Gouache of the Highland Park Theater.
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By: Stephane Kardos,
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On Monday the 13th I'll be releasing a new video about painting portraits in the wild. This isn't your usual studio portrait demo. It's about people who are not posing.
Painting portraits from life takes on a new intensity when your subjects are talking and moving around in their natural environment.
In this unique video workshop, I'll bring you along as I paint people in four dynamic situations: fairgoers in a lunch line, a historical re-enactor at an outdoor museum, a farmer in a barn, and a gathering of Sacred Harp singers.
I'll use a variety of media: colored pencils, watercolor, gouache, casein, and oil. Each image develops from the first sketch to the final painting, with closeups of palette and brushstrokes juxtaposed with shots of the moving model.
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This video shows a few stages of the process. (Sweater vest by Jeanette) (Link to the video on YouTube).
I set up a warm foreground and a cool background, going quite dark in the transition between them. The cool note of the computer screen in the near office was an exception to the warm foreground, like a dot on a taijitu.
I invent the color statement to add depth and mood. The actual scene is more evenly lit with uniformly colored fluorescent lights.
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If you've been thinking of getting into Guerilla Gouache, there's no time like the present. Here's all you need to get started:
Pentalic watercolor sketchbook
Holbein gouache set
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Esopus Island is a small, narrow, rocky island that sits like a half-submerged sea dragon in the middle of the Hudson River.
I have kayaked out there in the spring to see the rare wildflowers with names like Indian Pipes and Dutchman's Breeches. They're hard to find on the mainland because they get eaten by the deer. It's also a nesting colony for Canada geese, so you have to be careful in the spring, or they will attack you if you get anywhere near their nests.
Esopus Island was also the place where renowned occultist Aleister Crowley spent 40 days in meditation. He worked on his breathing, visited his past lives, and practiced sex magick with several women who visited him on the island. According to one account:
Wikipedia on Aleister Crowley
(I'll continue the Harold Speed this next Friday -- I'm a little behind because of deadlines.)
By: James Gurney,
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"Gouache in the Wild"
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In Salida, Colorado, we wake up early and paint in the alleys. I use a limited palette of titanium white, yellow ochre
, burnt sienna
, and Prussian blue
(also called iron blue).
I choose those pigments because they're enough to mix anything in the scene, and I am guaranteed that the overall effect will be harmonious.
Here's the same alley at sunset, facing the opposite direction, and painted with a different set of colors. This one is cadmium yellow deep, raw sienna, and brilliant purple. It's basically a complementary scheme with two values of yellow on one side and violet on the other.
Finally, here's Jeanette's sketch of the same alley earlier in the day, using transparent watercolor and a Micron 02 pen
. "This is line and wash," she says. "I lay it in with pencil, then put in the washes, then finish it off with pen. I like having a pen to define forms with lines and dots."
Glenn Tait had a couple questions after yesterday's post:
Would you or have you done a two page spread like this using gouache?
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Because every element in the scene was unloved and probably never painted by an artist before, I felt an even greater accountability to capture it as faithfully as I could.
I like gouache for a subject like this because it lets me paint the most delicate forms, such as the fine electrical wires and the far crossing gates in the distance, which were as small as slivers.
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By: Stephane Kardos,
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Gouache painting of the Petersen Museum last weekend.
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a drawing based after Frans Hals' painting "Malle Babbe". coloured markers, indian ink and white gouache on paper
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By: James Gurney,
on 6/8/2016
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Painting portraits from life takes on a new intensity when your subjects are talking and moving around in their natural environment.
In this unique video workshop, I'll bring you along as I paint people in four dynamic situations: fairgoers in a lunch line, a historical re-enactor at an outdoor museum, a farmer in a barn, and a gathering of Sacred Harp singers.
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| Scott Corey, historical interpreter at Sturbridge Village Gouache, 5 x 5 inches. |
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| Sacred Harp Convention, casein |
You’ll hear and see the subjects talking and singing, alternating with my voiceover explaining what I'm thinking at each stage. I paint this group portrait from the sidelines of a singing convention, as the subjects move around and change seats.
