Winter Woods

[@D.Antony]

I've seen people who were 'passionate' about their work before but Bill is off the chain. What a blessing.

[@copiedoffme]

What a guy! How can you not love this guy? 👍✅❤️

[@duchessstudioband7896]

Bill while alive was an original, one of a kind. He is missed greatly.

[@duchessstudioband7896]

He passed away in 1995

[@loislevandoski1246]

Bill, I’ve missed you! We would watch him every Saturday morning in the 1970’s and laugh right along with him and his mighty brush!

[@shine01120]

5:13 "Son of a gun is dead", I smiled.. when he pretends to slap the smile off with " Get the hell that smile off"... I almost spat my coffee across the room. Watching Bill can brighten up any day.

[@maryanngraham282]

Bill inspires me to paint whereas Bob puts me to sleep. Bill loves what he does and it shows. He makes painting exciting.

[@ondreacounts2556]

Such a powerful painting, it gives you the feeling of loneliness in it yet it's such a simple, easy painting. I love the way Bill Alexander creates, he will always be the best.

[@williamf.buckleyjr3227]

Until you start painting, you won't truly realize how SOOOO DIFFERENT Bill's technique is from Ross's.

[@pameciauknyga157]

I like it so much more!

[@Gmail.compey]

Different? Lol lol It's the same wet on wet

[@israelpadilla1452]

animosity developed between teacher and student after bob became popular.

[@ivorytower99]

Fabulous!~ When I was a child, William Alexander taught me how to paint, via PBS. I still have a W.A. pallet knife - must be 40 years old; that an a W.A. paint pallet.
His personality and demeanor - which is almost as over-the-top, makes me think of my former Master, Aldo Pistidda.
Thanks for the upload and this channel, which, I have recently subscribed!

[@robertrivett2691]

i bet hes still smiling, love this guy !!!! thanks for bringing bill back!!!! you know ive watched other people paint ,he is the greatist teacher ! love it

[@hughtempleton8640]

I just love watching Bill paint , he gets you fired up and ready to paint ❤ .

[@jonathanbywater2063]

This man is absolutely hilarious. Great entertainment and talented too!

[@Leo-xs8bv]

Wow again
So Nice To see him
Thank you again , I Hope wé will be able To see all the season...🙂

[@patman7421]

Thanks for posting these videos!

[@olgacingolani3295]

No entiendo idioma, pero lo que estas haciendo , es maravillarme, y mi espíritu un regocijo! Gracias!

[@darrylthurston4336]

I have learned so much from Bill.
Thank you for posting his videos.
He has made dealing with covid so much less painful

[@Macdaddy1981]

I love this man he was brilliant!! He knows we are hungry and that we want to learn his technique so badly and he holds no knowledge back from teaching us how to do it.

[@albino5995]

I am a simple man, I see big Bill and I click like 😊

[@saschasash]

Every time i look a video with Bill….i am starting to smile. 😊

[@leebrunell1032]

truly amazing talent and enthusiasm for his art. It would be a treat to have a live class with him where one could ask questions

[@ElizabethMartinez-ho1vr]

A beautiful painting done by a beautiful soul. Thank you for sharing🙂

[@sunflowerarts5]

I love you Bill the way you talk half of the motivation is there thanks a ton...

[@brunswicklord6365]

Just love the black canvas.

[@bunnybro5977]

Man,here I am struggling to hold onto the wonder I had as a young lad,and this man years older than me does it so effortlessly

[@ElizabethBattle]

So true!

[@thekidfromiowa]

It's almost minimalist but it does a good job of conveying the ambience. Still manages to be more beautiful than bleak.

[@mimigoodcat4950]

Bleak is a good descriptive for
this painting.

[@paulwoods3511]

As much as I admire Bob Ross he pales in comparison to this wonderful man. Bill was a true artist and I wish I had had the good fortune to have met him.

[@Fender178]

Thanks to both Bob and Bill there are canvases that can be purchased that are all ready black without needed to apply a water based paint/gesso/latex since they continued the tradition of using black canvases done by the classic artists such as Rembrandt. I have done some of my best work on Black canvases as well as canvases that have details all ready painted on via acrylic paint/gesso.

[@rikvermar7583]

love this guy, so full of joy

[@antoniomelendez3919]

I miss these times so much😞

[@mkivy]

Kudos to bill u were my favorite wet/wet on canvas. I live this medium! Miss u Bill...

[@jenniferdavis6115]

I've been watching him since my middle school years. I'm 49 years old now.

[@ElizabethBattle]

I am 48, and I watched him back in grade school! Bill was a part of our growing up.😊

[@christianecarson4321]

WOW!!! What was that... 3 colours and a black canvas to paint a magical misty scene? Breathtaking!!!!

[@xavierxerxes1968]

Such passion in Alexander. I love this guy more than Bob Ross.

