The Bob Ross Supply List for Beginners Who Don’t Want to Waste Money

Want to try Bob Ross-style painting at home without accidentally funding an art store expansion?

This free guide shows you what to buy first, what can wait, and which supplies can make wet-on-wet painting harder than it needs to be.

You’ll also be first to know when our online painting membership opens, where you can paint with Chris and me from home.

If your mountains have ever come out looking more like iced cake, that may not be entirely your fault.

Sometimes it’s the paint.

Close-up of a landscape painting in progress, with a brush adding detail to trees in front of snowy mountains.

Inside the free guide, you’ll learn:

  • Which supplies you actually need first
    So you can start with the basics instead of panic-buying the whole aisle.

  • What you can skip until later
    Because not every brush, medium, and mysterious little bottle needs to come home with you on day one.

  • How to avoid buying paints and tools that fight the wet-on-wet technique
    The wrong supplies can make Bob Ross-style painting feel harder than it needs to be. Rude, but true.

You don’t need half the art store to begin.

You need the right basics, a little guidance, and a place to start.

Want to paint landscapes like these at home?

Here’s the kind of landscape painting we teach — calm, colorful, beginner-friendly projects using the Bob Ross wet-on-wet style.

Examples from past in-person Serenity in Color classes, shown to give a feel for the painting style. New membership tutorials start fresh.