pression ists ▁such ▁as ▁Vincent ▁van ▁G og h , ▁real ists ▁such ▁as ▁John ▁S inger ▁S argent ▁and ▁Robert ▁Henri ▁and ▁George ▁Bell ows , ▁Expression ists ▁such ▁as ▁Cha im ▁S out ine , ▁and ▁the ▁Abstract ▁Expression ist ▁Wille m ▁de ▁K oon ing ▁have ▁in ▁different ▁ways ▁employed ▁this ▁technique , ▁and ▁it ▁is ▁still ▁heavily ▁used ▁by ▁both ▁figur ative ▁and ▁non - fig ur ative ▁fine ▁artists . ▁ ▁The ▁wet - on - w et ▁practice ▁was ▁the ▁primary ▁method ▁of ▁painting ▁used ▁by ▁such ▁television ▁artists ▁as ▁Em my ▁award ▁winner ▁Bill ▁Alexander , ▁Low ell ▁Spe ars , ▁Buck ▁Paul son , ▁D iane ▁Andre , ▁American ▁artist ▁Bob ▁Ross , ▁Robert ▁Warren , ▁Wilson ▁B ick ford ▁( P ain ting ▁with ▁Wilson ▁B ick ford ), ▁ ▁Br andon ▁Thomas ▁( P ain ting ▁With ▁Magic ) ▁and ▁many ▁more . ▁Complete ▁paint ings , ▁using ▁this ▁technique , ▁ ▁popular ized ▁for ▁the ▁construction ▁of ▁imag in ative ▁land sc apes , ▁only ▁take ▁a ▁relatively ▁short ▁period ▁of ▁time . ▁Alexander ▁and ▁Ross ▁could ▁produce ▁an ▁entire ▁landscape ▁in ▁under ▁half ▁an ▁hour ▁on ▁their ▁respective ▁television ▁shows , ▁The ▁Magic ▁of ▁O il ▁P ain ting ▁and ▁the ▁long - running ▁The ▁Joy ▁of ▁P ain ting . ▁Ross ▁distributed ▁a ▁smooth ▁base co at ▁of ▁th inned ▁paint , ▁usually ▁white , ▁along ▁the ▁canvas ▁before ▁painting ▁started ▁so ▁the ▁canvas ▁would ▁always ▁be ▁wet ▁and ▁the