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GURNEY JOURNEYACADEMIC PAINTERSANIMALSANIMATIONARCHITECTUREART BY COMMITTEEART PODCASTS This daily weblog by Dinotopia creator James Gurney is for illustrators, plein-air painters, sketchers, comic artists, animators, art students, and writers. You'll find practical studio tips, insights into the making of the Dinotopia books, and first-hand reports from art schools and museums. GURNEY JOURNEY: THE WHITE RABBITS The team of women promptly dubbed themselves "The White Rabbits," and successfully completed the work. They became some of the leading women sculptors in America, including Julia Bracken (1871–1942), Carol Brooks (1871–1944), Ellen Rankin Copp (1853-1901), Helen Farnsworth (1867–1916), Margaret Gerow, Mary Lawrence (1868–1945), Bessie GURNEY JOURNEY: REVIEW OF THOMAS BLACKSHEAR'S ILLUSTRATION Blackshear puts a lot of emphasis on getting the drawing right, no matter how much effort it takes, before proceeding into the paint. He hires models and shoots photo reference, but he freely interprets his reference to make it better. There are six episodes so far, produced by Thaxton Studios. Each video is about an hour long, and priced at GURNEY JOURNEY: PART 1: GAMUT MASKING METHOD You could shift the color by using a very limited palette of tube colors. But that’s an inexact method because you’re limited to the available pigments. A better method is by premixing within a specific gamut that you select, and I'll explain more tomorrow. Previously on GJ: Gamut Masking, Part 1. Gamut Masking, Part 2. GURNEY JOURNEY: THE SEVEN GOUACHE HAZARDS AND HOW TO 1. New layers reactivate previous layers of paint. --Leave half-dry passages alone! Let them get really dry before you add a stroke. --Think before you lay down a stroke; Commit to it and leave it. --Place the wettest layers first, and use the paint drier and drier as you build opaques. --Instead of regular gouache, use an acrylic-based

gouache

GURNEY JOURNEY: HOW TO MAKE A SKETCH EASEL How to Make a Sketch Easel. 1. Allow you to stand or sit. 2. Hold your panel or sketchbook up out of your hands, so that both hands are free. 3. Position the work close to your line of sight so that you can achieve accuracy. 4. Allow easy adjustments of height, slope, and

angle.

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GURNEY JOURNEY: YOUR DIY POCHADE EASEL DESIGNS The HD download of "How to Make a Sketch Easel" is more than an hour long and costs only $14.95. It's available now from Gumroad, and I'll upload it to Sellfy and Cubebrush later today. The DVD version is available for $24.50, and it includes a slide show. The DVD is also available on Amazon. GURNEY JOURNEYACADEMIC PAINTERSANIMALSANIMATIONARCHITECTUREART BY COMMITTEEART PODCASTS This daily weblog by Dinotopia creator James Gurney is for illustrators, plein-air painters, sketchers, comic artists, animators, art students, and writers. You'll find practical studio tips, insights into the making of the Dinotopia books, and first-hand reports from art schools and museums. GURNEY JOURNEY: THE WHITE RABBITS The team of women promptly dubbed themselves "The White Rabbits," and successfully completed the work. They became some of the leading women sculptors in America, including Julia Bracken (1871–1942), Carol Brooks (1871–1944), Ellen Rankin Copp (1853-1901), Helen Farnsworth (1867–1916), Margaret Gerow, Mary Lawrence (1868–1945), Bessie GURNEY JOURNEY: REVIEW OF THOMAS BLACKSHEAR'S ILLUSTRATION Blackshear puts a lot of emphasis on getting the drawing right, no matter how much effort it takes, before proceeding into the paint. He hires models and shoots photo reference, but he freely interprets his reference to make it better. There are six episodes so far, produced by Thaxton Studios. Each video is about an hour long, and priced at GURNEY JOURNEY: PART 1: GAMUT MASKING METHOD You could shift the color by using a very limited palette of tube colors. But that’s an inexact method because you’re limited to the available pigments. A better method is by premixing within a specific gamut that you select, and I'll explain more tomorrow. Previously on GJ: Gamut Masking, Part 1. Gamut Masking, Part 2. GURNEY JOURNEY: THE SEVEN GOUACHE HAZARDS AND HOW TO 1. New layers reactivate previous layers of paint. --Leave half-dry passages alone! Let them get really dry before you add a stroke. --Think before you lay down a stroke; Commit to it and leave it. --Place the wettest layers first, and use the paint drier and drier as you build opaques. --Instead of regular gouache, use an acrylic-based

gouache

angle.

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GURNEY JOURNEY: WHEN TO USE AN UNDERPAINTING The color of an underpainting inevitably does shine through. Sometimes the underpainting color is similar to the colors I end up using for the finish. Other times I use a contrasting set of colors for the final paint. For example, it's exciting when a blue underpainting peeks through an orange painting, or when you glimpse a red

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GURNEY JOURNEY: USING CEL VINYL PAINT James Gurney, Establishing shot of Fire Keep, about 16 x 20, cel vinyl. Although we had a wide range of colors available, we restricted the palette for each sequence, and that probably got me started thinking about gamut mapping and color scripting. James Gurney and Thomas Kinkade at Ralph Bakshi’s animation studio in 1981. GURNEY JOURNEY: HOW TO MAKE A SKETCH EASEL How to Make a Sketch Easel. 1. Allow you to stand or sit. 2. Hold your panel or sketchbook up out of your hands, so that both hands are free. 3. Position the work close to your line of sight so that you can achieve accuracy. 4. Allow easy adjustments of height, slope, and

angle.

