The Joy of Painting (series)
- User score: 8.3
- Production country: United States of America
- Creator: Bob Ross
- Production companies: WIPB, Bob Ross Inc.
- Genre: Family, Documentary
- Release date: 1/11/1983
- Release date of last episode: 5/17/1994
- Series status: Ended
- Seasons count: 31 ( List of episodes )
- Episodes count: 403
- Run time: 30, 25, 27, 28 min.
Series description
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.
