were some things, as a begining painter, that I did not know.I use all of the Bob Ross brushes and palate knives and in his instructions he tells you which one he used to create the effect he is painting.I plan on purchasing more of the Bob Ross books in the future. Right now, I have enough inspiration to create many many more lovely paintings.We have a local County Fair and Peach Days Celebrations here in So. Utah. I plan on entering my paintings is our local competition.

Was a gift for my husband who has been watching NobElWas a gift for my husband who has been watching Bob Ross on PBS forquite a while. There's actual pictures with detailed instructions on how topaint it yourself. He's very happy with it. This is a beginner level.Will purchase the other ones when he gets this down! Nice new hobbywhile being stuck indoors. Got it on the 24th, ordered the 23rd. Thank you Amazon!

I love the Bob Ross series. He was just the best teacher ever. His instructions and helpful hints are wonderful. I have only learned to oil paint from his books and DVDs. He was so supportive, funny, and inspiring. I have almost all of his books and DVDs. I am so sorry the world lost him at such a young age. He definitely brought and still brings joy to all those who immerse into his world of happy little clouds and trees. I think he deserves 10 stars.

And before long, Ross!

Excellent book, perfect companion to the fantastic shows! Step by step instructions and pictures and full colour full page pictures of each of the 50 plus paintings covered.

Tolles Geschenk für Fans von Bob Ross!

Excelente

Very instructive. However, I would have preferred if all the explanatory pictures where also in colour rather than black and white. For this reason I will now only purchase de DVDs.