James Gurney | Gouache Painting Tutorial: James Gurney's 25 Tips for Sketching Architecture @JamesGurney | Uploaded June 2019 | Updated October 2024, 7 hours ago.
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/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
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/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
