Gouache Painting Tutorial: James Gurney's 25 Tips for Sketching Architecture

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  • Опубликовано: 3 июл 2024
  • James Gurney paints a study of an old house in gouache. He starts by drawing the perspective with a water-soluble colored pencil on a casein-primed aqua media sketchbook page clipped to a DIY tripod easel. He then shares 25 tips for both beginners and advanced painters as he paints the building using a limited palette of gouache: white, black, yellow ochre, and raw umber. He demonstrates three main kinds of brushes: synthetic flat, round synthetic, and cat's tongue made from squirrel hair. The demonstration is interspersed with captions that explain the steps of the tutorial.
    MATERIALS
    Pentalic watercolor sketchbook: amzn.to/2L989y2
    Cat's Tongue Brush, 1/2 inch: amzn.to/2RwV8D4
    Travel brush: Connoisseur 9467: amzn.to/2DRdBVh
    Richeson Travel brush set: amzn.to/2xwq1Rr
    Water cup: amzn.to/2soTw2L
    Homemade easel: sellfy.com/p/LnZ8/
    Tripod: amzn.to/2xrRaFc
    PAINTS
    M. Graham (gouache): amzn.to/2ZWzLyR
    Holbein (gouache): amzn.to/2JhMCWK
    Winsor & Newton (gouache): amzn.to/2JiDMbo
    Richeson casein: amzn.to/2MLPAG7
    DRAWING TOOLS
    Water-soluble colored pencil: amzn.to/2J4QTJJ
    Fountain pen: amzn.to/2J7eWum
    TRIPOD, CAMERAS AND AUDIO:
    Amazon Basics Tripod: amzn.to/2ZZtkKw
    Canon M6 (time lapse, video, and stills): amzn.to/2J4RTgX
    Canon PowerShot Elph (point-and-shoot): amzn.to/2Ji1Vid
    Zoom H2N digital audio recorder: amzn.to/2XXAOfP
    Rode Video Mic GO (microphone): amzn.to/2UQGTc9
    VIDEO TUTORIALS:
    "Flower Painting in the Wild" (Gumroad) gumroad.com/l/flowerpainting
    "Gouache in the Wild" (Download on Gumroad): gumroad.com/l/gouache
    "Gouache in the Wild" on (DVD): amzn.to/2kF4YD0
    “Casein Painting in the Wild” (Download on Gumroad): gumroad.com/l/casein
    “How to Make a Sketch Easel” (DVD): amzn.to/2smDVAG
    “Watercolor in the Wild” (Download) gumroad.com/l/watercolor
    BLOG POSTS WITH MORE GEAR INFO:
    Gouache Materials List: gurneyjourney.blogspot.com/201...
    Watercolor Materials: gurneyjourney.blogspot.com/201...
    BOOKS:
    Color and Light: A Guide for Realist Painters: amzn.to/2JhWtfc
    Imaginative Realism: How to Paint What Doesn’t Exist: amzn.to/2LbVHhc
    Dinotopia: A Land Apart from Time: amzn.to/2xyamRM
    OTHER OFFICIAL SITES
    Instagram: / jamesgurneyart
    Pinterest: / gurneyjourney
    Blog: gurneyjourney.blogspot.com/
    Website: jamesgurney.com/site/shop
    Facebook group "Sketch Easel Builders": groups/40300...

Комментарии • 457

  • @krautgraphics
    @krautgraphics 5 лет назад +395

    Beautiful and inspirational. As always. Great tips, wonderful painting, and great thoughts at the end. I would love to see Jeanette's painting too! Or maybe some of her thoughts? Would be cool to see and hear her interpretations!

    • @JamesGurney
      @JamesGurney  5 лет назад +22

      Thanks, Ruth. I included Jeanette's painting in the blog post: gurneyjourney.blogspot.com/2019/06/an-approach-to-painting-architecture-in.html

    • @SuzyPal
      @SuzyPal 5 лет назад +3

      James Gurney i have thought the same thing. And hers looks great too!!

