James Gurney
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Painting Daisies by NOT Painting Daisies | Art, Botany, and Zen
James Gurney creates a watercolor study of daisies by painting around the white shapes. We learn about the technique of negative painting, the composite structure of daisies, and the Zen Buddhist concept of the space between things .
WATERCOLOR AND GOUACHE
Cadmium yellow light: tinyurl.com/3hwh6er9
Permanent green pale: tinyurl.com/mrhmfajz
Yellow ochre: tinyurl.com/494dae33
Pyrrol red: tinyurl.com/2sucwecj
Transparent red oxide: tinyurl.com/2ajdfcnk
Prussian blue: tinyurl.com/fw5dashp
Ultramarine blue: tinyurl.com/3bnrrv5t
Cobalt teal: tinyurl.com/t647e2br
Titanium white: tinyurl.com/5xwd4twb
Watercolor small set of pans: www.kqzyfj.com/ii115ox52x4KMLLTOMONOKMOSMSNOQ?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.dickblick.com%2Fitems%2Frembrandt-artist-watercolors-set-of-12-colors-pans%2F%3Fclicktracking%3Dtrue%26wmcp%3Dpla%26wmcid%3Ditems%26wmckw%3D01717-1129%26country%3Dus%26currency%3Dusd&cjsku=01717-1129
TOOLS AND SUPPLIES
Travel brush set: tinyurl.com/2s3rsfbz
Watercolor sketchbook: tinyurl.com/3zpzj4cc
Sketch Easel Builders (Facebook group): groups/403006076777641/
IDEAS
Zen concept of "ma": typeset.io/questions/what-is-the-japanese-concept-of-ma-1d0408sxnw
Botanical info about composite flowers: plantcaretoday.com/composite-flower.html
VIDEO TUTORIALS:
"Gouache in the Wild" (Download on Gumroad): gumroad.com/l/gouache
"Gouache in the Wild" on (DVD): kunaki.com/Sales.asp?PID=PX004NVKHN
“Casein Painting in the Wild” (Download on Gumroad): gumroad.com/l/casein
“How to Make a Sketch Easel” (DVD): kunaki.com/Sales.asp?PID=PX00Z4M3XY
“Watercolor in the Wild” (Download) gumroad.com/l/watercolor
Animal Painting vid: gumroad.com/l/paintinganimals
Casein in the Wild: gumroad.com/l/casein
Flower Painting in the Wild: gumroad.com/l/flowerpainting
"Portraits in the Wild" gurneyjourney.gumroad.com/l/portraitsinthewild
FOLLOW ME ON:
Substack: jamesgurney.substack.com/p/two-paths-for-career-building-online
Twitter (X): GurneyJourney
UA-cam: www.youtube.com/@JamesGurney
Instagram: jamesgurneyart
Facebook: JamesMGurney
Blogger: gurneyjourney.blogspot.com/2024/04/the-two-roads-to-career-building.html
BOOKS:
Color and Light: tinyurl.com/bd32nebx
Imaginative Realism: jamesgurney.com/products/imaginative-realism-how-to-paint-what-doesnt-exist
Dinotopia: jamesgurney.com/products/dinotopia-a-land-apart-from-time-signed
Music by Chris Haugen
and Kevin MacLeod
Some of the links are affiliate links, which give me a small percentage of the sale with no extra cost to you.
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Відео

