What is "unknown life" such as Bob Roth's soldier era and birth of secret story that blew out in the "Bob's painting classroom"?

Bob Roth, who hosted a television program "Bob's Painting Classroom" that draws beautiful landscape paintings that can be mistaken for photographs in just half an hour with the name Zelif, "There is no failure, everything is a pleasant accident" Mr. Bob was known as a person who does not reveal his own private character much. Episodes from Bob's childhood to adolescence, and through the era of being a soldier until the legendary painting became a YouTube channel "Today I Found Out"The movie is summarized.

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Painter Bob Ross was awarded many fans when it was broadcast in the 1980's and broadcasted in satellite broadcasting in Japan as well.


However, little is known about Bob's detailed details. It may also be because Bob received little interview.


Bob said that he answered, "I never refused to ask for an interview, I just had little voice."


But on the other hand, Bob himself also chose to "live hidden". In some cases, for example, the American public broadcaster PBS TV which had been broadcasting "The Joy of Painting" of Bob sometimes lost knowledge of Bob's whereabouts and eventually from Bob himself Sometimes it was not possible to contact until the phone came "I moved to Orlando."


Attitudes that emphasize privacy, interviews and crying Bob 's response, etc. As for the details of Bob' s life, there are a lot of unseen parts that seems to have been "mist".


It is a book written about Bob himself "Happy Clouds, Happy Trees: The Bob Ross PhenomenonEven the same thing can be said. At the end of the book, the author says, "This book is meant to understand Mr. Bob Ross and his life.If the objective was to describe Bob Ross's biography in detail, that goal is very realized It was difficult, "he wrote the content that will blur what he could not step into detail.


This is the same now even when Bob passed away, "Bob Ross Inc.", which he founded, has still remained a very strict attitude on intellectual property and his privacy.


The only content approved at the moment about Bob's lifetime is the documentary program "Bob Ross: The Happy Painter" produced by PBS TV. This program, apply for a paid program of PBS TV,DVDIt is a state that you can see by purchasing.


Also, although Bob had several close friends, it also introduces an episode that nobody wanted to tell the details in consideration of the privacy that Bob valued.


"Today I Found Out" looks back on Bob's lifetime based on the gathered information. Bob was born in 1942 in Daytona, Florida (Daytona Beach) as a carpenters father · Jack and Waitress · Mother · Olly child. My parents divorced afterwards, and Bob remarried each other partner in his teens.


Bob, childhood, said he liked to care for injured animals. My parents were surprised, but he seems to have gradually become accustomed to situations where there is a crocodile in the bathtub in the house, and armadillo in Bob's room.


Bob leaves school to help his father's carpenter's work at ninth grade (junior high school third grader). And while doing carpentry work, Bob lost his forefinger in the accident. In "Bob's painting classroom", that part is not seen so much with the palette which is on the left hand.


At the age of 18, Bob joined the Air Force and decided to live in Alaska. But he said he did not talk much about this time. The reason was that you had to become a ruthless person by being in the Air Force.


Looking back at the time, Bob says that he was "a guy who would police outdoor toilets by others, make me make my own bed, yell at the reason for being late for the meeting".


Bob in the Air Force era is reminiscent of the atmosphere which is the opposite of the atmosphere shown in the program, but in the Air Force era Bob calls the reputation "a guy that presses hard work as it is crushed," from his subordinates "Bust It was said that it was called 'em up Bobby'.


While enrolled in the Air Force for twenty years, Bob has refined the style of confidence with the influence of the art classes at the time. It was said that he was fortunate to be aware that he himself was "ordinary".


Abstract painting was the mainstream in the world of painting at the time, so naturalist painters like Bob were supposed to be non mainstream. Bob was trying to teach the situation at the time "they are" what they look like a tree ", but I did not tell you" how to draw a tree "."


After that Bob gets inspiration by watching the painting classroom program "The Magic of Oil Painting" that was being broadcast on PBS TV. This program is a painter from Germany, Bill Alexander, who draws a landscape painting in oil painting in the frame of the 30 minute program. This techniqueArapuraIt is called a style that draws a picture quickly by overlapping different colors one after another before the oil paint dries.


The state of the actual program is left behind. From the way the camera draws and draws the background with a large brush on a white canvas, from the way to draw the expression of the mountain facial expressions, after washing the brush, it dries as "banging butterfly", although it is already the origin of Bob It seems to be said that it is safe content. In fact, Mr. Alexander's program was aired on PBS from 1974 to 1982, but Bob's program began in 1983 to inherit it afterwards.