    • @krautgraphics
      @krautgraphics 5 лет назад +5

      @@JamesGurney You are just the sweetest person out there! Thank you!

    • @oprekindo
      @oprekindo 4 года назад +1

      totally agreed

  • @DTHRocket
    @DTHRocket 5 лет назад +841

    "I painted this house twice before, once with a car floating over the roof..." well isn't that just the Gurneyest thing you've ever heard

    • @Chill1332
      @Chill1332 5 лет назад +6

      I KNOW RIGHT!??

    • @classicartfoundation639
      @classicartfoundation639 4 года назад +4

      It must have been his mispent LSD youth

    • @publicopinion3596
      @publicopinion3596 4 года назад

      @@classicartfoundation639 um ok

    • @ralphchristianson
      @ralphchristianson 4 года назад +1

      @@classicartfoundation639 If he can do movie magic, a flying bug is pretty regular I think.

    • @KayInMaine
      @KayInMaine 4 года назад +1

      I can't stop laughing about it! LOL

  • @peggyhickman7210
    @peggyhickman7210 4 года назад +244

    Just turned 82, wish I had another 30 years to study with you,Thanks so much.

    • @memr5690
      @memr5690 3 года назад +36

      live to 112, easy

    • @lithiumx0x
      @lithiumx0x 3 года назад +27

      Love seeing older folks on the youtubes.

    • @LukenUSee
      @LukenUSee 2 года назад +5

      Think positive!

    • @clintburgess8568
      @clintburgess8568 2 года назад +19

      Peggy, you just may get another 30 years.

    • @aremedyproject9569
      @aremedyproject9569 2 года назад +6

      @Peggy Hickman Enjoying your present minute is the first step to practice. Then the rest will come easier.🙂

  • @busboy3232
    @busboy3232 5 лет назад +289

    "Mom these weird people are outside again painting our house" Great work James!

  • @mrlookeyluc
    @mrlookeyluc 5 лет назад +348

    Jesus man, not only is this guys art good he’s content and editing is spot on to.

    • @Stephanie-xz7qd
      @Stephanie-xz7qd 5 лет назад +15

      What stars really look like chill, dude

    • @Cheems09
      @Cheems09 5 лет назад +15

      What stars really look like Sorry to break it to you, but not everyone is religious.

    • @kristypolymath1359
      @kristypolymath1359 5 лет назад +2

      @@Cheems09 well, no reason to see "Jesus" then, either, huh? Unless you're actually talking to someone named Jesus, it doesn't really make sense to even say. Religious or not, idiots tend to not think about what they're saying.

    • @8cow945
      @8cow945 5 лет назад +9

      @@kristypolymath1359 religion has been apart of the english language since its beginning, thats why phrases like damn, jesus, holy shit etc are still common. Also have you never used expressive language since you question his use of "Jesus"?

    • @jayt7178
      @jayt7178 5 лет назад +5

      Kristy Whalen lol the irony of YOU talking about idiots speaking without thinking. It’s a figure of speech. I don’t think being a rude asshole is an approach supported by the Bible. It’s a great figure of speech. It’s not going away anytime soon because it’s a perfect expression of surprise or excitement. It’s literally one of the most versatile expressions there is. You can say it while mad, happy, enraged, upset, ecstatic, enlightened. So get over it. You and that stupid stars person. Starting a sentence with “Jesus” is one of the most open ended ways to form a thought. You can say Christ, or go on to a different thought all together. Not everyone is bogged down in your fundamentalist negativity and naïveté. Get over yourself.

  • @alexnelson6196
    @alexnelson6196 5 лет назад +127

    Wife fails to catch kids first steps with her camera: “ Dang it!”
    James: “ Don’t worry honey, I got it.”

  • @WadeSmith19
    @WadeSmith19 5 лет назад +233

    “I like to add interesting anomalies that I then cover up on the final step”

  • @thepatsyfamily
    @thepatsyfamily 5 лет назад +72

    You make it look so effortless. Beautiful work and closing words.