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GURNEY JOURNEYACADEMIC PAINTERSANIMALSANIMATIONARCHITECTUREART BY COMMITTEEART PODCASTS This daily weblog by Dinotopia creator James Gurney is for illustrators, plein-air painters, sketchers, comic artists, animators, art students, and writers. You'll find practical studio tips, insights into the making of the Dinotopia books, and first-hand reports from art schools and museums. GURNEY JOURNEY: THE WHITE RABBITS The team of women promptly dubbed themselves "The White Rabbits," and successfully completed the work. They became some of the leading women sculptors in America, including Julia Bracken (1871–1942), Carol Brooks (1871–1944), Ellen Rankin Copp (1853-1901), Helen Farnsworth (1867–1916), Margaret Gerow, Mary Lawrence (1868–1945), Bessie GURNEY JOURNEY: PART 1: GAMUT MASKING METHOD You could shift the color by using a very limited palette of tube colors. But that’s an inexact method because you’re limited to the available pigments. A better method is by premixing within a specific gamut that you select, and I'll explain more tomorrow. Previously on GJ: Gamut Masking, Part 1. Gamut Masking, Part 2. GURNEY JOURNEY: REVIEW OF THOMAS BLACKSHEAR'S ILLUSTRATION Blackshear puts a lot of emphasis on getting the drawing right, no matter how much effort it takes, before proceeding into the paint. He hires models and shoots photo reference, but he freely interprets his reference to make it better. There are six episodes so far, produced by Thaxton Studios. Each video is about an hour long, and priced at GURNEY JOURNEY: THE SEVEN GOUACHE HAZARDS AND HOW TO 1. New layers reactivate previous layers of paint. --Leave half-dry passages alone! Let them get really dry before you add a stroke. --Think before you lay down a stroke; Commit to it and leave it. --Place the wettest layers first, and use the paint drier and drier as you build opaques. --Instead of regular gouache, use an acrylic-based

gouache

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GURNEY JOURNEY: RON LESSER IN ILLUSTRATION #62 Ron Lesser in Illustration #62. The new issue of Illustration magazine features the art of veteran illustrator Ron Lesser. Ron Lesser cover for Curtains for a Lover, gouache. (I'm not sure why the colors are so different.) Lesser, who is still active as an illustrator, started doing book covers in GURNEY JOURNEYACADEMIC PAINTERSANIMALSANIMATIONARCHITECTUREART BY COMMITTEEART PODCASTS This daily weblog by Dinotopia creator James Gurney is for illustrators, plein-air painters, sketchers, comic artists, animators, art students, and writers. You'll find practical studio tips, insights into the making of the Dinotopia books, and first-hand reports from art schools and museums. GURNEY JOURNEY: THE WHITE RABBITS The team of women promptly dubbed themselves "The White Rabbits," and successfully completed the work. They became some of the leading women sculptors in America, including Julia Bracken (1871–1942), Carol Brooks (1871–1944), Ellen Rankin Copp (1853-1901), Helen Farnsworth (1867–1916), Margaret Gerow, Mary Lawrence (1868–1945), Bessie GURNEY JOURNEY: PART 1: GAMUT MASKING METHOD You could shift the color by using a very limited palette of tube colors. But that’s an inexact method because you’re limited to the available pigments. A better method is by premixing within a specific gamut that you select, and I'll explain more tomorrow. Previously on GJ: Gamut Masking, Part 1. Gamut Masking, Part 2. GURNEY JOURNEY: REVIEW OF THOMAS BLACKSHEAR'S ILLUSTRATION Blackshear puts a lot of emphasis on getting the drawing right, no matter how much effort it takes, before proceeding into the paint. He hires models and shoots photo reference, but he freely interprets his reference to make it better. There are six episodes so far, produced by Thaxton Studios. Each video is about an hour long, and priced at GURNEY JOURNEY: THE SEVEN GOUACHE HAZARDS AND HOW TO 1. New layers reactivate previous layers of paint. --Leave half-dry passages alone! Let them get really dry before you add a stroke. --Think before you lay down a stroke; Commit to it and leave it. --Place the wettest layers first, and use the paint drier and drier as you build opaques. --Instead of regular gouache, use an acrylic-based

gouache

journals.

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and museums.

GURNEY JOURNEY: JEANETTE'S SKETCHES IN LINE AND WASH This weblog by Dinotopia creator James Gurney is for illustrators, plein-air painters, sketchers, comic artists, animators, art students, and writers. You'll find practical studio tips, insights into the making of the Dinotopia books, and first-hand reports from art schools

and museums.

GURNEY JOURNEY: THE IRON TRIAD This weblog by Dinotopia creator James Gurney is for illustrators, plein-air painters, sketchers, comic artists, animators, art students, and writers. You'll find practical studio tips, insights into the making of the Dinotopia books, and first-hand reports from art schools

and museums.

