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<p>[QUOTE="spirit-of-shiloh, post: 31195, member: 32"]<font size="6"><b>William Alexander HAR HAR </b></font></p><p><font size="6"><b>[MEDIA=youtube]0umr1SE2M8M[/MEDIA]</b></font></p><p><font size="6"><br /></font></p><p><font size="6"><b>TV host and prolific painter <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Ross" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Ross" rel="nofollow">Bob Ross</a> studied under Bill and there learned his wet-on-wet technique, a method of allowing oil applications to run together rather than waiting long periods for each layer to dry.<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Alexander_(artist)#cite_note-1" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Alexander_(artist)#cite_note-1" rel="nofollow">[1]</a> Ross dedicated the first episode of the second season of <i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Joy_of_Painting" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Joy_of_Painting" rel="nofollow">The Joy of Painting</a></i> to Alexander, explaining that "years ago, Bill taught me this fantastic technique, and I feel as though he gave me a precious gift, and I'd like to share that gift with you [the viewer]".<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Alexander_(artist)#cite_note-ReferenceA-2" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Alexander_(artist)#cite_note-ReferenceA-2" rel="nofollow">[2]</a></b></font></p><p><font size="6"><b><br /></b></font></p><p><font size="6"><b>Born in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/East_Prussia" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/East_Prussia" rel="nofollow">East Prussia</a>, Alexander's family escaped during <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_I" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_I" rel="nofollow">World War I</a> to <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berlin" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berlin" rel="nofollow">Berlin</a>. </b></font></p><p><font size="6"><b><br /></b></font></p><p><font size="6"></font>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="spirit-of-shiloh, post: 31195, member: 32"][SIZE=6][B]William Alexander HAR HAR [/B] [B][MEDIA=youtube]0umr1SE2M8M[/MEDIA][/B] [B][/B] [B]TV host and prolific painter [URL='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Ross']Bob Ross[/URL] studied under Bill and there learned his wet-on-wet technique, a method of allowing oil applications to run together rather than waiting long periods for each layer to dry.[URL='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Alexander_(artist)#cite_note-1'][1][/URL] Ross dedicated the first episode of the second season of [I][URL='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Joy_of_Painting']The Joy of Painting[/URL][/I] to Alexander, explaining that "years ago, Bill taught me this fantastic technique, and I feel as though he gave me a precious gift, and I'd like to share that gift with you [the viewer]".[URL='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Alexander_(artist)#cite_note-ReferenceA-2'][2][/URL] Born in [URL='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/East_Prussia']East Prussia[/URL], Alexander's family escaped during [URL='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_I']World War I[/URL] to [URL='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berlin']Berlin[/URL]. [/B] [/SIZE][/QUOTE]
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