  • @lonewolfterror8897
    @lonewolfterror8897 5 лет назад +75

    Your the new Bob Ross, your voice is so soothing when your explaining the painting and I just cant take my eyes away from the screen. I love your work

    • @kristypolymath1359
      @kristypolymath1359 5 лет назад +5

      Haha.....Bob Ross was a television personality. His career was painting in front of a camera. His passion was not painting. He even hated his afro. The guy was a pleasure to listen to, he definitely had a calming demeanor about him, but he doesn't hold a candle to Gurney.

    • @jayt7178
      @jayt7178 5 лет назад +17

      Kristy Whalen hey man...don’t cut down the titanic talent that is Bob Ross. He introduced hella people to art and painting as something they could try themselves, and he brought oodles of joy and relaxation to those who didn’t want to paint. He was awesome. He didn’t have to be the best painter, because he was the best version of himself he could he. That’s his appeal.

    • @tundraillustration
      @tundraillustration 5 лет назад

      @@kristypolymath1359 What was his passion? :)

    • @LeBronJames-StatPadderMan
      @LeBronJames-StatPadderMan 5 лет назад

      @@kristypolymath1359 You his daughter?

    • @MAC-ws8fz
      @MAC-ws8fz 5 лет назад +3

      You ever hear of William Alexander? Bob Ross was a student of his and signed a contract which he soon broke. BOOB Ross was an Impostor and a fraud and a thief! Mr. Gurney is the Real Deal!

  • @TravisHenson777
    @TravisHenson777 23 дня назад

    Editing is spectacular. Painting is wonderful, but the storytelling that happens in these videos is razor sharp.

  • @Redhackle
    @Redhackle 5 лет назад +31

    I love how you see the beauty in the less cherished, the dwarfed knarled branches, secure, only in the shadows. What people walk by every day. Marvellous.

  • @GuenevereSchwien
    @GuenevereSchwien 5 лет назад +34

    I love how you broke it down into steps. Also what a great example of limited palette. 🎨

    • @clintburgess8568
      @clintburgess8568 2 года назад

      A limited palette is really a necessity when doing realism outdoors. I think it's silly to carry more than 6 colors. You really only need 2, beyond that is just desperation. 2 or 3 more colors is okay, but now you are showing off. Like James does!

  • @Chris_M_Romero
    @Chris_M_Romero 3 месяца назад +1

    That house is like the surface of your mixing palette, it has seen many colors over the years. Some bright, some dark. Some joyful, and others somber

  • @TheRealSamPreece
    @TheRealSamPreece 4 года назад +18

    The coronal effect is my favourite part and gives it that warm golden light feel; amazing artistic additive and really takes it to another level

  • @avikdas1577
    @avikdas1577 5 лет назад +14

    Never ever had an artist slipped me into a emotional haze by his words, but you Mr.Gurney...did unexpectedly so well towards the end!

  • @leosypher9993
    @leosypher9993 4 года назад +9

    This painting style makes that washed in, slightly weathered to even vintage look that I really like

  • @jeffhreid
    @jeffhreid 4 года назад +1

    It’s art, it’s drama, it’s science, it’s history, it’s poetry. It’s a James G. Video nice!

  • @grvonny
    @grvonny 5 лет назад +33

    You got me thinking about gouache. I want to get some soon.

  • @partypao
    @partypao 5 лет назад +52

    I finally found a channel focused on gouache painting. And its hosted by a masterful painter as well! Love your artwork sir! Subscribed.

  • @Pixtureske
    @Pixtureske 3 года назад +1

    Great work, Mr. Gurney, as usual. But a cool tip I've got from this video that you didn't mention was something like "don't get too attached to the painting". It was interesting how you dedicated a portion of the video to the painting of that little hole at the bottom of the house and then at the end you just brushed paint over it, almost covering completely, just to add a nice fading frame, which gives the painting a very nice look.

