Uploaded November 2017 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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James Gurney shares a technique for painting clouds in Acrylic-Gouache over a pre-painted acrylic blue sky gradation.
MATERIALS
Pentalic watercolor sketchbook: amzn.to/2L989y2
Travel brush set: amzn.to/2xwq1Rr
Water-soluble colored pencil: amzn.to/2J4QTJJ
Water cup: amzn.to/2soTw2L
Homemade easel: amzn.to/2smDVAG
Hinges: amzn.to/2J1MkEa
Tripod: amzn.to/2xrRaFc

CAMERAS:
Canon M6 (time lapse, video, and stills): amzn.to/2J4RTgX
Canon PowerShot Elph (point-and-shoot): amzn.to/2Ji1Vid

VIDEO TUTORIALS:
"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

RELATED BLOG POSTS:
Gouache Materials List: gurneyjourney.blogspot.com/2016/07/gouache-materials-list.html
Watercolor Materials: gurneyjourney.blogspot.com/2014/08/watercolor-in-wild-materials.html

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: instagram.com/jamesgurneyart
Pinterest: pinterest.com/GurneyJourney
Blog: gurneyjourney.blogspot.com
Website: jamesgurney.com/site/shop
Facebook group "Sketch Easel Builders": facebook.com/groups/403006076777641/?source_id=121255121263267

"Painted at Southlands Foundation lands in Rhinebeck, NY. More info at southlands.org/what-we-do