[@barbaragallo7494]

Absolutely love him

[@bunnybro5977]

This guy and my 10th grade math teacher are probably the best teachers I've come across

[@Shurot777]

When this big child squashing his brush in to campus I always thinking "Is he really know to paint?"...
And on the end of the show I am sitting with open mouth... So biuteful it is!!

[@virginiafonsecacosta5499]

Vc é maravilhoso, adoro suas obras,grande Artista.estou encantada com seus métodos

[@randomunavailable]

This is the guy who inspired Bob Ross.

[@GayRocker81]

More than inspired... He actually taught Bob

[@child_of_God316]

Yeah and then he got jealous because bob ross started a tv show of his own and got really famous

[@Gmail.compey]

Really

[@alexanderburrs-president1435]

Exactamundo!

[@nathanwebster344]

You could tell it would be a great painting by the intro.

[@andrewlloyd4354]

What a fabulous painting

[@HADESGODESS]

you will live forever and always stay young master

[@michaelbarefield2531]

I watch him and Bob Ross one thing for sure I fall asleep just by listening speak.

[@madelynolivier3469]

Awesome work!!! Thank you!

[@TheNorma1952]

Very nice, and easy.

[@olgacingolani3295]

Pinto y aprendo con vos !!! Gracias!

[@PaulPerryArgentina]

simply amazing!

[@williamconcepcion4635]

Very nice expression drawing good information for learning Thanks you for 3minutes and your time to working together you are especially important person

[@charmainefriend340]

This is amazing !!!

[@hapi_hapi7170]

Beautiful....love it...I wish i could make a beautiful painting just like this...🙋‍♀️

[@TheNutriarat]

Wonderful, reminds me of a Louisiana bayou.

[@lindacobb2240]

Amazing!

[@wgmaddocks]

Genius!

[@AAlexanderArt]

Thank you!

[@swarnlata7437]

Amazing artist

[@markbarber7839]

Thanks Alexander you made me laugh and that's good!

[@sirtalkalotdoolittle]

Bob Ross is from Mount Olympus, Bill Alexander is from Valhalla.

[@beenasibi5971]

Wow!!!!!!!

[@a.anthonycapoccia6102]

👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼

[@kf5541]

Imagine being able to knock up that in 25 minutes

[@bryanwilson8396]

Study this man’s painting!
Can’t go wrong!

[@steviekeane]

Mint!!!!!

[@marktwain6635]

what type of varnish is he using? Amazing guy.

[@thomasdunham5427]

he says make little piggy eyes...him and jaques pepan saved this old man big time back then if you had a little long hair you went fit for society,they will make you strong inside...

[@muratlokmanoglu]

In the previous videos, you added the list of paints and other materials used by the artist to the description. Please add again. Thank you.

[@richardzink6026]

I love this guy but he might have been a tank commander

[@michaelc.ateoate979]

some things never change....

[@Khashenzo]

Thanks

[@moniquebastien2388]

Pour pour nettoyer les pinceaux on pratique de la case ou à quelque chose pour nettoyer les pinceaux pour qu'il y ait sec quelle peinture que vous mettez la première couche sur le tableau?

[@Seeba1967]

I wish I could think and believe like this man could. Truly sad but I’m am not a person that thinks positive about lif

[@berthapatino6146]

Dankeschon!

[@bunnybro5977]

"The more you paint, the more power hungry you are"
Hitler has entered the chat

[@Larwai]

Hello sir: I don't have varnish to use it first. Should we use the varnish always before starting the painting? Thanks

[@AAlexanderArt]

Bill does not use varnish. He begins with a thin medium oil paint.

[@joaobatistadalsasso1040]

Sou artista também nisso mundo e é paz

[@wwjudasdo]

Did anyone else think he was going for a graveyard?

[@ozzfest12349]

I know the runners of this channel sometimes reply. So I have question. Did Bill do like Bob for his show and paint multiples of the same painting? And was the painting you see in the video the first one he did?

[@seeburgm100a]

I think I can answer that. Bob Ross (Bill's student) would paint three paintings for each show. One for the Books, One to copy from as he painted the one on camera. To the best of my knowledge the majority of Bill's paintings on camera were one of one paintings. Creative Power!

[@lancesnider5626]

I almost thought Mr. Alexander made a mistake by saying he was using CLEAR VARNISH for the wet on wet technique here. For various reasons I was expecting him to say he was using linseed or Magic Clear. Can anyone with @Alexander Art confirm that he did indeed use clear varnish in this painting? And if so, how would it differ (as to dry time and canvas behavior) from using linseed oil or something like Magic Clear or similar product?

[@AAlexanderArt]

Lance,
He might have called it clear varnish but he was using Magic Clear. She wouldn’t mix varnish with his oil
paint.

[@lancesnider5626]

@@AAlexanderArt Thanks for responding and clarifying that Mr. Alexander misspoke and that HE actually meant Magic Clear.

[@GayRocker81]

Love Bill.....but can I get a translator plz? lol jk jk

[@danielruggiero5230]

What series is this from?

