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you just need the right tools (sh.itjust.works)

submitted 8 months ago by monkjerry@sh.itjust.works to c/comicstrips@lemmy.world

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[–] Eccitaze@yiffit.net 2 points 8 months ago (2 children)

Not to take away from your point, but Bob Ross had a few episodes where he deliberately restricted himself to only using a single tool for that week's painting--as I recall, he used a palette knife exclusively in one episode, and a two-inch flat brush in another. (That said, it also reinforces your point a bit because there's a HUGE difference between an artist's 2-inch brush and the two-inch brush you buy from the hardware store, and you're going to struggle massively if you try to follow along with Bob using a regular brush.)

[–] agamemnonymous@sh.itjust.works 6 points 8 months ago

Yes, and those paintings were distinctive and different. If you tried to follow one of his more detailed paintings with only a palette knife, or one of his mountain scenes with just a fan and a filbert, you won't get very close. That's why it's important to have the right tool(s) for the right job, and how better to find out than asking a talented professional?

[–] nilloc@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Didn’t Bob use a hardware store brush sometimes?

That said Bob was really the prototypical technique guy that this comment is poking fun at.

[–] Eccitaze@yiffit.net 3 points 8 months ago

If he did, I don't remember watching that episode. IIRC a big part of Ross's technique took advantage of the way the fibers on the brush spread when pressed head-on into the canvas, and hardware store brushes just can't replicate that.