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GURNEY JOURNEY: USING CEL VINYL PAINT James Gurney, Establishing shot of Fire Keep, about 16 x 20, cel vinyl. Although we had a wide range of colors available, we restricted the palette for each sequence, and that probably got me started thinking about gamut mapping and color scripting. James Gurney and Thomas Kinkade at Ralph Bakshi’s animation studio in 1981. GURNEY JOURNEY: SURVIVAL GUIDE FOR ART STUDENTS This weblog by Dinotopia creator James Gurney is for illustrators, plein-air painters, sketchers, comic artists, animators, art students, and writers. You'll find practical studio tips, insights into the making of the Dinotopia books, and first-hand reports from art schools

and museums.

GURNEY JOURNEY: THE SEVEN GOUACHE HAZARDS AND HOW TO Edit: My new tutorial video, "Gouache in the Wild" is now available. • HD MP4 Download at Gumroad $14.95 • or HD MP4 Download at Sellfy (for Paypal customers) $14.95 • DVD at Purchase at Kunaki.com (Region 1 encoded NTSC video) $24.50 Disney and Dreamworks development artist Nathan Fowkes says of the new video: "I so enjoyed my copy of James Gurney's Gouache in the Wild! GURNEY JOURNEY: YOUR DIY POCHADE EASEL DESIGNS Last month after sharing my own lightweight sketch easel design, I put out a call to all you Do-It-Yourselfers to share your home-built sketch easels, and you came through with some extraordinary innovations. I promised to pick my favorite entry, but I couldn’t narrow the field down to one, so I picked seven. Each of the following submissions will win an official GurneyJourney “Department GURNEY JOURNEY: GOUACHE MATERIALS LIST Paint The Holbein gouache sets are good quality, and you get a lot of colors for a good value. Holbein makes a set of 12 colors of the normal size 15 ml tubes. They also make a set of 18 that sells for an inexpensive price, but the tubes are much smaller, only 5ml. They also make an Acryla Gouache line, which has a closed surface after it dries, meaning water won't dissolve the dry paint. GURNEY JOURNEY: PART 1: GAMUT MASKING METHOD This weblog by Dinotopia creator James Gurney is for illustrators, plein-air painters, sketchers, comic artists, animators, art students, and writers. You'll find practical studio tips, insights into the making of the Dinotopia books, and first-hand reports from art schools

and museums.

GURNEY JOURNEY: ANDREW WYETH’S TECHNIQUES IN 1942 In 1942 American Artist Magazine introduced the 25-year-old Andrew Wyeth as “One of America’s Youngest and Most Talented Painters." The article describes his painting methods, providing a valuable document, because Wyeth was mysterious about his technique in later

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GURNEY JOURNEY: FADE TEST FOR GOUACHE This weblog by Dinotopia creator James Gurney is for illustrators, plein-air painters, sketchers, comic artists, animators, art students, and writers. You'll find practical studio tips, insights into the making of the Dinotopia books, and first-hand reports from art schools

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GURNEY JOURNEY: 2020 This daily weblog by Dinotopia creator James Gurney is for illustrators, plein-air painters, sketchers, comic artists, animators, art students, and writers. You'll find practical studio tips, insights into the making of the Dinotopia books, and first-hand reports from art schools and museums. GURNEY JOURNEY: PAINT WHAT YOU SEE, OR WHAT YOU THINK YOU SEE? This weblog by Dinotopia creator James Gurney is for illustrators, plein-air painters, sketchers, comic artists, animators, art students, and writers. You'll find practical studio tips, insights into the making of the Dinotopia books, and first-hand reports from art schools

and museums.

GURNEY JOURNEY: RECONSTRUCTING AN ETRUSCAN TOMB This weblog by Dinotopia creator James Gurney is for illustrators, plein-air painters, sketchers, comic artists, animators, art students, and writers. You'll find practical studio tips, insights into the making of the Dinotopia books, and first-hand reports from art schools

and museums.

GURNEY JOURNEY: WHEN TO USE AN UNDERPAINTING This weblog by Dinotopia creator James Gurney is for illustrators, plein-air painters, sketchers, comic artists, animators, art students, and writers. You'll find practical studio tips, insights into the making of the Dinotopia books, and first-hand reports from art schools

and museums.

GURNEY JOURNEY: CLEANING OUT GOUACHE BRUSHES This weblog by Dinotopia creator James Gurney is for illustrators, plein-air painters, sketchers, comic artists, animators, art students, and writers. You'll find practical studio tips, insights into the making of the Dinotopia books, and first-hand reports from art schools

and museums.

GURNEY JOURNEY: YOUR DIY POCHADE EASEL DESIGNS Last month after sharing my own lightweight sketch easel design, I put out a call to all you Do-It-Yourselfers to share your home-built sketch easels, and you came through with some extraordinary innovations. I promised to pick my favorite entry, but I couldn’t narrow the field down to one, so I picked seven. Each of the following submissions will win an official GurneyJourney “Department GURNEY JOURNEY: WHAT PIGMENTS DID J.M.W. TURNER USE? According to Winsor & Newton, J.M.W. Turner's watercolor pigments included "Gamboge, Quercitron Yellow, Vermilion, various iron oxides including Ochres, Umbers and Siennas, Indian Yellow, "Green Lake", Prussian Blue, Indigo, Cobalt Blue, Blue Verditer, Rose Madder, other red lake pigments possibly Carmine, Bone Black, and Mercuric Iodide

(genuine scarlet).

