The Red & Black is a 501c3 nonprofit. Please consider a one-time gift or become a monthly supporter. Cancel anytime. “We don't make mistakes, just happy little accidents,” Bob Ross. The new University ...

Like Bob Ross himself, Chip Jonczak doesn’t believe in mistakes but “happy little accidents,” which is why he became a CRI, or Certified Ross Instructor. Inspired by the calming and positive public TV ...

“Happy little clouds,” “happy little trees,” “happy little leaves.” The late American painter and beloved TV host Bob Ross had a unique and blissful way of teaching art. Ross’ how-to painting show, ...

Still from the first episode of ‘The Joy of Painting’ with Bob Ross (screenshot via YouTube) Today is a good day. Not just because it’s Friday, but because the very first episode of the very first ...

The last year and a half has been stressful, by almost any measure. And while his dulcet voice and invocation of “happy little trees” often is used as a punchline, it’s hard to deny that enjoying an ...

A happy little painting by the late, legendary artist and PBS host Bob Ross is scheduled to hit the auction block in Towson later this month. The painting, Lot 1218, depicts a cabin surrounded by a ...

There's a common misconception that in children's entertainment everything needs to be turned up to the extreme — the color, the characters, the action, it's often all so very loud. Subtle and slow ...

MISSION TOWNSHIP -- Each day when Larry Walton backed his car out of the pole barn, he’d see the oil painting that reminded him of his bush pilot days in Alaska. He bought it on a whim in 1980 from a ...