  • @skateordie9628
    @skateordie9628 5 лет назад +3

    a house is also a stage in which we live our lives - mind blown!
    What a beautiful painting, I am blown away by the fact that you are almost calling this black and white, I see an overwhelming amount of colors. Seeing a master at work is something overly gratifying.

  • @trajtemberg
    @trajtemberg 5 лет назад +9

    Let alone the way James captured it, im sure He an i ain't seeing the same thing. Truly a sigh to behold.

  • @MrSandyboy4u
    @MrSandyboy4u 4 года назад +3

    It's always a poetry when 'Sir' paints..... So soothing so relaxing.

  • @aitoralvarez
    @aitoralvarez 5 лет назад +4

    These videos make youtube much better, that's a fact. Mr.Gurney shares so much art and knowledge that I'm starting to think that is not fair! Always thank you!!!

  • @StefanMarjoram
    @StefanMarjoram 5 лет назад +4

    Artistry, wisdom, humour and thoughtfulness - all in one little film. Thank you.

  • @schazreel
    @schazreel 5 лет назад

    Breathtaking!

  • @EmiTheLoomistar
    @EmiTheLoomistar 5 лет назад +8

    You always make it look so easy. I'll keep practicing thanks Mr. Gurney.

  • @matzc557
    @matzc557 Год назад +2

    You always make painting seem so easy. And always manage to make the subject more beauty than reality. It inspires me to keep painting

  • @filmart430
    @filmart430 5 лет назад

    Incredible...Simply incredible.

  • @nancylarson9023
    @nancylarson9023 Год назад

    Absolutely wonderful. Thank you for sharing!

  • @taisaweiss7086
    @taisaweiss7086 2 года назад

    Thanks you so much for this moment! Love your art.

  • @LlamaDavidful
    @LlamaDavidful 4 года назад +1

    This channel is so peaceful

  • @goldfishninja8086
    @goldfishninja8086 4 года назад

    So peaceful watching this

  • @jofox8066
    @jofox8066 5 лет назад

    I love the light on the roof in this one - beautiful!

  • @deba417
    @deba417 5 лет назад +9

    Another GREAT painting... and video!!! Thanks for the posting of this video and all your wonderful tips.

  • @WilliamMcEntee
    @WilliamMcEntee 5 лет назад +6

    Thanks for these tutorials, James. You've become a new favorite with me.

  • @robinmize4737
    @robinmize4737 4 года назад

    You are simply wonderful!!!

  • @hangingoutwithronwalters4505
    @hangingoutwithronwalters4505 2 года назад

    Thanks for explaining the process. I love gouache!

  • @williamhollaway2198
    @williamhollaway2198 4 года назад

    It is an absolute joy watching you paint. Thanx for sharing

  • @LRRPEXILE
    @LRRPEXILE 5 лет назад +4

    This is relaxing my brains... When I had no worries and responsibilities in my younger years, I was into graffiti and then drawing comic books back in the '80s-'90s, then I got married, kids and work my life has been so busy I barely do anything creative and I'm always feeling tired of being tired, if that makes any sense...
    Today I'm your newest subscriber!... Hopefully, by continuing watching your videos, it will bring out my younger years back into being creative again.

  • @peternaughton3301
    @peternaughton3301 4 года назад

    Thanks very much for sharing your work like this James. It's lovely to see.

  • @jmreyes8671
    @jmreyes8671 7 месяцев назад

    Im happy to see that his wife is also an artist too theyre the most talented couple ive ever seen ❤️

  • @dshe8637
    @dshe8637 5 лет назад

    That is masterful. Your handling of light is just beautiful. Thank you.

  • @tracycapule2894
    @tracycapule2894 4 года назад

    This looks so great!!

  • @madiha_tanveer273
    @madiha_tanveer273 5 лет назад +16

    I love how you capture every single detail. That’s the style i love and i’m trying to learn! Hopefully i can be as good as the great artists like you here on youtube

  • @Chill1332
    @Chill1332 5 лет назад +2

    Your mastery of texture is absolutely fantastic.

