Lots of controversy around Bob Ross's paintings - but I find them to be educational is many ways.
I like using his wet on wet approach as the start of my paintings. While many argue that there is not enough detail in the Bob Ross approach, there is no reason why you can't add the detail after the basics of the picture are done.
His use of a palette knife has gotten my interest piqued to try that as well.
I decided that my photo of Lake Ponchartrain might be a good first try at using Bob Ross's methods. This is the photo I worked from:
This is the picture I completed in a very short time using the Bob Ross method.
But after reading the comments about the lack of details, I decided to add more to the painting. I think I overworked this one to some extent, and I lost that really nice blue color..... another learning experience.
I had much more success using Bob's technique for the background of a painting I then completed using regular painting techniques. I was quite pleased with how this one came out:
