Self-Interview: Question 2 Continued (Captain Bob Cottle)

Captain Bob

     Continuing with Question 2: Did any one person or people really spark your interest?  Well, these questions really caused me to think, since I can't ever remember not doing art and I dug deep into my memory bank and I remembered "Captain Bob" Cottle.  When I was very young in school I would faithfully watch Captain Bob's TV show and draw with him.  I always liked him, his manner was soft spoken, very kind and very clear with this drawing directions.  I remember another boy in my class named Paul Dunn who also drew pictures with Captain Bob and we would compare our pictures and talk about the show. I was probably 6 or 7 then.
     The Captain Bob TV show kept my interest for drawing alive, he was my mentor when I was not taking classes at the Worcester Art Museum.  His subjects always came from nature or being by the sea.  How completely fun it was to look forward to the special time spent watching this TV show and drawing with him. He gave me confidence to try subjects that I did not actually see in my real life since I did not live by the ocean.
     What this adventure of blogging and now self-interviewing has done has caused my curiosity to spark and now seek out what I remember.  By "googling" Captain Bob, I learned his last name and all that he did in his lifetime.  I also found out that there is a petition for signing to take his shows out of the archives to show them again, and also there was the question if they made the shows into DVD's would you buy them.  All they need is 500 signatures to accomplish this.  I signed the petition and am including it in this blog so you can sign it too.  I found a video of his demonstrating drawing a cat on YouTube, and am including this also so you can view what I loved and and found of value on my journey to be an artist.  You can see this gentle, kind artist encouraging people of all ages to draw.  Please enjoy!
Drawing A Cat With Captain Bob
Bring Captain Bob Back Petition, Please Sign!