Golden Hour Streetscape Painted in Gouache

Рет қаралды 41,357

Жыл бұрын

Sometimes my painting departs from what I'm actually seeing. This time I swap the gray sky for a golden color, and the plein-air gouache study starts to come to life.
ART SUPPLIES
I'm using watercolor and gouache in an watercolor sketchbook.
Titanium white: amzn.to/2XSOld4
Cadmium yellow light: amzn.to/2qIw7LQ
Cadmium Orange: tinyurl.com/5n79h52x
Yellow ochre: amzn.to/2SfXc2O
Raw sienna: amzn.to/2PycXm8
Raw umber: amzn.to/2pgvHMg
Ultramarine violet deep: amzn.to/3kokItT
Ultramarine blue: amzn.to/2X9GZ1k
Cadmium red: amzn.to/32SHjIw
OTHER ART SUPPLIES
Pentalic watercolor sketchbook: amzn.to/2L989y2
Richeson travel brush set: amzn.to/2xwq1Rr
Graphite pencil (Staedtler Mars Lumograph): tinyurl.com/3vwbzhsm
Staedler White Eraser: tinyurl.com/4n464bpv
Fountain pen (Pilot Custom 912): tinyurl.com/yywdd5zd
Fountain pen: (alt. Waterman Phileas): tinyurl.com/4xvfn7zx
Yama Guri Chestnut Brown Ink: tinyurl.com/37bak9rd
Water cup: amzn.to/2soTw2L
Homemade sketch easel: gurneyjourney.gumroad.com/l/s...
Filbert ½ inch watercolor synthetic: amzn.to/3CqTZT9
Rigger brush (synthetic #3) amzn.to/3AJoW4i
Tripod (Amazon Basics): tinyurl.com/2eepvcne
...or (Velbon): tinyurl.com/msfkashz
Spring clamps: tinyurl.com/26ss6w5d
CAMERAS and AUDIO
Pocket camera (Canon SX620): amzn.to/3lIbtVW
Stereo mics/recorders (Rode Wireless Go II): amzn.to/3mVsMSP
Stereo recorder (Zoom H2n): amzn.to/3aFjCUP
Tripod: amzn.to/2xrRaFc
VIDEO TUTORIALS:
“How to Make a Sketch Easel” jamesgurney.com/products/how-...
"Gouache in the Wild" : gurneyjourney.gumroad.com/l/g...
"Watercolor in the Wild": gurneyjourney.gumroad.com/l/W...
BOOKS BY JAMES GURNEY:
Color and Light: A Guide for Realist Painters: jamesgurney.com/products/colo...
Imaginative Realism: How to Paint What Doesn’t Exist: jamesgurney.com/products/imag...
Dinotopia: A Land Apart from Time: jamesgurney.com/products/dino...
OTHER OFFICIAL SITES
Instagram: / jamesgurneyart
Pinterest: / gurneyjourney
GurneyJourney Blog: gurneyjourney.blogspot.com/
JamesGurney Website: jamesgurney.com/
Facebook group "Sketch Easel Builders": / 403006076777641
Facebook group "Color in Practice": / 160510955315435
Some of the links above are affiliate links, for which I make a small commission at no cost to you.

Пікірлер: 99

@cesarleyva4608 Жыл бұрын

BABE WAKE UP NEW JAMES GURNEY VIDEO

@bella_color Жыл бұрын

my exact thoughts when he posts

@amypak 2 ай бұрын

@@bella_color YEP!

@brokenzealot Жыл бұрын

Ok the painting is amazing, but can I just comment on how badass your video editing skills are! Setting up the split screen view with live video of the street on the bottom and painting on top at the same time and it all lines up just blows my mind. Thank you for this 2 minutes of pure inspiration!

@animarjournals Жыл бұрын

Oh I agree! And the magic trick in the end? Showing how to suscribe and the rest of suggestions... I just love it!

@MrMikedejeuner 9 ай бұрын

I also love when he skips important parts

@Blick_Art Жыл бұрын

Oh, wow, that sky just placed everything else in a totally different context! This is a perfect example of how a little improvisation in an observational painting can turn a documentary image into art. (Sadly fewer of these little markets left in the American landscape all the time!)

@artbysumaikah7801 Жыл бұрын

this video is a true artistic masterpiece. its so dream-like when you merged the painting and the cars passing by in the real footage

@MsBettyRubble Жыл бұрын

Wow, that glorious golden sky is exquisite! Completely elevates the painting.❤

@justinkeefe3456 Жыл бұрын

Pretty! Like the combo of art and real life at the end there. They need to make a movie like that where it’s just wildly and unpredictably intermixed. Great job! Have a great day everyone :) ~Keefe

@Low_on_nothing Жыл бұрын

Sounds like a Wes Anderson movie

@justinkeefe3456 Жыл бұрын

@@Low_on_nothing yessss!… among the terms of more fantastic mr fox! Wow what great movies!

