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The Joy of Painting (1983–1994)

Bob Ross: The Joy of Painting

We don’t make mistakes, we just have happy accidents.

31 seasons403 episodes25 min per episode★ 9.3 · 7,227 votes

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The Joy of Painting was an American television show hosted by painter Bob Ross that taught its viewers techniques for landscape oil painting. Although Ross could complete a painting in half an hour, the intent of the show was not to teach viewers "speed painting". Rather, he intended for viewers to learn certain techniques within the time that the show was allotted. The show began on January 11, 1983, and lasted until May 17, 1994, a year before Ross' death.

First aired

January 11, 1983

Last episode

May 17, 1994

Network

PBS

Country of origin

United States