- Okay, cat, you can't open the blinds.
Like, the whole point of this
is that the blinds are closed
so that the sun doesn't shine in here
on your mother's shot, okay?
Don't ruin mommy's shot.
I'm sorry if the lighting on
my face looks a little weird.
Hopefully, that'll chill out
(loud clack)
as the video goes on.
Hopefully, you will chill
out as the video goes on!
Okay, (laughs) there's a
lot going on right now.
Hey, guys! (coughs)
(coughs again)
Imagine a hand sanitizer. (chuckles)
Hi, hello, everybody.
Welcome to my quarantine.
I am currently self-isolating
as all of us should be if you are able.
If it's available to
you, please self-isolate.
Let's flatten the curve, right?
That's what they're saying now?
Flatten that curve!
Self-isolate!
Quarantine time, baby. (chuckles)
It's been three days.
It's been three days, I'm
losing my mind. (chuckles)
Am I losing my mind
because of self-isolation?
Or am I losing my mind
because of anxiety around coronavirus?
Today, we're gonna follow a
Bob Ross (laughs) tutorial.
(paintbrush scratching)
Oh, these are very old.
Oh, my god, can you see that?
I went on my Instagram,
follow me on Instagram
if you don't already,
and I asked you guys
for video ideas that I
could film just here,
hanging out in my apartment by myself.
Because I have so many videos planned
that are like out in the world,
talking to other people,
doing other stuff,
meeting strangers, trying new things,
and now, we've been hit with the corona,
and I'm tryna do my part
to take it seriously
and stop the spread.
So those videos are scrapped
for now, and instead,
I'm gonna be making videos
here in my apartment.
Let's quarantine together.
You and me, baby. (giggles)
And someone suggested
that I follow a Bob
Ross painting tutorial.
And I thought, "You know what?
"What better time to get creative
"and try something that I'm terrible at?"
Art!
I'm terrible at painting.
I'm absolutely terrible at it.
But I am dressed like an artiste.
This is what I imagine
painters dress like.
Black turtleneck, oh,
to complete the look.
So maybe it won't be so bad.
I'm dressed the part, although I actually,
I kind of look like I'm just
about to go commit crime.
I mean, hey, maybe art is a crime.
My art is about to be a crime.
What I'm about to do to
these dollar store canvases
should be illegal.
I'm really, I'm really bad at it. (laughs)
Oh, wait, what's the biggest canvas?
I want the biggest one that I can do.
That's what she said?
And then I also need
something to put the paints on
and mix them, right?
Like a, what are those things called?
Like a?
Ah yes, like a pie pan!
Great, let's take this
pile of books, how 'bout,
to try to make this camera angle higher.
These are mostly my Canada Reads books,
the show that I was supposed
to be on right now. (chuckles)
Thanks, corona!
Okay, great, precariously,
but you could see it.
Let's start painting!
I chose a Bob Ross masterpiece
called "Peaceful Reflections"
because that's what we're
channeling here today.
Peace, and calm, and just like chillin'.
We're just, just chillin'.
Quarantine? (scoffs)
No big deal.
Just chillin'.
- Hi, I'm glad you could join me today.
Today, we're gonna do
- Hi, Bob!
- a wonderful little painting.
Think you're gonna enjoy this one
so I tell you what.
- I am!
- It's wet, slick.
It's ready to go.
So let's just do whatever the day, maybe..
- Whoa, whoa, wet and
slick and ready to go?
It needs to be wet and
slick and ready to go?
This is already moving way too fast.
White acrylic.
Okay, we're gonna make it wet
and we're gonna make it slick.
(giggles)
Oh, Alayna, get your
mind out of the gutter.
Won't be a problem for me!
I also should probably have
some water on hand, right?
I'm so unprepared.
I thought I was so prepared!
But turns out I'm so unprepared!
On no, I'm overwhelmed.
I'm overwhelmed already.
And I should probably put something
underneath this wood thing
so I don't get it covered in paint.
(grunts loudly)
So, okay, he probably made,
got it wet and slick with white?
Do you mix acrylic paint with water?
Oh no.
♪ I don't know anything about painting ♪
Wet and slick.
Wet implies water.
Right?
Okay, I think that's,
I think that's working.
Okay, nice and wet and slick.
Oh, we're gonna need more than that.
Wet and slick, just like Bobby says.
Wet and slick.