Gumball Machines in a Laundromat = ART?
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James Gurney sets up his plein-air easel between the garbage can and the change machine. CASEIN PAINT Titanium white: tinyurl.com/4n24p7vb Cadmium yellow light: tinyurl.com/yc2rax4e Cadmium orange: tinyurl.com/ys77jj6e Cadmium red scarlet: tinyurl.com/mr2dw4cz Rose red: tinyurl.com/mth72639 Ivory black: tinyurl.com/ya4k5b7p Golden Ochre: tinyurl.com/y7edc4v4 Cadmium green: tinyurl.com/45zp62a4 ...
Painting a Parking Lot , Trash and Weeds
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I paint some trash thrown in the weeds alongside a stretch of asphalt. More about painting "non-motifs" at my Substack: tinyurl.com/mw22edme
Painting a View of Bray, Ireland
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I sat on a hill overlooking Bray, County Wicklow and did this quick capture in my watercolor sketchbook.
I Paint an Old Van While I Talk About the Online Art Businesss
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Plein-air painter James Gurney demos how he sketches a defunct Kurbmaster delivery van. Meanwhile he talks about how visual artists can build a successful online business using social media to build a wide following, or by catering to a smaller group of loyal fans. WATERCOLOR AND GOUACHE Cadmium yellow light: tinyurl.com/3hwh6er9 Permanent green pale: tinyurl.com/mrhmfajz Yellow ochre: tinyurl....
How I Paint Roadside Weeds
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Here's a practical method for isolating a living plant so that you can paint an accurate portrait of it on location. LINKS: Substack: jamesgurney.substack.com Book: Fidelia Bridges: Nature into Art: tinyurl.com/46hp8mn8 Book: Color and Light: A Guide for the Realist Painter: jamesgurney.com/products/color-and-light-a-guide-for-the-realist-painter-signed-by-james-gurney Casein emulsion: bit.ly/3...
What's Coming
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My Substack page is at: open.substack.com/pub/jamesgurney Gouache in the Wild video: gurneyjourney.gumroad.com/l/gouache Signed books: jamesgurney.com/collections/books
Super Mario In Pasadena
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James Gurney leads a group of 12 top concept artists and plein-air painters to imagine a gigantic character in Pasadena, California. Gurney chooses Super Mario interacting with the public, and paints him in gouache. This event was part of Lightbox Expo, an annual convention for artists who work in the entertainment industry. Lightbox Expo: lightboxexpo.com/ Colossal Characters on NBC News: www....
See Into My Brain As I Paint a Flower
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James Gurney paints a dahlia at Stonecrop Gardens. Gurney shares his insights on switching between different modes of seeing while painting in casein. He emphasizes the importance of continuously controlling your visual attention to see only what you need to see at each stage and tuning out the rest. He also shares a few bizarre facts about the visual skills of honeybees. More about casein pain...
Why Casein Paint? Lots of Advantages Over Oils for Plein Air
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James Gurney uses casein paint for a plein-air study of the conservatory at Stonecrop Gardens. As he demonstrates his drawing and painting process, he explains the advantages of casein compared to oils, gouache, and acrylic. INQUIRIES about availability of original art: garden@stonecrop.org CASEIN AND OTHER MATERIALS Titanium white: tinyurl.com/4n24p7vb Cadmium yellow light: tinyurl.com/yc2rax4...
Spinosaurus at Water's Edge | Behind the Art