@justinkeefe3456 Жыл бұрын

For some reason I was thinking a waking life. But, not so wild just more art (visual) and life. Not philosophical

@samrat447 Жыл бұрын

Mr. Gurney if people formed their idea of America entirely by looking at your artwork they would think America is the most beautiful place in the word.

@CountAxel Жыл бұрын

Production Designers, Art Directors, and even Cinematographers would benefit enormously from studying your work. The way you breakdown the form of each piece has an effective simplicity, and the emphasis on "tiling" in each color and light pattern allows for a very detailed and "lighting specific " expression of a scene; and yet the method has an economy about it, which makes it completely accessible.

@davidwebbart Жыл бұрын

Ha ha. It takes a very accurate drawing to pull that off, James.

@Hungry_Raccoon_ Жыл бұрын

I check my notifications everyday and i don’t know why but KZfaq never put you in there till today. It’s been probably 2 years since i last watched your content because if this hut im glad it switched up on me and put you in there once more.

@GabrielStocktonWatercolors Жыл бұрын

Iam going to enjoy this

@eyeguy13 Жыл бұрын

The painting as usual is fantastic and the car sounds were great with my air pods in! I could hear the cars coming all the way from my right to my left. I’ve never heard that much realism before. Amazing both painting and audio.

@JamesGurney Жыл бұрын

Hey, Doug, I'm glad you noticed the stereo audio. When I'm out there painting, I'm super aware of the sounds.

@damienkearns3654 Жыл бұрын

I would have loved a 12-15 minute video watching this process. Love the atmosphere captured in the paintings.

@skengdaddy Жыл бұрын

Love the overlay effect of the cars passing through the painting, great stuff.

@darkridearts Жыл бұрын

I’m here James. I’m grateful every time you post

@goodguy7975 Жыл бұрын

I will always love your art.

@julienielsen3746 Жыл бұрын

I like warm colors. I really like how this turned out.

@kimberlyprovost1200 5 ай бұрын

Kingston,NY! My son is in lineman school right now. The poles and linemen might make a cool plein air painting James! Love your art!

@barbaraa.8889 Жыл бұрын

As if you had a prophetical feeling about the gray (real life) sky that will turn into the golden one you painted! Awesome!

@ericag2233 Жыл бұрын

Wow! Stunning.

@ramonalee1 Жыл бұрын

I😂I had to rewind and watch the end a few times! I still don’t know how you did it. 🤭Delightful! That golden sky was pure magic!

@recoveringsoul755 Жыл бұрын

I know! How does he do that? Can't tell his painting apart from the real world

@pmnirmal6052 Жыл бұрын

@@recoveringsoul755 Yeah! I was also wondering how he merged the painting and the real-life cars! Hope he would reveal it!🙂

@Pomelo.Digital Жыл бұрын

Yay new post!! I’ve been relistening to all your old podcasts and interviews lately - thank you for all the knowledge that you share ❤🎉 Also, almost at $500k!!

@gideongrace1977 Жыл бұрын

The editing for this looked really cool.

@titanostrongman Жыл бұрын

You tripped me out with the end live video over painting hahaha.

@_ratso Жыл бұрын

That last shot was amazing, love your stuff!

@ChristinaMandy_art Жыл бұрын

Thank you for posting from time to time, I'm always happy when KZfaq notifies me about a new video from you! 👩🏻‍🎨

@terrilikens4975 Жыл бұрын

Wow. That was unexpected!

@zuhazubair9311 Жыл бұрын

Very cool editing trick!

@RPKGameVids Жыл бұрын

That's a very beautiful painting. 👍

@adititiwari9509 Жыл бұрын

SO PRETTY😻

@dougg1075 Жыл бұрын

Beautiful

@maramakesjournals2319 Жыл бұрын

Lovely! And superb video editing. Thanks!

@thuggy1 Жыл бұрын

A masterpiece..as usual! I wish the video would be longer!

@JamesGurney Жыл бұрын

Thanks! I've got some longer videos coming.

@thuggy1 Жыл бұрын

@@JamesGurney YES!!!

@woonko3300 Жыл бұрын

this is so amzing and original, thanks for sharing

@bmxt939 Жыл бұрын

Thank you for inspiration.

@jeroenwillemse6425 Жыл бұрын

Such a great artist. What an inspiration.

@sketchbookscheming Жыл бұрын

I loved seeing how you put in all the details!

@zahraabuji4901 Жыл бұрын

Beautiful😍

@TeagueChrystie Жыл бұрын

Gorgeous. Fantastic as always.

@rodneydaniels9550 Жыл бұрын

A new favorite added to my list of your work - great

@Angela-zf8sn Жыл бұрын

Gorgeous

@nitrovier Жыл бұрын

Great video as always, sir. The ending sequence with the painting and the cars in movement was perfectly done!