Hmm yes, ah, how peaceful
and wet and slick.
Oh wow, it takes a lot of
paint to make it wet and slick.
Let's just put it right on here.
Hmm, yes, oh, peace.
Oh I feel the peace and
the love and the calm.
Laughter. (chuckles)
What is that?
Get, what are you?
No, thanks.
Okay, It's wet and it's slick!
- Let's just, let's just do
somethin' to have a good time.
- Yes, Bobby, let's!
- We're gonna go right into
a smallest little amount
of the Indian Yellow.
Just, just a little color.
- Yellow.
That looks like an orange to me.
Kinda just like this.
Oh whoa that's way--
Whoa, it's way brighter,
It's way brighter!
- [Bob] Such a day to be alive.
- (laughs) Such a day to be alive.
Whoa, slow down, slow down!
I can't get this yellow out.
What the heck's going on?
Why won't this paint
come out of this tube?
Ah, 'cause it's a hundred years old?
(sigh) I'm panicking.
Nothing is going right.
Nothing's working!
Nothing's going right!
This is supposed to be a good
day to be alive, Bobby said.
We're already 20 minutes into filming
and all I've done is made
my picture wet and slick
and it's probably dried and
not even wet and slick anymore.
He just like took a little bit of that.
He just put it all in the sky. (chuckles)
Okay, so here's what I'm gonna say.
I am really gonna try here.
I am genuinely gonna
try my absolute hardest
to do my boy Bobby proud.
And I'm gonna try and make this look good
to the best of my ability.
That being said,
I cannot stress how bad I am at painting.
And then he said a little bit.
Oh, oh my word!
Sorry.
And then he said a little bit down here,
'cause we're gonna put some water
and we just throw a little in there.
- [Bob] Just tap a little
bit into the bristles.
- That's a little bit of red.
Think we have another, think
we have a red in here too.
Yes, we have our primary colors,
which is really all you need.
Right, technically?
Just tapping a little bit of crimson.
Ah, hmm, I need to re-center, Alayna.
Remember, this is all just relaxing.
- I'm gonna go right up above this
and I'm just gonna lay in
a little bit of crimson.
- [Alayna] Little bit of crimson.
Just laying it in, yes.
- [Bob] Just wherever.
- Oh, just wherever!
- [Bob] Sorta let 'em flow together.
- Just wherever.
Just let 'em flow together.
Ah, yes. (giggles)
- [Bob] Just blend those edges out.
- [Alayna] It's looking
exactly just like his.
- [Bob] And we'll throw a
little of that down here too.
What the heck.
- What the heck.
Oh, we're just getting crazy up in here!
Is it the quarantine or is it art?
- Just have a good time.
That's really what painting's all about.
It's just enjoy yourself.
- I am enjoying myself.
Oh, now he's got blue.
Okay, I've got this.
I'm feeling in my element now, yes.
- [Bob] The blue is so much
stronger than that crimson.
- It is?
Mine's not looking
stronger than that crimson.
- [Bob] If you don't want
all these colors in the sky,
just leave 'em out.
You can make any kinda sky that you want.
Just wanna show you how I got--
- Well, it's a little too late for that.
I already was doing everything you said.
- [Bob] Pull from the outside in.
Outside in.
- [Alayna] Outside in.
- [Bob] Then we'll go on the other side
- [Alayna] Ah, yes, outside in.
Mine's turning brown.
- [Bob] Shake off the excess.
- Oh! (laughs)
- Make sure your brush
is good, clean, and dry.
- [Alayna] Good, clean, and dry?
- Okay, mine's definitely
not good, clean, or dry.
Uh-oh.
- [Bob] You'll have a bright, clean, sky.
- [Alayna] Oh no, oh no.
Ugh, Bobby, slow down.
Stop, wait!
- Just knocked that
excess paint off my brush.
- Oh no.
Wait!
Bobby, wait, I need to...
- [Bob] There we go.
- Ah!
Hold on, hold on, hold on.
- Okay, sponge is clean.
I also just realized
he's not using a sponge.
He's using a brush.
I'm not sure why I went
with a sponge. (giggles)
I went rogue.
This is art, I'm allowed.
Okay, now he's just taking
his clean, dry brush.
Check.
- [Alayna] It's, he's just
blending it all together.
Ah, yes.
Just blending it all together.
Try to make it look like Bobby's.
