We probably all know and most likely love Bob’s son Steve. Bob Ross mentioned Steve several times during ‘The Joy Of Painting’, talking about how his son makes a pretty penny selling his masterpieces.
Steve quickly became a fan favorite during the Twitch livestream and on Tumblr because of his double entendres, such as “pound it into the brush real good”, “it can be dirty, it doesn’t have to be clean.
From this obituary it is also known that Steve became a Bob Ross-certified instructor, but after checking lists of practicing instructors it appears that he is no longer teaching people to paint.
One of Bob’s oldest friends however stated on his private Facebook page that Steven was still painting the last time they have spoken, but this was around 10 years ago now.
After several years without as much as a single peep (or tweet, whatever you prefer) Steve Ross decided to step back into the limelight! While he did not start his own painting television show like many fans have hoped, he is back painting in public.
Steve has teamed up with his father’s old friend Dana Jeser to hold a workshop on the wet-on-wet technique Bob Ross popularized.