Nicholas Hankins

Nicholas Hankins began painting along with Bob Ross on his local public television station in Greeneville, Tennessee in 1993. Nic was just eleven years old when he got his first Bob Ross paint kit, saying he felt “an indelible excitement that day which has grown exponentially over the past three decades.” Today, Nicholas can easily be called the best Bob Ross Wet-on-Wet Technique® painter in the world. Becoming a Certified Bob Ross Instructor in 2011, Nic taught hundreds of painting classes, and then was asked to join the small elite squad of Bob Ross Teacher Trainers in 2018. “Thousands of paintings and classes and miles and laughs later,” Nic explains, “painting remains my enduring passion and one of the greatest joys of my life.” Nicholas now adds television host to his list of accomplishments as he unfolds a new how-to painting series, The Joy of Painting: Bob Ross’ Unfinished Season.