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I posted a set of 12 new Bob Ross Landscape Brushes on Ebay. They are hard to find, and I am excited to be able to offer them. They are on sale for $20 off and free shipping. Good deal, good product and honest seller...can not get much better than that.

Well have you though about a Mother's Day gift. Instead of just the same old gifts of flowers and candy. Give your mom a gift that permits her to find her creative side. The Bob Ross Basic paint set is a great gift idea.

Have you ever wondered how to get a pattern traced on a dark fabric, canvas, wall etc. This transfer paper is just what you need. It is 12 inches wide and 12 feet long. It comes in a roll. You cut it to fit your canvas. You can use that one sheet many times over. The white transfer paper is from Saral Paper Company. I sell this in my ebay store. http://stores.shop.ebay.com/JOYS-OF-PAINTING-2 This is one of my new items. I also have the Saral Graphite paper. Both of these products are wonderful tools for artists or craft people. The Bob Ross

Whats better than watching Bob Ross Paint...Watching Bob paint as you follow along in your Bob Ross book. The Books Joy of Painting volumes 2 to 31 and DVDs Joy of Painting Series 2 to 31 are on sale in my Ebay Store. Joys of Painting 2. Check it out and save $14 on each set.

Start building your Bob Ross DVD Collection with this set of 10 one hour DVDs. That is 10 hours of instruction with Bob in the comfort of your home. This also makes a great gift. The DVDs are Peace Offerings of Summer, Winter Glory, Grandeur of Summer,Autumn Stream,Winter Harmony, Winter Nocturne,Seascape with Lighthouse,Times Past, Summer Reflections and Getting started with Bob Ross Painting. They are in a very nice Vinyl case. I have this in my DVD collection. I am a Bob Ross Instructor, so I use these in my classes.

The Bob Ross Joy of Painting Book 8 has 13 painting projects. Bob gives total step-by-step directions. This makes painting easy. I like the painting of the Northern Lights. All the paintings are beautiful and suitable for beginners to experts. Bob also post full color 8x10 photos of the 13 painting projects.This is an oil painting instructional manual. He has added many black & white step-by-step photos for each of the 13 painting projects. Go to my ebay store The Joys of Painting. You can also find info about the books and a list of books for at maxinewhiten.com

The Bob Ross DVD Joy of Painting series 8 is a set of 3 DVDs with 13 painting projects in all. This DVD is from the art instructional TV series The Joy of Painting with Bob Ross. This DVD set permits you to watch and paint along with Bob. ( Hey, slow down there Bob,,,I can not paint that in 30 minutes! ) Thank goodness you do not have to, you can pause Bob while you catch up. Maybe you just messed up that happy cloud and want to just start over. Go grab a new canvas, get the liquid white on it, and start the DVD over again. Save the boo boo canvas, paint it all the same shade store it as it dries (keep away from dust and pet hair)and you have a canvas ready for your next painting. It is sort of like having Bob in your living room teaching you to paint. But now you can control Bob, put him in ultra slow motion so that you can see how he painted that cloud. Watch him at your speed,,not Bob speed. I can not paint a painting in 30 minutes like Bob. So that is what I do I watch in slow motion so that I can study his brush strokes. You can learn so much more by just watching the brush strokes and also how he loads the paint onto the brush. Things you can catch in slow motion. I teach Bob Ross classes my students watch the 30 minute program on DVD of the project we are painting before we begin. This permits the students to see the master at work, and it helps them understand the steps it takes to achieve a finished painting. Maxine

The Joy of Painting Book 15 is one of my top sellers. It has two projects for oval paintings. An old barn that seems to fit with all of our memories. The snow and morning sun cast a lavender haze across the canvas on project 1 The Splendor of Winter. This is a great book for your Bob Ross Joy of Painting collection. It has mountains, a seascape,an old barn, several old cabins,snow and springtime all in one book. Remember the Bob Ross DVD 15 goes hand and hand with the book. You can watch Bob paint all the projects in the book. Have fun, life is short enjoy.

The Bob Ross Book Joy of Painting 5 has a little Indian girl as a painting project. As with everything it is made easy as you follow along step by step. The guest artist is Ferne Sirois. Ferne is of American Indian heritage, so the little girl is special to her. Ferne also creates artwork for Catalina Sportswear, Cal Sport and other fashion houses. Just wanted to let everyone know that sometimes Bob will surprise you by placing something different in one of his books. He has Guest Artist on the Joy of Painting sometimes ( or should I say he did have ). It is fun to paint this little girl. Bob Ross had fun with his painting, that is why the show is The Joy of Painting. Painting is a joyful activity. I think if we all painted there would be less stress, maybe the economy would improve. We would be home painting, not out spending money we do not have. Maybe we should all get together and plan a national painting day. We all stay home and paint, no shopping, no expensive lunch or dinner out. I do get carried away.

If you ever wanted to try palette knife painting Textured Treasures is a great place to start. Go to ebay and key in search words Textured Treasures. This book provides not only instructions, but full patterns also. There are patterns for 7 paintings. The instructional manual is by artist and teacher Bill Deloach. You could use any medium, but Bill uses Acrylic. The book is published by Sharon & Gayle Publications, INC.