At various points in the video, people get up and move, or I screw up, and I show how I fix it.
At various points in the video, people get up and move, or I screw up, and I show how I fix it.
Advance Praise for Portraits in the Wild
“With words and paint Jim Gurney demonstrates the joy of sketching and painting people from life. A must view for all artists!”—Everett Raymond Kinstler, N.A., AWS
“Portraits in The Wild is a supremely inspiring video to watch and an invitation to all aspiring artists to venture out and give it a go no matter where you are in your creative journey.”—Garin Baker, Carriage House Art Studios
"The thing that truly impresses however, is that the viewer can apply these techniques to any medium. Clearly, James has his own style, but these videos help to impart basics on HOW to approach these subjects. This is especially important with painting people in public, since painting people is difficult even for the best of us." —Michael Mrak, Design Director, Scientific American
"Aside from his step by step demonstrations, Jim teaches as much by his calmness and humor in the face of artistic challenges as he does with technical information. His special emphasis is to return again and again to clear artistic thinking amid the chaos of the passing parade; the timeless fundamentals of gesture, value, drawing and suggestion."�Kev Ferrara, artist of Dead Rider
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66 minutes running time. It will be available in two forms:
Download (1080p HD widescreen MP4 video, 2.1G) $14.95.
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Tune into Facebook Live on Monday the 13th at noon EST for a live demo with prizes and discounts.
“With words and paint Jim Gurney demonstrates the joy of sketching and painting people from life. A must view for all artists!”—Everett Raymond Kinstler, N.A., AWS
“Portraits in The Wild is a supremely inspiring video to watch and an invitation to all aspiring artists to venture out and give it a go no matter where you are in your creative journey.”—Garin Baker, Carriage House Art Studios
"The thing that truly impresses however, is that the viewer can apply these techniques to any medium. Clearly, James has his own style, but these videos help to impart basics on HOW to approach these subjects. This is especially important with painting people in public, since painting people is difficult even for the best of us." —Michael Mrak, Design Director, Scientific American
"Aside from his step by step demonstrations, Jim teaches as much by his calmness and humor in the face of artistic challenges as he does with technical information. His special emphasis is to return again and again to clear artistic thinking amid the chaos of the passing parade; the timeless fundamentals of gesture, value, drawing and suggestion."�Kev Ferrara, artist of Dead Rider
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66 minutes running time. It will be available in two forms:
Download (1080p HD widescreen MP4 video, 2.1G) $14.95.
DVD (includes narrated slide show of more examples) $24.50
Tune into Facebook Live on Monday the 13th at noon EST for a live demo with prizes and discounts.
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By: James Gurney,
on 5/23/2016
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Yesterday I painted a group portrait in our local diner. I captured a video snapshot to give you the atmosphere of the moment: (Link to YouTube)
I used gouache with a severely limited palette: raw sienna
, brilliant purple
, cadmium yellow deep
, and white
, plus some white Nupastel stick
to convey the effect of the window glare. The sketchbook is a Pentalic watercolor journal. (Links take you to Amazon pages)
, brilliant purple, cadmium yellow deep, and white, plus some white Nupastel stick to convey the effect of the window glare. The sketchbook is a Pentalic watercolor journal. (Links take you to Amazon pages)
The gouache has a very receptive matte surface that takes the pastel well. You can rub it in firmly with your fingers if you want the rough texture to disappear and look like airbrush. If you put on too much pastel, you can lift it off with a kneaded eraser.
The next full length tutorial video will be "Portraits in the Wild," which releases June 13. It follows me on similar painting adventures portraits of people in the real world, with in-depth coverage of watercolor, gouache, casein, and oil techniques. If you haven't already, check out my video "Gouache in the Wild" today.
