Artist on Instagram: "Every stroke begins with a whisper of white against deep, calm blue, and within minutes a mountain rises from nothing. Bob Ross moves like he’s in quiet conversation with the canvas, coaxing peaks and valleys to life with gentle confidence. The brush doesn’t just paint, it breathes. The year was 1983 when The Joy of Painting first aired, turning Ross’s slow, soothing art lessons into a worldwide ritual of calm. For over a decade, he showed millions that anyone could paint i

Artist on Instagram: "The drawing begins with a simple face, but the moment he adds wings and a small bird perched above the forehead, the drawing turns into something alive. It looks less like a sketch and more like a thought unfolding in real time. The scene comes from a 1956 filming session for Le Mystère Picasso, where the artist worked behind a transparent surface so the camera could watch every stroke from the opposite side. In this part of the footage, he transforms a human face into a fi