Photoshop Tutorial - Bob Ross The Joy of Painting
January 21st, 2008
I loved a TV program “The Joy of Painting” hosted by an American painter Bob Ross
During the show, He painted landscapes very easily. (Actually, It’s very difficult…)
I really wanted to draw like him…
Then finally, I found a Bob’s Brush for Photoshop!
You can download Bob’s Brush from here. (You have to register first.)
Did you install the brush? Let’s enjoy paintings!!
This tutorial will show you how to draw landscape like Bob Ross with Photoshop.

Step1. Background
Use Gradient tool Vertically with from #5c7c91 to #789db7.

Step2. Cloud
A Cloud Brush makes you easily draw realistic cloud.

Step3. Mountain
White color is put on the black mountain shape. it makes it up the snow.

Step4. Forest
You can use “Forest” brush. That’s really easy to draw the forest like this. After you draw the forest, then duplicate the layer and rotate. It seems to reflect to water.

Step5. Big Tree
The large tree is drawn right. The leaf is expressed applying the highlight.

Step6. Bush
The bush is drawn with bush brush in many layer repeatedly.

Step7.
The larger tree is drawn on left. Finish!!

It’s took me about 30 minutes.
You can download the sample Photoshop file for this tutorial by clicking the button below. Joy of Painting!


February 20th, 2008 at 9:09 am
That’s very impressive!
If you’d like to learn how to paint like Bob Ross for real then I’ve collected together some information on official courses being run in the UK.
For any other information please email:
teachbobross@gmail.com
Thanks and happy painting!
February 28th, 2008 at 12:20 am
this is awesome, i love bob ross! I just made the landscape and i love it. The brushes are so much fun, now i’m going to recreate tons of landscapes.
March 5th, 2008 at 11:46 am
But if you’re using brushes then you are essentially not creating the image yourself.
I enjoy digital painting a great deal, I believe using a prefabricated brush is no where near as difficult or as creative as coming up with your own. To see what I mean, check this site out
http://www.gardenhose.com/pdf/painting_forests.pdf
June 9th, 2008 at 6:48 am
So is there any way … or can anyone do it for me … to convert these brushes to PSP7 format?