  • @Stargate404
    @Stargate404 5 лет назад +1

    Mr. Gurney, you truly are a treasure. I've been fascinated by your work since I was a kid and saw Dinotopia. I hope one day I'll be able to make paintings look half as good as this painting or those in Dinotopia

  • @BUZDRIFT
    @BUZDRIFT 4 года назад +2

    Mr. Gurney, sets off my ASMR every time love his video's so relaxing and fantastic!

  • @karve03
    @karve03 4 года назад

    This is so well done!

  • @damienkearns3654
    @damienkearns3654 3 года назад

    Beautiful painting and words as always, thank you James.

  • @oliverr7627
    @oliverr7627 4 года назад +8

    Your channel is probably the best channel I have discovered in a long time! Thank you for uploading this content.

  • @vernedwards8128
    @vernedwards8128 2 года назад

    I love watching you paint and these reveal those hidden secrets I have struggled with, thank you James!

  • @ZoungyArt
    @ZoungyArt 4 года назад

    I really loved this one

  • @jendesign5537
    @jendesign5537 5 лет назад

    That was excellent! Thank you I will watch it several more times. As always you are such an amazing artist, I absolutely love your work!

  • @candiigurl7893
    @candiigurl7893 5 лет назад +1

    So glad this video came up in my recommends. Thank you for uploading!

  • @Babs9285
    @Babs9285 2 года назад

    Just beautiful! ❤️👍🏻❤️

  • @alexandresoares2661
    @alexandresoares2661 5 лет назад +1

    Amazing!

  • @fergalobrien96
    @fergalobrien96 4 года назад

    Fantastic video. Thank you!

  • @OOOHBILLY
    @OOOHBILLY 5 лет назад +3

    I've gotta say... Your work is beautiful and pleasant to watch you do. Great stuff.

  • @lucillewong1161
    @lucillewong1161 5 лет назад

    Thats so beautiful....

  • @loiseilers5058
    @loiseilers5058 Год назад

    I love watching your videos. I learn a lot.

  • @RonWylie-gk5lc
    @RonWylie-gk5lc 4 года назад

    Great webinar, he is a very good teacher {and artist of course}

  • @ManuelPestana
    @ManuelPestana 5 лет назад

    BEST CHANNEL EVER!!! I love your work so much

  • @alejandropena5658
    @alejandropena5658 4 года назад

    Your work is AMAZING

  • @frittandy
    @frittandy 5 лет назад +4

    Very nice job James. Your masterpieces convey emotions to me. Thanks from Italy.

  • @grandiose_3392
    @grandiose_3392 5 лет назад +2

    What a great video. You’re the mister Rodgers of painting, James!

  • @garlandjohnson8780
    @garlandjohnson8780 5 лет назад

    Fantastic work.

  • @chriswhitehouse8982
    @chriswhitehouse8982 5 лет назад +1

    Wow, simply beautiful James. Makes me think I should give gouache a try.

  • @samuelmuiga3101
    @samuelmuiga3101 3 года назад

    The poetry at the end. Words blossomed to life. Wow that was so good.

  • @hardsync7873
    @hardsync7873 5 лет назад +2

    Your painting pushed me to get my gouache and tassels! Thanks)

  • @jjmcguckin2658
    @jjmcguckin2658 5 лет назад +3

    Great video! Just started painting in watercolour + gouache and your videos are very helpful!

  • @cmeblu75
    @cmeblu75 Год назад

    The story of the house made me sad, I can relate a little too much. Inside my home are all the memories and joy of life spent with my son. He passed away in our home 3yrs ago. Memories are all I have left. I started painting after I lost my boy in my mid-40’s. I know I’m a late starter, but I spend hours everyday drawing, painting etc. it quiets my mind

  • @crisalidathomassie1811
    @crisalidathomassie1811 3 года назад

    Great video full of inspiration. Thanks for all you do,
    . Blessings and be safe.

