The Joy of Painting With Bob Ross

Name: The Joy of Painting With Bob Ross
Genre: Documentary, Family
Released: 2025-12-17T15:21:23Z

1983–1994 31 seasons 408 episodes ~30 min/ep

IMDb 8.5 61 votes PBS

Documentary
Family

Overview

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.