GURNEY JOURNEY: SURVIVAL GUIDE FOR ART STUDENTS This weblog by Dinotopia creator James Gurney is for illustrators, plein-air painters, sketchers, comic artists, animators, art students, and writers. You'll find practical studio tips, insights into the making of the Dinotopia books, and first-hand reports from art schools

and museums.

RUSSIAN BOOKS ON ACADEMIC DRAWING AND The revival of academic drawing and painting in America and Europe has largely been guided by the republication of the book by Charles Bargue and Jean-Léon Gérôme. But there are other ways of approaching the teaching of academic drawing, most notably the Russian tradition, which has more of a focus on spirit and construction, rather than the outward appearance of the form. GURNEY JOURNEYACADEMIC PAINTERSANIMALSANIMATIONARCHITECTUREART BY COMMITTEEART PODCASTS This daily weblog by Dinotopia creator James Gurney is for illustrators, plein-air painters, sketchers, comic artists, animators, art students, and writers. You'll find practical studio tips, insights into the making of the Dinotopia books, and first-hand reports from art schools and museums. GURNEY JOURNEY: WHY CELL TOWERS KEEP GETTING MORE COMPLEX Why Cell Towers Keep Getting More Complex. This cell tower looms over our village hall and it keeps getting more complex as more carrier companies add their antennae to the central lattice-type tower. The first company to set up there received the highest space, and newer carriers have added their equipment on triangular arrays farther down

the

GURNEY JOURNEY: LIGHTING RATIO The term "lighting ratio" is defined as the comparison between the key light and the fill light. In outdoor sunlight, the key light is the sun and the fill light is the combination of the skylight and reflected sources. The higher the lighting ratio, the greater the

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GURNEY JOURNEY: MENZEL THE SKETCHER Pencil. 16.6 x 10.3 cm. KK. He was known to interrupt an important gathering by pulling out his sketchbook, sharpening his pencil, casting an eye around the room, and focusing on a coat, a chair, or a hand. This sometimes brought the proceedings to a halt until he finished. He preferred to draw people unawares, often

catching

GURNEY JOURNEY: PART 1: GAMUT MASKING METHOD You could shift the color by using a very limited palette of tube colors. But that’s an inexact method because you’re limited to the available pigments. A better method is by premixing within a specific gamut that you select, and I'll explain more tomorrow. Previously on GJ: Gamut Masking, Part 1. Gamut Masking, Part 2. GURNEY JOURNEY: GOUACHE MATERIALS LIST I was putting together a gouache materials list for an upcoming workshop, so I thought I would share it with you, too. Surface. You can use illustration board , watercolor paper in sheets, a watercolor paper pad or spiral bound watercolor sketchbooks. However, I prefer to paint gouache in 5.5 x 8.5 inch hardcover stitched-in watercolor

journals.

GURNEY JOURNEY: ANDREW WYETH’S TECHNIQUES IN 1942 Andrew Wyeth’s Techniques in 1942. Andrew Wyeth, The Coot Hunter, 1941. In 1942 American Artist Magazine introduced the 25-year-old Andrew Wyeth as “One of America’s Youngest and Most Talented Painters." The article describes his painting methods, providing a valuable document, because Wyeth was mysterious about his technique in

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GURNEY JOURNEY: WILLIAM JAMES MÜLLER This weblog by Dinotopia creator James Gurney is for illustrators, plein-air painters, sketchers, comic artists, animators, art students, and writers. You'll find practical studio tips, insights into the making of the Dinotopia books, and first-hand reports from art schools

and museums.

GURNEY JOURNEY: WHY CELL TOWERS KEEP GETTING MORE COMPLEX Why Cell Towers Keep Getting More Complex. This cell tower looms over our village hall and it keeps getting more complex as more carrier companies add their antennae to the central lattice-type tower. The first company to set up there received the highest space, and newer carriers have added their equipment on triangular arrays farther down

the

GURNEY JOURNEY: PAINT WHAT YOU SEE, OR WHAT YOU THINK YOU SEE? This weblog by Dinotopia creator James Gurney is for illustrators, plein-air painters, sketchers, comic artists, animators, art students, and writers. You'll find practical studio tips, insights into the making of the Dinotopia books, and first-hand reports from art schools

and museums.

GURNEY JOURNEY: FIRST PAINTINGS OF UNDERWATER LANDSCAPES Eugen Ransonnet-Villez (1838-1926) was the first artist to record underwater views from direct observation. From his specially constructed diving bell, he drew with a soft pencil on green-colored varnished paper. He put his drawings in a tin box to send up to GURNEY JOURNEY: RECONSTRUCTING AN ETRUSCAN TOMB This weblog by Dinotopia creator James Gurney is for illustrators, plein-air painters, sketchers, comic artists, animators, art students, and writers. You'll find practical studio tips, insights into the making of the Dinotopia books, and first-hand reports from art schools

and museums.