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James Gurney demonstrates the step-by-step process of painting two restorations of the dinosaur Spinosaurus under the direction of Dr. Paul Sereno of the University of Chicago. Dr. Sereno's scientific paper in Nature Magazine is called "Spinosaurus is Not an Aquatic Dinosaur." Sereno's team developed a CT-based skeletal restoration of Spinosaurus and examined its hydrodynamic properties. They f...
PHOTO vs PAINTING | How They're Different and Why It Matters to Artists
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James Gurney paints Trinity Church in Newport, Rhode Island, and considers how the human eye interprets reality differently than the camera. He uses casein paint on panel on a customized pochade easel. CASEIN AND OTHER MATERIALS Titanium white: tinyurl.com/4n24p7vb Cadmium yellow light: tinyurl.com/yc2rax4e Cadmium orange: tinyurl.com/ys77jj6e Cadmium red scarlet: tinyurl.com/mr2dw4cz Rose red:...
How to Simplify a Complex Subject
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James Gurney paints a blacksmith at his forge and answers questions about strategies for dealing with complexity and detail. Using watercolor and gouache, he demonstrates how he eliminates background details and uses shadows to focus attention on the important parts of the silhouette. VIDEO TUTORIALS: How to Make a Sketch Easel gurneyjourney.gumroad.com/l/sketcheasel "Gouache in the Wild" gumro...
Wienermobile: Sketching The Hot Dog on Wheels
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Painting the 1952 Wienermobile on location at the Henry Ford Museum using gouache on my homemade sketch easel. Plus: information about specularity, diffraction spikes, and concave highlights. ART MATERIALS Cadmium yellow light: amzn.to/2CuUtig Titanium white: amzn.to/2XSOld4 Burnt sienna: amzn.to/2TEoC4D Ultramarine blue: amzn.to/2Sm4FyB Naphthol red: amzn.to/3AsnOCA Pentalic watercolor sketchb...
Golden Hour Streetscape Painted in Gouache
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Golden Hour Streetscape Painted in Gouache
I'll Be At Lightbox Expo 2023
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I'll Be At Lightbox Expo 2023
Paint First, Then Draw - Quirky Gouache Technique
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Paint First, Then Draw - Quirky Gouache Technique
How to Paint Light and Shadow
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How to Paint Light and Shadow
Pen Over Watercolor | A Strategy for Sketching for Complex Subjects
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Pen Over Watercolor | A Strategy for Sketching for Complex Subjects
BATTLE...or MEDITATION? | My State of Mind While Painting
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BATTLE...or MEDITATION? | My State of Mind While Painting
Andy Warhol and the Gatekeepers
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Andy Warhol and the Gatekeepers
Turning Day into Night with Gouache
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Turning Day into Night with Gouache
Sketching a Street in Ireland
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Sketching a Street in Ireland
Paint a Baby in Gouache
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Paint a Baby in Gouache
Sketching Chicken People
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Sketching Chicken People
Should I Burn This Painting? | BIGGEST YouTube Art Collab (S2E5)
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Should I Burn This Painting? | BIGGEST UA-cam Art Collab (S2E5)
Painting This Botanical Study Nearly Broke My Brain
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Painting This Botanical Study Nearly Broke My Brain
Paint Opaquely Over a Red Priming
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Paint Opaquely Over a Red Priming
Realistic Urban Sketching in Gouache
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Realistic Urban Sketching in Gouache
Painting Peonies with Watercolor at NYBG
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Painting Peonies with Watercolor at NYBG

