Every year when I have at least 12 paintings I make a calendar. I realize many people do one a week at least, but work schedule, looking for a picture to paint and my tendency to overthink the painting are the culprits
Here is the the cover and the 2027 Calendar link
I got my start in art by watching Bob Ross on Channel 13 in NJ. There is an artistic streak in the family, My brother plays 10 instruments and my cousin was all in with painting and sculpting until drugs took him. I had not made any attempts until started watching Bob and started working as a programmer for the Metropolitan Museum of Art in NYC. We had employee art shows so my paintings have hung in the Met.
I was going to a costume pot luck and try to decide what to go as. On-line I saw a Bob Ross Costume being sold at Spirit of Halloween so I bought it. It included a wild wig and beard, a blue shirt, a a fake pallet with a large brush and a makeup kit. I decided to go as Zombie Bob Ross. . The fake paint pallet came with it and put pictures of crabby old tree, and a zombie squirrel. The shirt did not fit me, so I got and old white shirt and zombified it, I used the makeup on my face and hands but the wig and beard covered. Won prize for most artistic. Many people were unfamiliar with Bob Ross so thought I was a werewolf, and a few people were a bit taken aback by me. One person suggested a used toilet brush. The hair and beard could have used atrim
