Celebrate Bob Ross’ Birthday with Twitch TV’s Marathon
Twitch TV is launching a creative section and to celebrate they are featuring a marathon of “The Joy of Painting” with Bob Ross starting Thursday, October 29. It started today at 2 pm PST and will last for 9 days. That’s 403 episodes of happy trees, footy little hills, and a charming little cabin or two.
Robert Norman “Bob” Ross was an American painter, art instructor, and television host. He was best known as the creator and host of The Joy of Painting, a television program that aired on PBS in the United States, Canada, and Europe. Thursday would have been Ross’ 73rd birthday. The artist died in 1995 of lymphoma.
Twitch.tv asks if you create a painting of your own along with Bob Ross then please tweet out your creation to @twitchcreates and share with other Bob Ross fans. So get your smock, brushes, and canvas ready and head on over to watch Bob Ross’ Joy of Painting Marathon on Twitch
And if you want to know some little-known facts about Bob Ross, head over to mentalfloss.com for 5 (Happy Little) Things You Didn’t Know About Bob Ross. Just as an example, he didn’t like the fro! But we did, and we miss him.