- [Alayna] Mine's just kinda
turning gray and purple.
It's okay.
It can be anything we want,
it can be anything we want.
We're just here to have
a good time, and I am.
I am having a good time.
I even forgot that the world
is in a state of emergency.
Okay, Bobby, what's next?
Let's go.
- [Bob] Very soft and very delicate.
- Soft and delicate.
- [Bob] You can't tell
where one color stops
and the next color starts.
- [Alayna] Can't even tell.
- [Bob] Step back from your
painting and take a look-see.
It's hard to see when you're very close.
- Ah!
Okay, my sky's actually
kinda looking like a sky.
(sighs) Bobby.
Oh, thank you, Bobby.
Okay, okay.
Come on, that totally looks like a sky.
- His blue.
Hold on, hold on a second there, Bobby.
Bob Ross.
Bo-Ro.
[Alayna] His waterline is
like a straight line across.
From the outside in.
Hmm, yes, from the outside
in to make that water skyline
just like Bo-Ro's.
Blend it all together.
You can't tell where one
begins and another ends.
Now I kinda got rid of
my nice sky reflection.
Am I gonna ruin everything
if I go little rogue
and like try to put it
back in a little bit?
Oh, look how nice. (gasps)
Ooh, this is, it's, this
is working, it's working.
Oh my god, art is fun.
Okay.
Okay, what's next?
Mountains, he said.
- [Bob] Pull it out very flat.
Cut off our little roll of paint.
Right there.
- What?
Whoa, what kinda tool is that?
That's not a paintbrush.
Hold on.
Maybe I should mix the
black with the green?
(cans shaking)
Double-time!
Alayna, please edit this out.
(giggles) And then he
put, okay whoa, okay.
Oh, this is where it
could all go so wrong.
It could all go so wrong.
He's like up here.
- [Bob] Like so.
Use a lot of pressure.
- [Alayna] A lot of pressure.
This is a lot of pressure.
I feel the pressure.
- [Bob] Now if you're on a
dry canvas and you try to pull
this paint, you're gonna be in Agony City.
- (giggles) He said.
I'm already in Agony City, Bobby.
- Let's put some snow on that mountain.
We take some white.
- [Alayna] Wait, wait, wait.
Wait, Bobby.
- [Bob] The least, least, little amount.
- Wait for me.
- [Bob] Don't want to set it on fire.
- [Alayna] I don't want to set it on fire.
Well, looking at it now, I kinda do.
- You have to make some big decisions
- I don't wanna make big decisions.
I wanna be here, where you
make the decisions for me.
That's why I came to you, Bobby.
- [Bob] It's normally easier..
- Whoa, whoa!
How are you?
How is he doing that?
This is not cool.
Oh, this is all gonna go wrong, Bobby.
I have a bad feeling,
a really bad feeling.
- [Bob] Teaching for
a living all the time,
one of the things that I've found--
- You lost me at the snow!
Bob, you lost me at the snow.
My snow does not look like your snow.
- [Bob] Our little roll
of paint, just like so.
- My shadow's on the wrong side.
What?
- [Bob] You have the
power to move mountains.
- (giggles) I think you got a
little too much faith in me.
Are you seeing this?
You're not seeing what I'm seeing.
Clearly, Mr. Ross.
Aww!
- [Bob] You wanna create
the illusion of mist
down here at the base.
- (laughs) What?
Where did we go wrong?
This does not look the way yours looks.
This does not look how his looks.
You know what, this is
what we're gonna do.
We're going back, we're going rogue again,
we're going back to the sponge.
If I do this, it'll add some more texture.
Oh, there, that looks better.
That looks better than what
I was trying to do before.
- [Bob] In your world you can
do anything that you wanna do.
- I can do anything I
wanna do in my world?
Can I go hang out with my friends?
Can I go willy-nilly hang
out in public places?
- You've got one fantastic mountain.
- (laughs) My mountain
doesn't look fantastic.
It doesn't look fantastic.
How did you do that?
How did he do that?
- Time to have some fun.
- [Alayna] Yeah.
When does the fun start?
I was having fun and
then it all went away.
- So you're gonna throw some
phthalo green in there too,
it doesn't matter.
- What do you mean it doesn't matter?
It really matters.
To those of us who are
terrible, it it really matters.
Fan brush.
How about, instead of a fan brush,
we just use the same brush? (giggles)
- [Bob] That will help lead
the eye around the corner.