  • @ssjean4445
    @ssjean4445 4 года назад

    Its truly amazing how you can remember all the shadows as they pass. You have great talent keep up the good work!!!

  • @ceebee1461
    @ceebee1461 5 лет назад

    From just seeing the 2 past paintings I’ve already liked the video. And I know I’m going to enjoy the rest.

  • @sandcaster
    @sandcaster 5 лет назад +4

    just incredible. there's so much to learn I don't think my brain could ever handle it all

  • @samanthabarnes1681
    @samanthabarnes1681 8 месяцев назад

    FAN tastic! Thank you😊

  • @diegopena8360
    @diegopena8360 5 лет назад +2

    Wow, I've finally found an amazing RUclips artist that doesn't try to be quirky and follow trends! I've only watched bone video and I am so pleasantly surprised. Keep up the good work!

  • @wandawTube
    @wandawTube 5 лет назад +1

    Outstanding. Thank you.

  • @clintburgess8568
    @clintburgess8568 2 года назад

    I learn something new everytime I watch one of your excellent videos. Thank so much, Mr. Gurney!

  • @michaeltomlinson
    @michaeltomlinson 2 месяца назад

    Not only do a learn a lot from watching your wonderful videos James, they are mesmerizing and always leave me with a kind of meditative state and feeling calm and satisfied.

  • @MarianaAlves-nl4th
    @MarianaAlves-nl4th 2 года назад

    That's awesome!!!

  • @FindingNe
    @FindingNe 4 года назад

    I love your style so much

  • @user-je4tp6ye5m
    @user-je4tp6ye5m 5 лет назад

    It’s so beautiful! Thank you so much!

  • @lostonwallace1396
    @lostonwallace1396 4 года назад

    I love that you and your wife both paint together. What a lovely thing that is!

  • @WindOnMyWings
    @WindOnMyWings 4 года назад

    Lovely paint

  • @henry-jj1hx
    @henry-jj1hx 5 лет назад +1

    Wow man your drawings just look incredible, and you're making it look so easy

  • @romigan1256
    @romigan1256 5 лет назад +1

    Beautiful, I went and painted the sand dunes and sea yesterday inspired by your plein air approach

  • @johnwoodcock6468
    @johnwoodcock6468 3 года назад

    You make it look easy. Thanks for the
    Fantastic videos. Great information. Brilliant. Thank u so much

  • @sebastiancollen7974
    @sebastiancollen7974 4 года назад

    Thank you! That was very well told, lots of relevant tips, but best of all was just to see you finish the painting. Beautiful piece, by the way!

  • @rodog9290
    @rodog9290 4 года назад

    This is great thank you!

  • @cku235
    @cku235 Год назад

    Great job on the tutorial!!

  • @jeremypajotart
    @jeremypajotart 5 лет назад +5

    Amazing teachings and painting as always. You are really a modern master and I really thank you for sharing your knowledge with us. I am learning how to paint thanks to you! Thank you !

  • @BAGG8BAGG
    @BAGG8BAGG 4 года назад

    Very few tutorials in existence that bring great knowledge and wonderful emotion together. Trust gurney to hit it out the park. :)

  • @davidgeister
    @davidgeister 5 лет назад +1

    James, this is wonderful.

  • @Superflow66
    @Superflow66 5 лет назад

    Thank you for sharing the techniques you developed

  • @astonbean
    @astonbean 3 года назад

    That got super poetic at the end. Great video!

  • @opendstudio7141
    @opendstudio7141 5 лет назад

    The art of making the mundane interesting by opening the minds eyes. Catching the sun and capturing that moment is always amazing. :)

  • @mateuscriatio
    @mateuscriatio 5 лет назад

    Loved the video, thank your Mr Gurney.

  • @SuzyPal
    @SuzyPal 5 лет назад +3

    love what you paint and your remarks at the end about a home. i always wonder who lived there, etc. love all the tips.