Winter Snow after Bob Ross I started painting after watching Bob Ross produce one of his classics on TV in 2021. It was a rerun, but it sparked my creative juices. Having just retired, I felt it was time to rekindle my passion for a hobby that would challenge me and allow me to create something I hadn’t done in years: a painting. Bob worked extensively in oils, so I set out to gather the necessary tools—paints, solvents, liquin, and more. Much to my wife's chagrin, my first a

The tutorial and charcoal piece shown here are inspired by Skelton’s photographs and Wilson’s paintings, particularly those capturing the ferocious blizzard conditions they endured on the ice. Entitled Blizzard, this artwork is my tribute to those early pioneers of polar exploration.