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By: Lisa Firke,
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By: Joanne Friar,
on 4/5/2016
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naughty bunnies on the tree farm
from O Christmas Tree
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By: Lisa Firke,
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By: James Gurney,
on 2/23/2016
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After I put in the order for my chicken tacos, I get out the gouache. Just four colors: ultramarine blue, flame red (Daler Rowney), burnt sienna, and white.
There's a stop sign catching the full sun and a brick building in shadow just beyond it. I'm painting over a casein base layer tinted to yellow-orange, and using a dark blue colored pencil for the first lines. The horizontal line through the base of the stop sign is the eye level.
At the end I bring in a little white Nupastel and light blue colored pencils for the lines of the bricks. Gouache presents a very receptive surface to chalk and colored pencils.
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If you're ever passing through Kingston, New York, I can recommend the great homemade Oaxacan food at Just for You Mexican Restaurant
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By: James Gurney,
on 2/18/2016
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My car is in the shop for new tires. It's too cold to paint outside, so I set up by the coffee machine. The car goes up on the lift. An impact wrench rattles. I've got about an hour.
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| Van Kleeck's Tire, Gouache, 5 x 8 inches, 1 hour |
The view looks back into the office. Beyond the counter there's a desk with a computer. Beyond that, a passageway with a filing cabinet leading farther back into another office. Someone is working on a computer back there.
This video shows a few stages of the process. (Sweater vest by Jeanette) (Link to the video on YouTube).
I set up a warm foreground and a cool background, going quite dark in the transition between them. The cool note of the computer screen in the near office was an exception to the warm foreground, like a dot on a taijitu.
I invent the color statement to add depth and mood. The actual scene is more evenly lit with uniformly colored fluorescent lights.
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If you've been thinking of getting into Guerilla Gouache, there's no time like the present. Here's all you need to get started:
Pentalic watercolor sketchbook
Holbein gouache set
Richeson travel brush set
Take me along with you: Gouache in the Wild
And join the GurneyJourney on Instagram, Pinterest, Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube.
And join the GurneyJourney on Instagram, Pinterest, Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube.
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By: James Gurney,
on 2/13/2016
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Yesterday I painted this study of a celluloid Mickey Mouse toy from the 1930s. This toy was manufactured in Japan and distributed in Europe. It is made from celluloid, a lightweight, fragile, and flammable material that has also been used for ping pong balls, animation "cells," and for film stock itself.
When the cellulose is unpainted (as with the green bucket above), there's a lot of subsurface scattering. But most of this Mickey is painted, which makes the light bounce off the surface.
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| Celluloid Mickey, gouache, 5x5 inches |
As I was painting this, I was thinking about the variety of whites in this scene. I reserved the brightest white for the highlights. The lit sides of the nose and the shorts are just a little darker and warmer. The white surface that Mickey is standing on gradates back to a midrange cool gray in the top of the composition due to fall-off.
Getting all those soft edges and gradations is the challenge in gouache (it would be easy in oil). But the advantage of gouache over transparent watercolor is that you can get very precise control of value and chroma.
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Video tutorial: Gouache in the Wild
Previously on GJ: Subsurface scattering and Fall-off
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By: James Gurney,
on 2/10/2016
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Restaurants in Chinatown are a good place for gouache painting if you catch them in the middle of the afternoon. You can hold down a table for a while and the cooks come out to eat. They always seem to eat cool stuff that's not on the menu.
The white of the chefs' outfits captures the colors of the light sources. There's a backlit photo panel pumping green light from behind them, a yellow-orange incandescent source from off to the right, and some bluish window light filling from behind me.
I'm in New York City to drop off a new painting at Scientific American, and I'll tell you more about that when the April issue comes along.
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By: James Gurney,
on 1/30/2016
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| Esopus Island, gouache over blue underpainting, 4 x 4 inches. |
I have kayaked out there in the spring to see the rare wildflowers with names like Indian Pipes and Dutchman's Breeches. They're hard to find on the mainland because they get eaten by the deer. It's also a nesting colony for Canada geese, so you have to be careful in the spring, or they will attack you if you get anywhere near their nests.
