@Felix I was wondering, at the end of this contest, would it be possible to group all the entries together on a separate page so they can all be viewed together for a few days to vote on? Each time I see a new "contest" painting posted, I want to vote on it because they are all so wonderful. I feel like they get lost with all the other paintings posted, and could potentially miss votes they would get otherwise.

doggymommee8301 You can click on the banner on top your newsfeed or via the top menu: Community -> Events

Would a "view all entries" button in the banner make it clearer? I think more people are having this problem

      Ahhh, good to know! Thanks Felix for the clarification. Yes, I think a "view all entries" would be quite helpful!

          a month later

          Felix could I suggest an idea for an event? How about taking a photo of your choice then painting it. I've only painted from a photograph once and I personally find this very challenging but also very rewarding and I think other members might enjoy it the process. Could we perhaps when the painting is completed upload 2 pics, ie, the photo and the finished painting, the challenge wouldn't necessarily need to be to create something identical, just an interpretation. I found it challenging and exciting to mentally unravel a photograph and then to build up the layers in paint form and get them down on canvas. It would open up a whole new world for some of us as we realise that we can paint without copying other painters work, similar to what you introduced us to with the water event. I have a few beautiful photographs that I took this summer which I would love to paint, but so far I haven't had the confidence to attempt it. I'm sure we would learn from each other on something like this. What do you think?

          Thank you Felix, I'm happy you like it. I did hope you wouldn't think I was sticking my beak in where it's not wanted, lol.

          8 days later

          I think that would be a wonderful idea, A small competition among friends would be fun, I look forward to seeing what I might be able to do !

            21 days later
            15 days later

            Felix, as a new painter and seeing the standard of some more seasoned painters, I would be discouraged personally m entering a contest, I couldn’t possibly compare with many others here, however a painting of the month or something could be cool, especially if the month related to the current season, that could be cool.

            what I find hardest is the image quality of the original on site, for me the thumbnail is find but the page with the original I find difficult to work from (and the video links don’t work for me either in the UK).
            I often find I want to do a painting of the day then don’t have a black canvas or the required colours for it, and trying to find out how to actually do it is a whole other thing.

            I have uploaded paintings then re done part of them, I also feel it could be nice to have the facility to show the stages of ones painting, without converting the original upload to an original as it loses the link back to the BR painting.
            Sorry, I realise this post is about contests and challenges.

                @Mrs C#968 Thanks for your inputs! The events are not contests, everyone is free to enter without competition. The three most liked entry still gets a special badge on their user profile. But nobody can see how many "likes" each painting has received.

                The images are taken directly from the YouTube videos uploaded by the Bob Ross company, so there is sadly nothing I can do to raise the image quality.

                Adding more images to "non-originals" is a good point, I'll check how much work would be needed to make this possible.

                Mrs C - I too live in the UK. Have you tried right clicking your mouse button whilst hovering over the full size image and then posting it into something Photoshop or even Word. These programsw ill enable you to zoom in to the image to let you see clearer details - if that is what you want to do.

                As Felix said, this is not a competition site where you vie against others. The site is where you can paste you work, warts and all, to show what you have done and how much pleasure you had doing it, happy accidents and all.

                a month later

                @Mrs C#968 You will often find also that the image doesn't show the whole picture. As long as you know the title of the painting you can type into google search bar: Bob Ross painting (followed by the name of the picture), click on IMAGES, open up an image, right click on it, then click OPEN IMAGE IN A NEW TAB, it will go to the top of you screen above your search bar, click on it, now you can zoom in. You can from there save it to your laptop if you want to, right click, save image as. That's what I do.

                  a month later

                  I really love this idea, I am new to this website but this would inspire me and I love a friendly competition

                    18 days later

                    I've only been painting for about two months but I do love this idea! I always loved impressionism art so I just might drum up some courage to try one. I realize this isn't a contest, but will we all be able to vote on them? You've probably already thought of this but voting should be limited to a set number of votes per member. When I had my business, the town had a Christmas decorating contest and one of the business owners had all of her friends on fb go in and vote for her. She ended up winning based on having the highest number of fb friends 🤣 . Either way, I'm excited to see the entries!

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