GURNEY JOURNEY: ARE ARTISTS RIGHT-BRAINED? The right brain appreciates metaphor, poetry, humor, and music, while the left brain is more focused on the notes, the denotive facts, and the logical conclusions. Although they have somewhat different styles of information processing, the two hemispheres are both engaged as you navigate through most tasks, and they work together when you're GURNEY JOURNEY: THE WHITE RABBITS The team of women promptly dubbed themselves "The White Rabbits," and successfully completed the work. They became some of the leading women sculptors in America, including Julia Bracken (1871–1942), Carol Brooks (1871–1944), Ellen Rankin Copp (1853-1901), Helen Farnsworth (1867–1916), Margaret Gerow, Mary Lawrence (1868–1945), Bessie GURNEY JOURNEY: BEST HOW-TO ART BOOKS The poll results are now final for the crowd-sourced list of best classic art instruction books. I asked you to nominate your favorite how-to books that were older than 50 years, and then you voted in a poll. The top three slots are occupied by Andrew Loomis (1892-1959), whose drawing is at right. GURNEY JOURNEY: GOUACHE INGREDIENTS: INFO FROM MANUFACTURERS Holbein gouache is therefore slightly less opaque than other gouache lines, but offers superior color saturation, handling qualities and all colors lack that chalky/milky look. Holbein uses a moisturizer, Polyethlene Glycol and a preservative, benzisothiazoline. "- Holbein acryla gouache uses a pure acryl resin as its base. GURNEY JOURNEYACADEMIC PAINTERSANIMALSANIMATIONARCHITECTUREART BY COMMITTEEART PODCASTS This daily weblog by Dinotopia creator James Gurney is for illustrators, plein-air painters, sketchers, comic artists, animators, art students, and writers. You'll find practical studio tips, insights into the making of the Dinotopia books, and first-hand reports from art schools and museums. GURNEY JOURNEY: THE WHITE RABBITS The team of women promptly dubbed themselves "The White Rabbits," and successfully completed the work. They became some of the leading women sculptors in America, including Julia Bracken (1871–1942), Carol Brooks (1871–1944), Ellen Rankin Copp (1853-1901), Helen Farnsworth (1867–1916), Margaret Gerow, Mary Lawrence (1868–1945), Bessie GURNEY JOURNEY: PART 1: GAMUT MASKING METHOD You could shift the color by using a very limited palette of tube colors. But that’s an inexact method because you’re limited to the available pigments. A better method is by premixing within a specific gamut that you select, and I'll explain more tomorrow. Previously on GJ: Gamut Masking, Part 1. Gamut Masking, Part 2. GURNEY JOURNEY: THE SEVEN GOUACHE HAZARDS AND HOW TO 1. New layers reactivate previous layers of paint. --Leave half-dry passages alone! Let them get really dry before you add a stroke. --Think before you lay down a stroke; Commit to it and leave it. --Place the wettest layers first, and use the paint drier and drier as you build opaques. --Instead of regular gouache, use an acrylic-based

gouache

GURNEY JOURNEY: FADE TEST FOR GOUACHE Fade Test for Gouache. A little more than nine months ago, the Shinhan company of Korea sent me a set of their Pass Design watercolor/gouache hybrid paints to try out. I gave a preliminary review of the brand's working properties after a painting a pharmacy using a limited palette of colors. I also painted a set of test swatches. GURNEY JOURNEY: YOUR DIY POCHADE EASEL DESIGNS The HD download of "How to Make a Sketch Easel" is more than an hour long and costs only $14.95. It's available now from Gumroad, and I'll upload it to Sellfy and Cubebrush later today. The DVD version is available for $24.50, and it includes a slide show. The DVD is also available on Amazon. GURNEY JOURNEY: GOUACHE MATERIALS LIST I was putting together a gouache materials list for an upcoming workshop, so I thought I would share it with you, too. Surface. You can use illustration board , watercolor paper in sheets, a watercolor paper pad or spiral bound watercolor sketchbooks. However, I prefer to paint gouache in 5.5 x 8.5 inch hardcover stitched-in watercolor

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GURNEY JOURNEY: RON LESSER IN ILLUSTRATION #62 Ron Lesser in Illustration #62. The new issue of Illustration magazine features the art of veteran illustrator Ron Lesser. Ron Lesser cover for Curtains for a Lover, gouache. (I'm not sure why the colors are so different.) Lesser, who is still active as an illustrator, started doing book covers in GURNEY JOURNEYACADEMIC PAINTERSANIMALSANIMATIONARCHITECTUREART BY COMMITTEEART PODCASTS This daily weblog by Dinotopia creator James Gurney is for illustrators, plein-air painters, sketchers, comic artists, animators, art students, and writers. You'll find practical studio tips, insights into the making of the Dinotopia books, and first-hand reports from art schools and museums. GURNEY JOURNEY: THE WHITE RABBITS The team of women promptly dubbed themselves "The White Rabbits," and successfully completed the work. They became some of the leading women sculptors in America, including Julia Bracken (1871–1942), Carol Brooks (1871–1944), Ellen Rankin Copp (1853-1901), Helen Farnsworth (1867–1916), Margaret Gerow, Mary Lawrence (1868–1945), Bessie GURNEY JOURNEY: PART 1: GAMUT MASKING METHOD You could shift the color by using a very limited palette of tube colors. But that’s an inexact method because you’re limited to the available pigments. A better method is by premixing within a specific gamut that you select, and I'll explain more tomorrow. Previously on GJ: Gamut Masking, Part 1. Gamut Masking, Part 2. GURNEY JOURNEY: THE SEVEN GOUACHE HAZARDS AND HOW TO 1. New layers reactivate previous layers of paint. --Leave half-dry passages alone! Let them get really dry before you add a stroke. --Think before you lay down a stroke; Commit to it and leave it. --Place the wettest layers first, and use the paint drier and drier as you build opaques. --Instead of regular gouache, use an acrylic-based

