Carrying on the legacy of the late Bob Ross, who’s responsible for teaching legions of fans how to paint on his long-running popular tv series, is the mission of the PBS series, The Joy of Painting ...

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"Start gentle at the top, and then tap a little more," instructed artist Chris Severn. It's the beginnings of a happy scene inside a Friday night Wescosville Art Class. "Every tree needs a buddy," ...

A “happy little” painting sold for $47,500 in Towson on Friday — well above estimates — in a rare auction of a Bob Ross original. Ross, whose soft-spoken TV lessons on “The Joy of Painting” reached ...

Mark Kistler, aka Commander Mark, stars in a new documentary, The Secret Cities of Mark Kistler, that tells the story of Kistler's legacy and how it all happened. (Corgan Pictures) Commander Mark had ...