КОМЕНТАРІ

  • @PeteDimitrov
    @PeteDimitrov День тому

    It is the silence in-between the words, the "gaps" in the sound, that shape and give our speech its meaning. Otherwise it would be all noise. I didn't come up with that thought. I read it somewhere recently, or heard it in a tv show. I can't for the life of me remember where! But your amazing video and art reminded me of it. Inspiring, as usual. (Perhaps I read it in Three Body Problem that I recently finished, some of the readers might know the origin better than I.)

  • @sagingmilk
    @sagingmilk День тому

    LOL “oh shoot, she just scrambled all the gumballs”

  • @KettyFormaggio
    @KettyFormaggio 2 дні тому

    amazing

  • @DaniloDelfino
    @DaniloDelfino 3 дні тому

    That’s amazing

  • @rogergordon6099
    @rogergordon6099 4 дні тому

    Brilliant James!😀

  • @PaintWithPencil
    @PaintWithPencil 4 дні тому

    It's so hard to slow down.

  • @mimimosa259
    @mimimosa259 4 дні тому

    As someone who does not have an artistic mind this is really mind boggling and amazing to witness in action. Thank you so much!

  • @cedarbylard
    @cedarbylard 5 днів тому

    You’re such a gem James. Thanks for being you.

  • @osarydrawings2225
    @osarydrawings2225 5 днів тому

    Por favor dureme toda la vida 🥹❤️ soy fan y siempre eh amado sus videos y tengo varios de sus libros

  • @susanproctor7512
    @susanproctor7512 5 днів тому

    How COOL! Can't wait to try this.

  • @mojoryse7836
    @mojoryse7836 5 днів тому

    i love painting things by not painting them

  • @claowue
    @claowue 5 днів тому

    Oh yes, Artists in Wonderland was great to watch. 🇪🇺😉 They had so much fun - and were so exhausted in the End 🙈 Even as I am not into spraypainting myself I got so inspired to do art. // Cute circles! I like them. Sometimes going small is the best thing to do!

  • @maverdanaless291
    @maverdanaless291 5 днів тому

    I'm on last pages of your wonderful "Color and Light" book. Thank you so much for your work and terrific art knowledge!

  • @fionasnapple
    @fionasnapple 6 днів тому

    do you know what happened to Myles Power?? he has lots of fans (myself included) who are worried and concerned.

  • @cletiskroeker3552
    @cletiskroeker3552 6 днів тому

    Really cool stuff!! Enjoyed the video. Nice work!!!!

  • @meiran5704
    @meiran5704 6 днів тому

    "light and dark fulfill each other". Thank you, Mr James.

  • @eventhorizonbm
    @eventhorizonbm 7 днів тому

    I've watched a particular pencil artist who always uses this technique. Thanks to you, I now know the name of it. Cheers!

  • @kristawestman9770
    @kristawestman9770 7 днів тому

    Ok, I certainly did not expect to cry watching a painting video! Thanks for the wonderful painting and instruction❤

  • @louisapdjones
    @louisapdjones 7 днів тому

    I especially like the way you handled the stems.... more negative painting. 🎉❤😊

  • @_valor
    @_valor 7 днів тому

    🤍🤍🤍

  • @_valor
    @_valor 7 днів тому

    🩷🩷🩷

  • @mrklewis
    @mrklewis 7 днів тому

    Awesome, thanks for sharing!

  • @deborahfinney313
    @deborahfinney313 7 днів тому

    Thank you! This has really helped me with background work. Good to see a new video

  • @bonjovi1354
    @bonjovi1354 7 днів тому

    Milking barn!! Yeaaa boiii

  • @kynzihall9479
    @kynzihall9479 8 днів тому

    If you want a art tutorial, you'll have to slow down the video. The video is hard to follow because of the speed ups. I understand why the speed ups, but hard to follow. This video is informative and that is all.

  • @rosettiwrites
    @rosettiwrites 8 днів тому

    I worked on a negative painting once. It didn't matter how hard I tried, it kept telling me I'd never make it as an artist.

  • @fenxylynx6916
    @fenxylynx6916 8 днів тому

    I love the new opening song at 0:20 !

  • @arcticaviary7322
    @arcticaviary7322 8 днів тому

    add a cat

  • @elisabethseeger5837
    @elisabethseeger5837 8 днів тому

    That was SO helpful- I’m trying to figure out how to paint a forest floor full of yellow Camas lilies interspersed with tall waving green grass

  • @jeffk7881
    @jeffk7881 9 днів тому

    Another great lesson!

  • @lorawaring883
    @lorawaring883 9 днів тому

    Amazing how you know what lesson i need just when i am forgetting what to do. thank you!

  • @user-sh3rz7rl4f
    @user-sh3rz7rl4f 9 днів тому

    OMG !!!!

  • @artonthecreek
    @artonthecreek 9 днів тому

    Once again, so wonderful. Thanks for taking us with you-makes me want to go back to our local Botanic Gardens this week and try my hand at the negative spaces❤

  • @jesuscarmelorodriguezlem-id2vu
    @jesuscarmelorodriguezlem-id2vu 9 днів тому

    I like 👍👍👍👍

  • @LoveBystroem
    @LoveBystroem 9 днів тому

    i envy and pity those who havent followed james for a longer time. you probably have a lot to watch and learn, which I wish I did (got stuff to practice and discover on my own, just not a lot of great videos left to watch), but its too bad you haven't been able to apply and learn from this great material before now, cause you've probably missed a lot of useful stuff.