gouache

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GURNEY JOURNEY: CLEANING OUT GOUACHE BRUSHES Answer: Yes, Rafal, you can reactivate gouache or watercolor that has dried in brushes and clean them thoroughly when you get home, because the gum arabic binding agent will always be water soluble. Still, it's preferable to rinse out brushes while you're on location. For that I like to have a pint-size open vessel of water hanging from my GURNEY JOURNEY: BEST HOW-TO ART BOOKS The poll results are now final for the crowd-sourced list of best classic art instruction books. I asked you to nominate your favorite how-to books that were older than 50 years, and then you voted in a poll. The top three slots are occupied by Andrew Loomis (1892-1959), whose drawing is at right. GURNEY JOURNEY: YOUR DIY POCHADE EASEL DESIGNS The HD download of "How to Make a Sketch Easel" is more than an hour long and costs only $14.95. It's available now from Gumroad, and I'll upload it to Sellfy and Cubebrush later today. The DVD version is available for $24.50, and it includes a slide show. The DVD is also available on Amazon. GURNEY JOURNEY: HOW TO MAKE A SKETCH EASEL How to Make a Sketch Easel. 1. Allow you to stand or sit. 2. Hold your panel or sketchbook up out of your hands, so that both hands are free. 3. Position the work close to your line of sight so that you can achieve accuracy. 4. Allow easy adjustments of height, slope, and

angle.

GURNEY JOURNEY: LIGHTWEIGHT SKETCH EASEL Several of you asked about how to build the lightweight sketch easel that I've been using lately. One blog reader, who is an artist and a builder with a form of Muscular Dystrophy said, "It's difficult to find art manufacturers that make lightweight equipment for people with

disabilities."

GURNEY JOURNEY: LIMITED PALETTES 4. The final reason to consider limited palettes is that they’re portable and you can save money. In fact you can paint almost anything in nature with just four or five colors. There are a lot of limited palettes that still give you a full range of mixtures. Below: a plein-air painting I GURNEY JOURNEYACADEMIC PAINTERSANIMALSANIMATIONARCHITECTUREART BY COMMITTEEART PODCASTS This daily weblog by Dinotopia creator James Gurney is for illustrators, plein-air painters, sketchers, comic artists, animators, art students, and writers. You'll find practical studio tips, insights into the making of the Dinotopia books, and first-hand reports from art schools and museums. GURNEY JOURNEY: PART 1: GAMUT MASKING METHOD You could shift the color by using a very limited palette of tube colors. But that’s an inexact method because you’re limited to the available pigments. A better method is by premixing within a specific gamut that you select, and I'll explain more tomorrow. Previously on GJ: Gamut Masking, Part 1. Gamut Masking, Part 2. GURNEY JOURNEY: MENZEL THE SKETCHERADOLF MENZELADOLF VON MENZELADOLPH VON MENZEL DRAWINGSADOLPH VON MENZEL PAINTINGS Pencil. 16.6 x 10.3 cm. KK. He was known to interrupt an important gathering by pulling out his sketchbook, sharpening his pencil, casting an eye around the room, and focusing on a coat, a chair, or a hand. This sometimes brought the proceedings to a halt until he finished. He preferred to draw people unawares, often

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I was putting together a gouache materials list for an upcoming workshop, so I thought I would share it with you, too. Surface. You can use illustration board , watercolor paper in sheets, a watercolor paper pad or spiral bound watercolor sketchbooks. However, I prefer to paint gouache in 5.5 x 8.5 inch hardcover stitched-in watercolor

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GURNEY JOURNEY: LIGHTWEIGHT SKETCH EASELJAMES GURNEY BOOKSJAMES GURNEY PAINTINGJAMES GURNEY STUDIO Each panel is 5.25 inches (13.3cm) by 11 inches (28cm). The panels are 1/4 inch oak plywood finished with Tung oil. The long dimension of each panel only needs to be about 3 inches wider than the sketchbook in order to support it when open flat and clipped. The whole thing is small enough to fit into my belt pouch when it's folded. GURNEY JOURNEY: YOUR DIY POCHADE EASEL DESIGNS The HD download of "How to Make a Sketch Easel" is more than an hour long and costs only $14.95. It's available now from Gumroad, and I'll upload it to Sellfy and Cubebrush later today. The DVD version is available for $24.50, and it includes a slide show. The DVD is also available on Amazon. GURNEY JOURNEY: ANDREW WYETH’S TECHNIQUES IN 1942 Andrew Wyeth’s Techniques in 1942. Andrew Wyeth, The Coot Hunter, 1941. In 1942 American Artist Magazine introduced the 25-year-old Andrew Wyeth as “One of America’s Youngest and Most Talented Painters." The article describes his painting methods, providing a valuable document, because Wyeth was mysterious about his technique in

later years.

