Uploaded June 2023 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
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/sketcheasel
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-to-make-a-sketch-easel
"Gouache in the Wild" : gurneyjourney.gumroad.com/l/gouache
"Watercolor in the Wild": gurneyjourney.gumroad.com/l/Watercolor
BOOKS BY JAMES GURNEY:
Color and Light: A Guide for Realist Painters: jamesgurney.com/products/color-and-light-a-guide-for-the-realist-painter-signed-by-james-gurney
Imaginative Realism: How to Paint What Doesn’t Exist: jamesgurney.com/products/imaginative-realism-how-to-paint-what-doesnt-exist
Dinotopia: A Land Apart from Time: jamesgurney.com/products/dinotopia-a-land-apart-from-time-signed
OTHER OFFICIAL SITES
Instagram: instagram.com/jamesgurneyart
Pinterest: pinterest.com/GurneyJourney
GurneyJourney Blog: gurneyjourney.blogspot.com
JamesGurney Website: jamesgurney.com
Facebook group "Sketch Easel Builders": facebook.com/groups/403006076777641
Facebook group "Color in Practice": facebook.com/groups/160510955315435
Some of the links above are affiliate links, for which I make a small commission at no cost to you.
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/sketcheasel
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-to-make-a-sketch-easel
"Gouache in the Wild" : gurneyjourney.gumroad.com/l/gouache
"Watercolor in the Wild": gurneyjourney.gumroad.com/l/Watercolor
BOOKS BY JAMES GURNEY:
Color and Light: A Guide for Realist Painters: jamesgurney.com/products/color-and-light-a-guide-for-the-realist-painter-signed-by-james-gurney
Imaginative Realism: How to Paint What Doesn’t Exist: jamesgurney.com/products/imaginative-realism-how-to-paint-what-doesnt-exist
Dinotopia: A Land Apart from Time: jamesgurney.com/products/dinotopia-a-land-apart-from-time-signed
OTHER OFFICIAL SITES
Instagram: instagram.com/jamesgurneyart
Pinterest: pinterest.com/GurneyJourney
GurneyJourney Blog: gurneyjourney.blogspot.com
JamesGurney Website: jamesgurney.com
Facebook group "Sketch Easel Builders": facebook.com/groups/403006076777641
Facebook group "Color in Practice": facebook.com/groups/160510955315435
Some of the links above are affiliate links, for which I make a small commission at no cost to you.
