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u/jdd90 3d ago
No mistakes just happy little accidents
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u/Ninja_Wrangler 3d ago
Every time Bob Ross whips out the putty knife to put the snow on the mountain
Me: "Don't do it, Bob. It's too risky"
Me 2 seconds later: "That crazy sonofabitch, he pulled it off"
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u/dobster1029 3d ago
I just had a Bob Ross paint-along with friends and we did a mountain scene. He pulled out that knife and we all went
But we all pulled it off!
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u/ReliableChoom 3d ago
I have been known to mess things up in one stroke before
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u/AnAnoyingNinja 3d ago
Of a pen... right?
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u/-Pedromania- 3d ago
Anyone else notice the paint seem to slide/ stretch across?
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u/Serpico____ 3d ago
Would be awesome if this is real. Majority opinion in my head says it's fake af because of that little paint ripple at the end.
edit: maybe it's just the material moving, though?
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u/sad_boizz 3d ago
“A thin paint will stick to a thick paint. Let the canvas take what it wants.” -Bob Ross
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u/GGerrik 3d ago
From my Bob Ross days this looks real to me.
Not sure of the specifics but he's painting on canvas which can flex.
From the tool he's using to paint, I expect this is that textured paint that feels/looks like spackle. What I think is happening here is he's going over a raised edge in the painting making it easy to "edge highlight" with this single stroke across the raised edges.
It's more 3D than 2D.
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u/theneZenMaster 2d ago
I would guess the material is moving, since canvas is more like fabric than paper and is pretty tough.
But I also think the way this was painted allowed him to do this. The tips of the waves are probably built up with extra paint so they stick out further than the other areas. Which allows him to just take a broad stroke to cast the spray across the entire area.
IF that's the case and it isn't just a fake, then it's very impressive that he was able to set it all up for that, and then pulled it off seamlessly.
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u/Holiday-Rest2931 3d ago
The little blob of paint on the blade doesn’t move the entire time. It should deform if the blade is making contact as it shows. There’s a part where there should be obvious deformation as white goes down under it and it just doesn’t move at all.
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u/DrKrieger0_0 3d ago
This is what I think whenever I do my eyeliner flawlessly on one eye and start the other eye
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u/Miserable-Brain- 3d ago
No way. Anytime I see anything like this I just assume it is cgi. Maybe this is the best compliment to the artist
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u/Forya_Cam 3d ago
I think there's already raised layers of paint where the waves are and when he drags the white paint across it catches on the wave tips.
Not tryna take away from it, it's still incredibly skillful and a cool technique.
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u/OkCry5073 3d ago edited 3d ago
Yup! Common, old technique. You can see Bob Ross was taught this technique as well, especially with the snowy mountain scenes
Definitely not something this artist invented though. Cool to watch but it's not really anything new to seascape painting.
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u/HellsSnack 2d ago
The painting looks like it has a lot of texture, it’s called impasto. It’s basically 3D, so when he moves the pallet knife thing he’s using across it, the paint is only touching the raised bits, perfectly highlighting the waves.
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u/MrBones-Necromancer 3d ago
Tbh, it doesn't really look like that one stroke made a lot of difference. Painting was already pretty much like that.
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u/Samira827 3d ago
If it's acrylic and the paint underneath is dry, he could just wipe it with water and try again. But if it's oil, good luck.
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u/flashtone 2d ago
its likely oil and raised. so you just slide the paint across the raised spot and get the result.
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u/HellsSnack 2d ago
If it’s oil, he could wait for it to dry before adding this part to be safe! I don’t know if he did do that but that would be the smart option lmao
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u/EkiPaints 2d ago
If it's oil and the lower layers have cured/dried, you just wipe it off with some medium, no biggie.
With alla prima (wet on wet) things are a bit harder, but that's not alla prima.
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u/SomeDudeist 2d ago
I wanted the sound to be the sound of waves receding timed with the paint stroke lol
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u/Captain_Roastbeef 3d ago
Impressive. I’m over here like wanna see my stockman drawing. I almost got the head right this time.
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u/Sefalosha 2d ago
Its just so crazy how the white paint goes to their spots perfectly for a realtic look. Idk if its carved in and the white paint hust filled in the cracks but to do that with one stroke is just so beau
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