catching

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GURNEY JOURNEY: BEST HOW-TO ART BOOKS The poll results are now final for the crowd-sourced list of best classic art instruction books. I asked you to nominate your favorite how-to books that were older than 50 years, and then you voted in a poll. The top three slots are occupied by Andrew Loomis (1892-1959), whose drawing is at right. GURNEY JOURNEY: USING CEL VINYL PAINT James Gurney, Establishing shot of Fire Keep, about 16 x 20, cel vinyl. Although we had a wide range of colors available, we restricted the palette for each sequence, and that probably got me started thinking about gamut mapping and color scripting. James Gurney and Thomas Kinkade at Ralph Bakshi’s animation studio in 1981. GURNEY JOURNEY: COLOR ZONES OF THE FACE The complexion of a light-skinned face is divided into three zones. The forehead is a whitish or golden color. From the forehead to the bottom of the nose is reddish. The zone from the nose to the chin tends toward a bluish, greenish, or grayish color. In real life, these zones can be extremely subtle, almost imperceptible. GURNEY JOURNEY: YOUR DIY POCHADE EASEL DESIGNS The HD download of "How to Make a Sketch Easel" is more than an hour long and costs only $14.95. It's available now from Gumroad, and I'll upload it to Sellfy and Cubebrush later today. The DVD version is available for $24.50, and it includes a slide show. The DVD is also available on Amazon. GURNEY JOURNEY: COMBINING WATERCOLOR AND GOUACHE Marko, First off, there's no right way or wrong way to combine watercolor and gouache. But you don't really need to switch between them. It might help to think of gouache as a very close cousin of watercolor. In fact, gouache IS watercolor—if you use it without white. That's because, compared to the days of "designer colors,"

nowadays, most

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GURNEY JOURNEY: THE SEVEN GOUACHE HAZARDS AND HOW TOGOUACHE PAINT USES Edit: My new tutorial video, "Gouache in the Wild" is now available. • HD MP4 Download at Gumroad $14.95 • or HD MP4 Download at Sellfy (for Paypal customers) $14.95 • DVD at Purchase at Kunaki.com (Region 1 encoded NTSC video) $24.50 Disney and Dreamworks development artist Nathan Fowkes says of the new video: "I so enjoyed my copy of James Gurney's Gouache in the Wild! GURNEY JOURNEY: GOUACHE MATERIALS LISTGOUACHE PAINTING VIDEOSGOUACHE

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Paint The Holbein gouache sets are good quality, and you get a lot of colors for a good value. Holbein makes a set of 12 colors of the normal size 15 ml tubes. They also make a set of 18 that sells for an inexpensive price, but the tubes are much smaller, only 5ml. They also make an Acryla Gouache line, which has a closed surface after it dries, meaning water won't dissolve the dry paint. GURNEY JOURNEY: YOUR DIY POCHADE EASEL DESIGNS "All I had to do was glue it all together, and stain it. It measures 9X10 inches, and weighs less than one pound. I’m still using the old hinges that you used on your first pochade rig, but I will be swapping them for the Southco adjustable torque hinge s soon.” “This palette is lightweight and easy to pack and carry, but I have one more idea for an even lighter palette. GURNEY JOURNEY: ANDREW WYETH’S TECHNIQUES IN 1942 In 1942 American Artist Magazine introduced the 25-year-old Andrew Wyeth as “One of America’s Youngest and Most Talented Painters." The article describes his painting methods, providing a valuable document, because Wyeth was mysterious about his technique in later

years.

GURNEY JOURNEY: RON LESSER IN ILLUSTRATION #62 This weblog by Dinotopia creator James Gurney is for illustrators, plein-air painters, sketchers, comic artists, animators, art students, and writers. You'll find practical studio tips, insights into the making of the Dinotopia books, and first-hand reports from art schools

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GURNEY JOURNEY: LIGHTWEIGHT SKETCH EASELJAMES GURNEY BOOKSJAMES GURNEY PAINTINGJAMES GURNEY STUDIO Several of you asked about how to build the lightweight sketch easel that I've been using lately. One blog reader, who is an artist and a builder with a form of Muscular Dystrophy said, "It's difficult to find art manufacturers that make lightweight equipment for people with

disabilities."

GURNEY JOURNEY: QUESTIONS ABOUT CASEIN AND GOUACHE Gurney: Yes, casein is formulated with a milk protein for the binder.It's a bit creamier than gouache, but if you're using your transparent watercolors with gouache white, you would get more of a creamy feeling if you used tubed gouache for all the colors instead. GURNEY JOURNEYACADEMIC PAINTERSANIMALSANIMATIONARCHITECTUREART BY COMMITTEEART PODCASTS This daily weblog by Dinotopia creator James Gurney is for illustrators, plein-air painters, sketchers, comic artists, animators, art students, and writers. You'll find practical studio tips, insights into the making of the Dinotopia books, and first-hand reports from art schools and museums. GURNEY JOURNEY: BEST HOW-TO ART BOOKS The poll results are now final for the crowd-sourced list of best classic art instruction books. I asked you to nominate your favorite how-to books that were older than 50 years, and then you voted in a poll. The top three slots are occupied by Andrew Loomis (1892-1959), whose drawing is at right. GURNEY JOURNEY: PART 1: GAMUT MASKING METHOD This weblog by Dinotopia creator James Gurney is for illustrators, plein-air painters, sketchers, comic artists, animators, art students, and writers. You'll find practical studio tips, insights into the making of the Dinotopia books, and first-hand reports from art schools