"With little more than a tent, a leaky sailing canoe, and some red paint, when he was not meditating cross-legged for hours at a time on the beach, he spent his time smearing DO WHAT THOU WILT and EVERY MAN AND EVERY WOMAN IS A STAR across the rocky cliffs facing the passing steamers. The local farmers kept him alive with gifts of eggs, milk, and sweet corn...."Read the rest about Crowley's meditative practices online: The Hermit of Esopus Island
Wikipedia on Aleister Crowley
(I'll continue the Harold Speed this next Friday -- I'm a little behind because of deadlines.)
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By: James Gurney,
on 1/5/2016
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It's lunchtime at the diner. I get out the gouache. My eye is on the donut jar.
I squeeze out Prussian blue, burnt sienna, and white. I paint the thing without the highlights. They go on last, like the hat before you're out the door.
This 10 second video takes you from the donut jar to the sketchbook page. (Link to Youtube)
"Gouache in the Wild"
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By: James Gurney,
on 12/17/2015
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In this new YouTube video, I demonstrate a useful principle that will help you with speed and accuracy in plein-air painting. (Link to YouTube)
I do a study of an excavator in gouache (opaque watercolor), using big brushes and big shapes at first, and then I finish with smaller brushes, spending time only on the details that interest me the most. The whole study took about two hours, but it gave me essential information as I developed the design for the giant robot.
This is an excerpt from Fantasy in the Wild: Painting Concept Art on Location, a 71-minute video workshop packed full of such essential info.
This video is especially valuable to you if you're interested in fantasy, science fiction, concept art, or anything that requires combining imagination with observation.
PAINTING TIP: Large to Small — link to YouTube)
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By: James Gurney,
on 10/27/2015
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When a hearse pulls up in front of your house, paint it! Because you can't paint it once you're inside it.
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| 1967 Oldsmobile hearse, gouache, 5 x 8 inches, by James Gurney |
This is the classic dead man's limo.
The limited palette is brilliant purple, cadmium yellow deep, raw sienna, and white. This is really a complementary palette, using two values of yellow against purple. The short new video on YouTube shows the sequence of steps.
This wraps up our visit to Colorado. On Thursday we'll be at the University of the Arts in Philadelphia for a lecture and book signing in connection with "The Art of James Gurney" exhibition.
Today is the deadline for the Graveyard Painting Challenge, and I want to thank everyone who joined in. The results (and stories) are amazing, and they're from all over the world. It's going to be really hard to choose the finalists.
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Matte Stephens, an illustrator and painter from New England, creates wonderful, whimsical cityscapes and anthropomorphized animal scenes. The influence of Mid-Century artists like Alexander Girard, Charles & Ray Eames, Ben Shahn and Paul Klee are clear in his vintage style. His impressive client list includes Tiffany & CO, American Express and Jonathan Adler, and Chronicle Books.
See more of Matte’s fantastic work here: Website | Etsy Shop
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By: James Gurney,
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In Salida, Colorado, we wake up early and paint in the alleys. I use a limited palette of titanium white, yellow ochre
, burnt sienna, and Prussian blue (also called iron blue).I choose those pigments because they're enough to mix anything in the scene, and I am guaranteed that the overall effect will be harmonious.
. "This is line and wash," she says. "I lay it in with pencil, then put in the washes, then finish it off with pen. I like having a pen to define forms with lines and dots."Glenn Tait had a couple questions after yesterday's post:
Yes, gouache works fine for a double page spread, too. Sometimes colored pencil will rub off on a facing page, but the paint stays down pretty well. You just want to be sure the closed book doesn't get too much heavy pressure after it's finished. Painting panoramas in open spreads is a common practice among Urban Sketchers. You can set up a special frame to make a changing home display of your open books.
What is the "open" time on the palette with casein compared to gouache?
What is the "open" time on the palette with casein compared to gouache?