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Bob, who was "influenced" by Mr. Alexander, followed that style even on his own program that began later, but Mr. Alexander showed a strong discomfort to the content.


Bob, which absorbed Mr. Alexander's style, is a great success by selling works depicting Alaska mountains and forest landscapes in beautiful gilded plates while belonging to the Air Force.


Bob will become famous locally and will do activities such as teaching pictures to children and elderly people while selling paintings. Moreover, Bob who succeeded by opening a painting classroom and so on decided to quit the air force which he belonged for over 20 years here.


Bob will return to his native Florida and ask Mr. Alexander to ask for teaching about the details of the Araprima technique. Mr. Alexander who had a television program seems to have taught Bob a pleasant "wet-on-wet" technique technique using idle time, but at that time still Bob will take his place It would not have been an idea.


When such a relationship continued for several months, Bob offered a work as a lecturer around the province from Alexander's company "Alexander Magic Art Supply Company."


As I continue with that work, Bob gets popularity with famous lines such as its soft tone, technique of painting, familiar "There is no failure, everything is a fun accident". Mr. Annet · Kowalsky, a woman who met there, changed Bob's life significantly.


Mr. Kowalski is totally fascinated by Bob's style and while going to the classroom, "If you can" package "the experience of painting with Bob, you can build a wealth" It will have to have.


As a result of discussion between Mr. Kowalsky and her husband, Bob decided to quit Mr. Alexander's company and launched her own company and chose to start a painting classroom business.


Mr. Kowalsky does not have any doubt about the success of the business, and will support Bob's business by introducing personal property. The loss issued in the first year has reached 20,000 dollars (now equivalent to 45,000 dollars: about 5 million yen).


At this time Bob began his Afro Hair which became his trademark. The reason was "I go to the hairdresser once a week for the television that lasts for months and I do not have to pay 5 dollars." Bob continued Afro until later years, but in reality it was disgusted by the style at the end.


The exact path to "going to have a TV program" because Bob made "Afro with 5 dollars" is still a mystery, but for the episode that has attracted the attention of PBS TV, there are two Conflicting things exist.


One is that the images of commercials taken for Mr. Alexander, a former teacher, remained in the eyes of PBS TV leaders. And the other is that Mr. Kowalski photographed the scenery of Bob's classroom and sold it to PBS TV.


It seems that theory seems to be correct, but what Bob has always been doing is "what should we do if people can not be ignored so much", the so-called "Steve MartinIt was a successful method called "method".


When I was in the first shoot, Bob said he tried to speak to the person behind it, not towards the camera. By doing so, he seems to have aimed at giving the impression that he / she receives private lessons of painting.


An amazingly plain set also helped to impress Bob. Originally the aim was that "the set was not to disturb the picture", but as a result everything was supplemented.


Also, it seems that there was inconspicuous commitment in how to choose costumes. The reason was that it was to prevent the program from being identified by which clothing she wears, but in conclusion Bob's costume has always settled in a style of casual shirt for jeans. Also, it seems that contrivance was made to prevent reflection of light by lightly sanding the pallet before shooting.


On Bob's official website, "The program was made without rehearsals" has been published, but since the color of the paint to be used at that time is actually specified, in fact there was actually certain content that was determined to a certain extent It is also seen.


Also, 3 pictures were drawn in one program. The first piece was drawn in advance and is for reference at the time of actual shooting. The second piece is used in the program, the third piece is drawn with a still photographer inserted after shooting. This is to shoot pictures for the time of publishing the painting collection later.


Amazingly, Bob did not receive the galleries obtained from the TV program appearance, he said that he was donating to PBS TV, which is public broadcasting. Also, with the exception of one exception, works drawn in the program were not sold, they were all donated to each place free of charge.


Instead, Bob has been very successful at selling painting supplies with his name. It seems that most thousands of paintings drawn throughout his life were used for charity and auctions for donation.


Also, he did not like his own paintings being displayed on art museums and the like. As for the reason, "Many of the painters want to have their peers know their name, but I said that I did not need it anymore because I accomplished it on television a long time ago" That's right.



Bob, who had taken care of privacy, did not notify other than family members and close friends that it was affected by lymphoma. Bob said he drew a picture until 1995 when he was 52 years old and continued to record the program. It seems that Bob Ross, Televison Artist is engraved only on a simple tombstone where Bob sleeps now.