/ic/ - Artwork/Critique

>>1691891

>>1636262
Artistic genius shows up on a canvas. Maybe he had some sort of genius as a therapist, but not as an artist.

>>1579340
I'm sure even Bob himself would admit he's no match for the great landscape painters. Don't get me wrong, I love Bob. He introduced a lot of people to painting, and made it fun. That's nothing to scoff at. But his work will never be seen be displayed in a museum as a masterpiece.

Here's a painting by Asher Brown Durand, a member of the Hudson River School. Just look at the immense amount of meticulous detail. This is not someone who is merely fluttering a fan brush across a canvas. And note the colors. This is a much more subdued, much more natural palette. The brights and the saturated colored are saved for key areas to make certain parts of the composition pop. The works of Bob Ross and the other slapdash artists (as well as Kinkade, who I hate to mention along with Ross just because he was such a prick) are really quite garish. Ever seen what a high schooler does to their digital photography? They pump the saturation through the roof because MOAR COLOR = MOAR GOOD. These landscapes are the painterly equivalent of that. They lack the subtle play of light and shadow and the nuanced palette of a master.