    • @JamesGurney
      @JamesGurney 8 днів тому

      Thank you, and that's an interesting mix of emotions. I arrived "later in life" (I was probably 35--1993) to an awareness of some of my heroes, including Winsor McCay, Adolph Menzel, and William Wordsworth. Those big influencers hit me differently in mid-life than they did in teen years. When I was 17, I was well aware of other heroes: R. Crumb, Norman Rockwell, M.C. Escher, Howard Pyle, and Albrecht Durer. It must be so different growing up now with the internet all around us.

  • @ErikBongers
    @ErikBongers 9 днів тому

    "Cartoonify". Yes, that a nice word to express "simplifying without purpose".

  • @dragonshy
    @dragonshy 9 днів тому

    Thank you very much for a wonderful video Mr Gurney! You are such an inspiration for me and many of my artist friends, I wish you all the best things, be well, happy and keep creating!

  • @flockzzn
    @flockzzn 9 днів тому

    great video, as always!

  • @michaelhemmingartist
    @michaelhemmingartist 9 днів тому

    Great painting as usual but also interesting little extras too. A pleasure to watch as always.

  • @prashantinerellapalli
    @prashantinerellapalli 9 днів тому

    brilliant as always..!

  • @ileanaruppert2294
    @ileanaruppert2294 9 днів тому

    Quick correction, in the character "ma" it's the sun that's peeking through the gates, not the moon ;) thank you for this informative and calming video!

  • @BUY_YOUTUB_VIEWS_76
    @BUY_YOUTUB_VIEWS_76 9 днів тому

    This my shittttttt

  • @californiadreaming567
    @californiadreaming567 9 днів тому

    Beautiful

  • @Tonisfarm2024
    @Tonisfarm2024 9 днів тому

    Perfect timing for this video as I just started sketching my granddaughter in a field thick with daisy's that I plan to paint. This video made me more excited than scared to put the paint on the paper. Thank you!

  • @sujanithtottempudi2991
    @sujanithtottempudi2991 9 днів тому

    I find negative painting very tedious...one of the reason i left watercolour...now into gouache. Im ok using thick opaque white paint petals rather than negative paint...but interesting to just watch. Thanks ❤

    • @tthomas184
      @tthomas184 9 днів тому

      My thoughts exactly...why make painting harder than it is? Find the easy way.

  • @newpractice
    @newpractice 9 днів тому

    Very cool. I have a practice of ink drawing trees. It is a lot of fun to try to instead of drawing a single leaf at all, to instead bring out the boundaries between. This is where a lot of life takes place ✅✅ Peace

  • @margaretcroft
    @margaretcroft 9 днів тому

    Oh my goodness, now besides learning about painting daisies with negative spaces, we’ve learned a bit of Japanese, had a botany lesson, and art history lesson! Loved this..thank you so much - you are always so interesting and entertaining!

    • @JamesGurney
      @JamesGurney 6 днів тому

      Thanks. I'm glad you enjoyed all the tidbits. Every painting seems to lead me to odd new discoveries. I'm grateful to have a bunch of friends to share them with.

  • @LauraGYoung
    @LauraGYoung 9 днів тому

    Painting living flowers en situ is such a humbling experience, especially on a breezy day. Painting them in transparent watercolor -- doubly so! Always appreciate your approach; the explanation about the Japanese concept of 間 was especially cool.

  • @corre491
    @corre491 9 днів тому

    Mr. Gurney. Thanks for your lessons. I have your two books. They are the best for learning. Thanks from Costa Rica.

  • @dgib1694
    @dgib1694 9 днів тому

    I love all your videos but the ones that presents the different general approaches to your art the best.