Oval Barn
best of the joy of painting

As if by magic, Bob Ross paints an old country barn in an oval - with snowy trees and bushes breaking through the borders.

Episode Duration: 27 minutes and 27 seconds

Episode Number: 4028

About Best of the Joy of Painting:

The late Bob Ross delights and encourages the painting hobbyist.

The soft-spoken Ross paints natural scenes, including his trademark "happy" clouds, mountains and trees, while soothingly offering words of encouragement to those painting at home.


Watch Best of the Joy of Painting - Clips, Episodes & Previews


Future Broadcast times for "Best of the Joy of Painting": (show all)

Mon, Sep 9 11:30 P.M. Midnight Breaker     NH Create (11.4)
Tue, Sep 10 5:30 A.M. Midnight Breaker     NH Create (11.4)
Tue, Sep 10 11:30 A.M. Dark Waterfall     NH Create (11.4)
Tue, Sep 10 11:30 P.M. Dark Waterfall     NH Create (11.4)
Wed, Sep 11 5:30 A.M. Dark Waterfall     NH Create (11.4)
Wed, Sep 11 11:30 A.M. Night Light     NH Create (11.4)
Wed, Sep 11 11:30 P.M. Night Light     NH Create (11.4)
Thu, Sep 12 5:30 A.M. Night Light     NH Create (11.4)
Thu, Sep 12 11:30 A.M. Mountain Glory     NH Create (11.4)
Thu, Sep 12 11:30 P.M. Mountain Glory     NH Create (11.4)
Fri, Sep 13 5:30 A.M. Mountain Glory     NH Create (11.4)
Fri, Sep 13 11:30 A.M. Hidden Stream     NH Create (11.4)
Sat, Sep 14 5:30 A.M. Hidden Stream     NH Create (11.4)
Sat, Sep 14 6:00 A.M. Florida's Glory     NHPBS (11.1)
Sat, Sep 14 9:00 P.M. Hidden Stream     NH Create (11.4)
Sat, Sep 14 9:30 P.M. Midnight Breaker     NH Create (11.4)


NHPBS Over-the-Air Broadcast

WENH-TV Ch. 11 Durham

WLED-TV Ch. 48 Littleton

WEKW-TV Ch. 18 Keene

W50DP-D Ch. 50 Hanover

W34DQ-D Ch. 34 Pittsburg

Cable and Satellite Channels


NHPBS Five Channels

NHPBS - 11.1

NH Explore - 11.2

NH World - 11.3

NH Create - 11.4

NH Kids - 11.5

Learn More


NHPBS NHPBS Passport Passport

NOVA | Sea Change: Survival in the Gulf of Maine
Antiques Roadshow | RECUT: Idaho Botanical Garden, Part 1
POV | Fauna
Gods of Tennis | Martina Navratilova and Chris Evert
Hotel Portofino | Proposals
Doc World | Surf Nation
Beyond the Bolex | Beyond the Bolex
Dynamic Planet | Earth
Grantchester | Episode 2
Professor T | Heir to the Throne
D.I. Ray | Rivals
Local, USA | Public Enemies, Private Friends
Disco: Soundtrack of a Revolution | Rock the Boat
Pompeii: The New Dig | Episode 3
My Music with Rhiannon Giddens | Episode 6
Great Performances | Purlie Victorious
Nature | Wild Ireland: Kingdom of Stone
Independent Lens | The Tuba Thieves
Poetry in America | Steps
COBRA | Episode 2
The Ghost Army | The Ghost Army
Photographic Justice: The Corky Lee Story | Photographic Justice: The Corky Lee Story
MaryLand | Episode 3
Outside Beyond the Lens | Scotland Part 2
Guilt | Episode 1
American Experience | The Riot Report
Art Happens Here with John Lithgow | Art Happens Here with John Lithgow