Bob Ross video response

What are some "moves" you see in these videos?

• creating the illusion of a lake and reflection
• using a sharp edge of a brush to create trees
• not defining the shapes of trees that were far away
• using different tools to create mountains (scraper/knife, brush)
• blending in new paint with old background paint
• using a fan brush
• creating a sharp edge with the paint on the fan brush
• taking perspective into account when painting

How do these artists (Bob Ross and the Disney painters) describe what they’re doing?  What do the artists refer to while they describe their work?  What do they talk about?  What do they direct our attention towards? 

• they describe how the viewer will see what they are painting. Bob Ross talks about how some of the branches on the evergreen are pointing towards us, and some pointing away. Therefore, he did not need to draw in every branch
• they refer to the small brush strokes by explaining the nature of the paint and the brush on the canvas
• they also refer to the overall picture by taking steps back every now and then to say "see? doesn't that really look like an evergreen?" or "a reflection?"
• they talk a lot about how hard or soft they push the brushes onto the canvas and how much paint they put on the brush
• they talk about why they do what they do. for example, why they do not define the farther away trees or why it does not matter yet what the inside of the mountain looks like
• they talk about what essence of the scene they are trying to capture- the light on each tree branch, or the intricate detail of the bark

How would you characterize each artist's style, and what impact does their style have on you (a viewer/audience member)?  How have these artists chosen to portray their subject matter?

• I would characterize Bob Ross' style are caring more about the overall image at the end and how the illusions play out, rather than caring about every tiny detail in the picture
• I would characterize one of the disney painters as being abstract because he used more geometrical shapes than small brush strokes to capture the tree
• I would characterize another disney artist as being extremely detail oriented because his main concern was capturing the grooves in the bark of the tree, and showing how much the tree had been through
• I would characterize the last disney artist as focusing on the texture of the tree because he used paint that captures the depth of it