[@darthkek1953]

I suspect (but do not know) this was originally called "Winter Scene" Season Six Episode 13 (May 13, 1979).

[@danielruggiero5230]

@@darthkek1953 more like “Art of William Alexander & Lowell Speers” Fall 1988

[@walterbravo281]

Can anybody say me what material put he at first? Thank you

[@JoeDirtDang]

Clear varnish.

[@aidal.arnaldy4726]

Could you achieve a similar look,but with acrylic paints?

[@olgacingolani3295]

Solo español, por favor! Gracias!

[@manicangel7796]

Ok, I'll say it: Mr. Alexander was a waaay better painter than Bob. Sadly, I believe that with Bill's accent and his not understood exuberant energy is why he was not as popular as he could of been. Mr. Ross talked to the camera differently and although both men were truly talented.. it's easty to see who was the Master and who was the student. Bless You Both.

[@Nakamura65]

Its shame that people tried to cannibalize fame of Bob Ross and copy his work

[@renatopires2665]

😂

[@christianchiakulas852]

I'mma be honest I have no idea what he's talking about with his "dark/light" speech but I was enraptured all the same

[@AAlexanderArt]

Christian Chiakulas he was saying the paint color can only take you so far in seeing light. There is an optical illusion that if you surround a lighter color with darker colors, it appears brighter or lighter.

[@SomePeopleCallMeWulfman]

Wonderful painting, but I'm not so sure about his spiritual advice 🙂

[@Milania717]

Very poor composition- light is in middle and trees on each side of canvas divides the composition into two- this guy not only couldn’t he paint- he never developed balanced compositions- he used “words” and “tonality “ to persuade viewers into a real where they believed that he was a painter- and that his paintings were nice- he had no basic understanding of color scheme- no basic understanding of composition in the landscapes- and his brushwork was very sloppy-
Words are powerful- he was a master of “power of persuasion!”

[@AAlexanderArt]

Bill Alexander has 27 minutes to finish a painting on television. He didn’t follow reference photos and he was focused on teaching techniques. Bill was a Master Artist. English was his second language. He did the best he could to communicate with his audience. His purpose was to inspire people to paint. Not to teach master techniques. Too bad you didn’t get to know him. I think you might have a different opinion of him. If you saw some of his fine art you may think differently. It is a little unfair to judge an artist on what he can do in 27 minutes while talking to his audience. He also began filming these shows at age 72 and filmed until he was nearly 80 years old.

[@child_of_God316]

Yes speaking of being power hungry... you taught a guy how to paint and do everything you do and then got jealous of him (bob ross) how sad is that? Bob Ross even mentioned you specifically and thank you for everything you did for him at the beginning of all of his original shows

[@TheGreatTomdini]

Haha.... that's rich. Ross ripped off Alexander's whole shtick, all of it, from happy little trees and almighty mountains all the way to the damn Museum of Modern Art joke (which Alexander delivers in a funnier fashion by tossing a random "dot" into the painting). Ross even talks about how he was the originator of black canvasses ("One of the neatest things I came up with"). But clearly we can see that isn't so. There wasn't an ounce of originality in Bob's show and watching Bill paint has, for me, really shattered the illusion of kindliness in Bob's work.
If there was a man who was hungry for power, it was the dude with the squirrel in his pocket lol. He was a businessman, and an entertainer. Bill is loud, excitable, sometimes brash. Bob went the other way, essentially as a deliberate counter-point to help market what was basically the same show but with a less interesting painter for host.
As i recall, Bob pretty much dropped Bill like a bad habit and usurped his wet-on-wet throne. So yeah, Bob mentioned Bill in the openings of the first couple seasons of his show, but if you look at the bigger picture, he's trying to create a soft landing for himself for having shamessly ripped off Bill (First episode of season 1, "If this looks like something you've seen before...." or something to that effect). It was Ross who severed and soured the relationship.
Skill-wise there is zero comparison. Bill will pump you up for 10+ minutes every episode. He'll talk about life and overcoming its struggles, the philosophy of art, creative inspiration, color theory. Then knock out a masterpiece painting in a few minutes and pump you up a little more before the credits roll lol. Ross needed a reference painting off to the side (although he disengunously implied that everything was improvised), and he'd paint the whole 27 minutes and yes, he made some nice paintings but he was a one-trick pony. Bill has taught me a lot more of the potential of the wet on wet technique. Ross didn't teach me still lifes or cityscapes.
In the end, I dunno what fully transpired between these two men but the one comment I remember reading from Bill was that he resented Bob Ross for believing he was better than him. And you know what, as a pretty talented artist myself, I get that. Bob Ross is not a better painter. But if someone took lessons from you on a craft, then opportunistically stole the entire format for your TV show, your dialogue, your turns of phrase, basically duplicated what you had originated and then ran off with it and never talked to you again.... you'd probably be kinda pissed, too.

[@robertrivett2691]

bob died they had to paint a smile on him!!!!!!