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Bob Ross Paints Your Portrait

Today we’re going to get to work on the details
of your expression. And believe it or not,
the only colors we’re going to use will be

blacker than most blacks. We’ll use a black canvas
and just a single finger instead of a brush.
So let’s take and dab the tip of a pointer finger

into the black like so. And now we’re going to covereverything between jawbone and temple,cheek and nostril, on both sides of

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