- Around the corner?
Where are we going?
Where are we going, Bobby?
Where're you taking us?
Just a happy little place?
I'd like to go there.
- [Bob] Because this is
wet, all you have to do
is grab it, and pull it straight down.
- Whoa, hold on.
Whoa, hold on.
- A little sun we're gonna
just live right in that brush.
Gotta push 'em out sometimes.
- Oh, Bobby.
- [Bob] I love these scenes
with mountains and their greens.
- Oh, Bobby.
- [Bob] Beautiful grass type
birds that lives in Alaska.
- Did anybody else know Bob
Ross used to live in Alaska?
- They taste sorta like pheasant,
and the people eat 'em there.
- Oh, and he ate them.
He ate his little friends.
- From what I understand,
I wasn't much of a hunter,
shoot, I'd go out there and feed 'em.
- Ah!
Our hero, Bob Ross.
We love this man.
We stan, we stan Bob Ross.
I'm just really gonna go
in with these trees to try
to cover up the atrocity
(giggles) that is my mountains.
- Just sort of float down the river.
- [Alayna] Thank you for
the sound effect, Bob Ross.
- And then into some color.
- (laughs) You know what
I just thought of though?
I just though to myself, "I
am so glad that Dallas isn't
"here making this video with
me because I actually think
"this is turning out okay and if I had his
"to compare mine to,
"I definitely wouldn't
be feeling that way."
So him not being in this video allows me
a moment of pride, however misguided.
- [Bob] That's all there is to it.
- [Alayna] Is that all
there is to it, Bobby?
Now he's making, he's making bushes.
Just drop 'em in.
- [Bob] That's it, do layer,
after layer, after layer.
- [Alayna] Just drop em in.
- [Bob] One bush at a time.
Drop it in...
- [Alayna] Drop it in.
- And work forward.
That looks terrible. (sucks teeth)
Okay, well mine. (laughs)
Okay, it's not doing
the thing his is doing.
- [Alayna] How is he doing that?
- [Bob] Maybe right here
lives, you're right.
A happy little bush.
- (laughs) Yup, you're right.
As if we're just, like, on
the edge of our seat guessing.
- Nobody's angry out here.
- [Alayna] Aww!
I wanna live on your peaceful little bush.
We all wanna live in
your bush, Bob. (laughs)
Sorry, I'm supposed to be calm.
You know, peaceful.
This is peaceful, calm corona time.
- [Bob] That's the spot.
- That is the spot.
How is his so bright?
I'm guessing it has something
to do with the quality
of his paints, and the
quality of his skill.
- And if you take care of
this stone, treat it right,
it'll grow up to be a big
mountain like back there.
We know that's not true.
- Don't think that's how
mountains work. (laughs)
- [Bob] Add liquid white to your brush.
- [Alayna] White.
Liquid white.
A knife.
Take a knife and scratch.
- [Bob] That helps so
you can see down into it.
The shadow areas, you can
see those little sticks.
- You can say what you want here.
You can, you can have your
feelings about my painting.
I can have my feelings about
my painting, but I feel calm.
That was fun!
Okay, I'm sorry.
Did anyone think we could?
Come on.
That's not half bad.
It's not the other half good. (laughs)
But, it's not, not a mountain
with a sky, and a river,
and some trees.
It's not, not a peaceful reflection.
Bo-Ro, you outdid yourself.
We all had our doubts.
Admit it.
You had your doubts just like
I did and then this happened.
Thumbnail.
Genuinely, this is
probably the nicest thing
I've ever painted, and
that's saying something.
Aww, this was lovely.
Thanks for hanging
around with me for this.
I hope that your quarantine is going good.
Hey, even if you hate painting,
even if you think you're
terrible at it, try out a Bob Ross video.
It's doing wonders.
Thank you as always to my VIP patrons.
My vitally important producers.
That's it for the video.
I love you guys very much.
Thank you for watching.
I hope that you're having
an okay time in quarantine
or in self-isolation.
I love you very much and
I'll see you in the next one.
Bye!
(kisses)
How's the audio?
I hope the audio's good.
I've got my lav mic pinned in my shirt
and I'm still learning.
So hopefully, this
doesn't sound like crap.
Hopefully this whole thing
doesn't turn out like crap.
Hopefully, the whole
world doesn't go to crap.