All things being equal, I believe casein stays wet or open on the palette a little longer, though I haven't done a systematic experiment. But the more important variables are: 1. Humidity, 2. Whether you're in the direct sun, and 3. Whether or not you squeeze the paint on a damp paper towel. Given those variables, gouache or casein can set up on the palette in anything from 20 minutes to three hours.
The good thing is that the texture of the paint changes as it dries from runny to thick, and that's what you need at various stages of the painting. I like to have runny, wet paint at the beginning as I'm laying in the big areas, and thicker, goopier paint for highlights and accents at the end. If I want to paint for more than a couple of hours, I just wipe off the palette and squeeze out new colors.
The good thing is that the texture of the paint changes as it dries from runny to thick, and that's what you need at various stages of the painting. I like to have runny, wet paint at the beginning as I'm laying in the big areas, and thicker, goopier paint for highlights and accents at the end. If I want to paint for more than a couple of hours, I just wipe off the palette and squeeze out new colors.
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By: James Gurney,
on 10/20/2015
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| Predawn, Denver, Gouache |
We arrive after dark to our hotel in Denver, and I wake up early. Here's the view from my window as the dawn light comes up. I have only 20 minutes to work before the light changes too much.
I paint this in gouache over casein. The casein underpainting, painted before the trip, is a yellowish white. In the central area, the casein layer is thicker, but still thin enough that it doesn't crack.
Many of the small yellow lights are scratched with a 
scraper tool through the gouache, revealing the light yellow casein underneath.
scraper tool through the gouache, revealing the light yellow casein underneath. ------
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By: James Gurney,
on 10/18/2015
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Come with Jeanette and me on a sketching journey across America. Destination— the high mountains of Colorado, where we'll meet up with our sons.
We'll explore some fascinating sketching opportunities of the USA. We're in Ohio now along the Interstate, but we'll soon be on the smaller roads.
We visit the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force in Dayton, which has three huge hangars full of military aircraft, ranging from the early days of flight to the present.
All the machines are intimidating and impressive in different ways. I'm attracted to the Sikorsky MH-53 special ops search-and-rescue helicopter, which flew all the way from the Vietnam War until 2008.
I use black and white gouache in a watercolor sketchbook to describe the details of the cockpit. I love the red glow of the inside, and I imagine the chopper lifting off in the dawn light, with dust kicking up from the left. For the smoke, I use white Nupastel
after the gouache dries.
to describe the details of the cockpit. I love the red glow of the inside, and I imagine the chopper lifting off in the dawn light, with dust kicking up from the left. For the smoke, I use white Nupastel after the gouache dries. Next, on to Missouri.
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By: Lisa Firke,
on 10/10/2015
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Amazing what you find when you start cleaning the studio in earnest. #silverpoint #ink and #gouache #original © 2011 by Lisa Firke.
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By: James Gurney,
on 9/11/2015
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| "Train Crossing," gouache, 5 x 8 inches |
I went over by the railroad tracks while our car was in the repair shop yesterday.
A freight train rumbled past, smelling of lumber and oil and new cars. It shrieked its horn a lot because this is a deadly crossing.
I always shudder when a freight passes because my only uncle was killed in an accident at a train crossing when he was a teenager. My mom didn't like it when I left art school to ride the freight trains across America, and I was unaware of the worry I must have caused her.
But it was thrilling and wild to travel that way. We would throw our backpacks onto an empty railcar as it left the yard and it would blast us into the night through unknown cities in the pitch blackness and hurricane wind. We never knew what part of the country we would wake up in.
Painting is like that, full of unknowns and deep longings, but it takes place inside a contained universe.
I used three colors of gouache: Perylene Maroon (which sounds like the name of a pirate), Viridian, and Yellow Ochre, plus White. The underdrawing is just a framework of measurements.
Here's what the painting looked like after an hour or so.
Because every element in the scene was unloved and probably never painted by an artist before, I felt an even greater accountability to capture it as faithfully as I could.
I like gouache for a subject like this because it lets me paint the most delicate forms, such as the fine electrical wires and the far crossing gates in the distance, which were as small as slivers.
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