The Magic of Oil Painting
The Magic of Oil Painting is an American half-hour instructional television show hosted by painter Bill Alexander which ran from February 18, 1974 to May 10, 1982 on PBS, produced by member station KOCE in Huntington Beach, California. In each episode, Alexander taught techniques for landscape oil painting, completing a painting in each session, painting in a 16th-century style called alla-prima, now known as wet-on-wet. He was invited to record a pilot in late 1973 for KOCE. Alexander earned an Emmy for the show in 1979, making him the first painter to earn the award. The show is known for inspiring The Joy of Painting hosted by Bob Ross.
Episodes
- A Morning Kind of Mountain
- After the Storm
- Along the Moulon Rouge
- Autumn Lake
- Canadian Canyon
- Country Road
- Glacier Bay
- Green Rain Forest
- Hillgrueber's Farm
- Mountain Island
- Rain
- Solitude
- Winter Shack
- Alpine Junction
- Craggy Pass
- Candle on Black
- Frozen Citadel
- Looking for Gold
- Miller's Colony
- Mountain River
- Mountain Road
- Mr. Brown's Farm
- Neptunes Bateau
- Silver Plume Lake
- Steel Lake
- Autumn Colors
- Along the Swan River
- Autumn Dream
- Beyond the Arctic Circle
- Columbia River Gorge
- Fall River
- Haystack Rock
- Holiday Mountain
- Mountain Water Runoff
- Seascape
- The Homestead
- To The Summit
- Vase by Knife
- Waterfall and Rapids
- Alpine Lagoon
- At The Beach
- Bills Covered Bridge
- Black Canvas Still Life
- City Silhouette
- Don't Fence Me In
- Grand Canyon
- Lake Kabetogama
- Midnight Roses
- Sunset I
- Sylvan Path
- Texas Scene
- Thousand Island Lake
- Colorado River Canyon
- Desert Canyon
- Falling Leaves
- Falling Water
- Grapes and a Jug II
- Greener Pastures
- Knife Mountain
- Mountain Lake and Island
- Near Lassen CA
- Red Sailboat
- Still Life in Vase
- Stormy Ocean
- Swamp Two
- Candle on Black
- Fall Touches
- Lower Falls I
- Montana de Oro
- Natures Bounty
- Rolling Mist
- Sunset Beach
- Tumalo Trail
- Western Skies
- West Virginia Mountains
- Winter Day
- Winter Lake
- Winter Scene
- Adirondack Pleasure
- Apple Valley
- Autumn Dreams
- Evening At Eagle Lake
- Grand Marais Pines
- Lac du Flambeau
- Merced River Yosemite
- Moonlight Mirage
- Secluded Cabin
- Snowy Mountain Road
- Still Life and Grapefruit
- Sunlight I
- West Virginia River
- Bill's Mountain Waterfall
- Dell's Pond
- Down By The Riverside
- Forest Hollow
- Gorgeous Gorge
- Island Eve
- Jeffrey Pine
- Marigold on Black
- Mountain in the Clouds
- Mount Baker
- Quetico Wilderness
- Rain Forest
- Robin Hood Bay
- Big Mountain
- Butterfly
- Daisies with a Knife
- Farm Scene
- Hidden Falls
- Jar Still Life
- Lonely Pine
- Lost Lagoon
- Moonlit Splendor
- Mountain Paradise
- Silver Falls
- The Wall
- Winter Sky