@lecolintube Жыл бұрын

Wow, just wow. I’m always amazed by your mastery of colour & colour theory, not to mention your painting techniques - even in a 2min video. Thank you, such a pleasure to get to see your work ❤

@Jamie-Russell-CME Жыл бұрын

Absolutely fantastic!

@DianaSobrado Жыл бұрын

bravo!!!!

@honey3762 Жыл бұрын

Love your videos, hope you have a good summer

@bqgin Жыл бұрын

you might've given me idea for my next project. Thank you

@Moonshineiii Жыл бұрын

Lovely thank you .

@isobelsmith6999 Жыл бұрын

Wow! 👏😃

@kartik0_ok 10 ай бұрын

Amazing

@wessidestory Жыл бұрын

Beautiful result! After turning the sky to gold, how do you determine how much to lighten the other values, like the front plane of the house?

@JamesGurney Жыл бұрын

I wanted to save the lightest accents for the windows on the front plane, and make the clapboards on that side just a bit lower in value. The side of the house facing us is just a little darker an cooler.

@BTFWayne Жыл бұрын

You're the Ansel Adams of plein air.

@user-bi3xn8dj7y Жыл бұрын

😮 Sneaky

@nrwafy3385 Жыл бұрын

The man is a master and his work is absolutely amazing as always!❤️ I have a question tho ,is there a specific reason why he is putting his watch right next to the canvas?

@gothtomboy Жыл бұрын

ooh i'm early! love the video

@frankbarone630 11 ай бұрын

I have never tried watercolors or gouache. If I want to learn how to use these two mediums, which video would you recommend I start with? your work is amazing. You are truely gifted.

@nguyentai464 Жыл бұрын

I love you James ❤

@Sara-pk8wv Жыл бұрын

How the sku turned from green to gold?

@hayaakallaah7783 11 ай бұрын

More buildings please 😊

@Shebacca6000 Жыл бұрын

Modern day bob ross hands down ❤

@janicetribbiani7535 Жыл бұрын

No. Nothing like Bob Ross. Bob Ross painted imaginary landscapes with no thought of light and shadow. James can paint anything.

@Shebacca6000 Жыл бұрын

@@janicetribbiani7535ok 👍🏻

@LauraGYoung Жыл бұрын

I agree -- in that he has a relaxed, friendly manner and makes the joy of creating art more accessible to everyday people. Bob used television, and James uses social media. Growing up, I didn't know any adults who drew pictures or painted, so Bob's PBS show was a revelation. Sure, some critics categorized his wet-on-wet oil paintings as "kitsch", but his enthusiasm sparked something in my younger self that made me want to learn MORE. I am pleased (and not a little envious) of the global audience that is growing up with James' generous talent. :)

@Shebacca6000 Жыл бұрын

@@LauraGYoung whole heartedly agree to this statement. I would’ve responded with something like this but I’m on vacation in South Dakota.

@oscarelizondo3505 9 ай бұрын

I'm sure you've been asked this before, but out of curiosity. How do you work around the change in the direction of light and shadow? And, do you ever work from references like photos, or simply go based on memory? Hope to hear back. Thank you, James.

@ladyethyme Жыл бұрын

Yaaay

@inkonmyhands Жыл бұрын

HE POSTED OMGIGMGIGMGIOMGOMG AAA. Cannot believe.

@vincenzodionisio 10 ай бұрын

Hi James! I'm a street artist that painting letters and realistic things/ subjects. Recently I've bought your book "Color and Light" and starts reading last night. Have you ever painted a Mural? Thanks for replying! 🙏🏼

@nielstenbrink Жыл бұрын

It‘s not the sky that‘s gold - you are!

@franciscolona5214 Жыл бұрын

Que agusto pintar en la calle sin que nada ni nadie te distraiga o te moleste o te asalte 😊

@jondavid9601 Жыл бұрын

Where are you, southern England?

@isobelsmith6999 Жыл бұрын

0:05

@blackmagicnights Жыл бұрын

Bruh. My jaw dropped.

@luisarmenta8010 Жыл бұрын

loquieromuchoseñorjamesgurney

@Jamie-Russell-CME Жыл бұрын

Did you study Reformation Theology?

@JiveDadson Жыл бұрын

🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂

@thanhbinhnguyen5127 Жыл бұрын

Your painting style is a mixture of watercolors and oil paints The sky was yellow at first, then its color became warmer. I don't understand.

@bruniau Жыл бұрын

In the title you mentiion something strange happening when you paint the sky yellow, would have been nice to hear you say what.

@pmnirmal6052 Жыл бұрын

View the end portion of the video after he finishes painting the sky yellow. You will find that house is what he is painting. But the cars are real! How did he merge the real cars in his painting ? You may have to rewind and view it multiple times! At first, I couldn't realize what was happening. Then it dawned on me that cars were driving away inside his painting! Whew! Wonder how he did it!