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GURNEY JOURNEY: QUESTIONS ABOUT CASEIN AND GOUACHE Gurney: Yes, casein is formulated with a milk protein for the binder.It's a bit creamier than gouache, but if you're using your transparent watercolors with gouache white, you would get more of a creamy feeling if you used tubed gouache for all the colors instead. GURNEY JOURNEY: 2020 This daily weblog by Dinotopia creator James Gurney is for illustrators, plein-air painters, sketchers, comic artists, animators, art students, and writers. You'll find practical studio tips, insights into the making of the Dinotopia books, and first-hand reports from art schools and museums. GURNEY JOURNEY: WORLD OF DINOSAURS STAMPS, SIGNED This weblog by Dinotopia creator James Gurney is for illustrators, plein-air painters, sketchers, comic artists, animators, art students, and writers. You'll find practical studio tips, insights into the making of the Dinotopia books, and first-hand reports from art schools

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GURNEY JOURNEY: USING CEL VINYL PAINT Yes, when I worked as a background artist on the animated movie Fire and Ice, we used cel vinyl paint.This is the same paint used for the flat colors used on the back of the animation cels. GURNEY JOURNEY: YOUR DIY POCHADE EASEL DESIGNS "All I had to do was glue it all together, and stain it. It measures 9X10 inches, and weighs less than one pound. I’m still using the old hinges that you used on your first pochade rig, but I will be swapping them for the Southco adjustable torque hinge s soon.” “This palette is lightweight and easy to pack and carry, but I have one more idea for an even lighter palette. GURNEY JOURNEY: COMBINING WATERCOLOR AND GOUACHE This weblog by Dinotopia creator James Gurney is for illustrators, plein-air painters, sketchers, comic artists, animators, art students, and writers. You'll find practical studio tips, insights into the making of the Dinotopia books, and first-hand reports from art schools

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All images and text are copyright 2015 James Gurney and/or their respective owners. Dinotopia is a registered trademark of James Gurney. For use of text or images in traditional print media or for any commercial licensing rights, please email me for permission. However, you can quote images or text without asking permission on your educational or non-commercial blog, website, or Facebook page as long as you give me credit and provide a link back. Students and teachers can also quote images or text for their non-commercial school activity. It's also OK to do an artistic copy of my paintings as a study exercise without asking permission. SUNDAY, AUGUST 11, 2019 MARK ENGLISH, 1933-2019 Famed illustrator Mark English

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died on August 8. He was one of the star illustrators when I was in

art school.

He helped define the world of contemporary illustration with paintings that combined abstraction with realism in a way that was expressive, elegant, and always surprising. I met him at a gathering of artists hanging out at a convention hotel eating tacos and sipping beer. Even though he was well into his 80s when I met him, in his leather jacket, he looked like he was always in

style.

Mark English in the lounge of the Kansas City Marriott, gouache. As I squeezed out my paint to sketch him, he told me he still had the gouache paints that he used in his illustration years, but he switched to painting larger canvases with house paint. Mark English "Pink Patchy Face" In his later canvases, which he made for galleries, his images edged further into abstraction. He delighted in juxtapositions of colors, textures, and shapes that hinted at portraits but dissolved into an intriguing primordial stew.

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DRAYTON GRANT PARK AT BURGER HILL A view from the top at Drayton Grant Park at Burger Hill. Don’t miss the hill climb and the Catskills view if you visit Rhinebeck in New York’s Hudson Valley. I did the painting in oil. What you're looking at here is a reproduction on the orientation sign.

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SATURDAY, AUGUST 10, 2019

AMBIGRAM

An ambigram is a word or logo which reads the same when inverted. Remarkably, the word itself can be made into an ambigram. The cover to the DVD version of "Princess Bride" is also an ambigram. John Langdon designed this one, which reads "Philosophy Art & Science" right side up or upside down. Wikipedia about Ambigram There's a nice collection online in "An Optical Illusion

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FRIDAY, AUGUST 9, 2019

THE RUSTIC STYLE

In 1935, a design document from the Civilian Conservation Corps

defined

the rustic style of architecture as one "which through the use of native materials in proper scale, and through the avoidance of rigid, straight lines, and over-sophistication, gives the feeling of having been executed by pioneer craftsmen with limited hand tools." In the field of lettering during the Golden Age of Penmanship, "rustic" tends to refer to letterforms that seems to have grown naturally. Sometimes the letters are rough-sawn. Rustic furniture also looks as if it grew naturally and as if it was made by hand with simple tools. There has been a revival of the style among builders like Daniel Mack, who made the chair above.

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THURSDAY, AUGUST 8, 2019

I PAINT A JEEP

"I test drive a Jeep, then paint the dream. (Link to full video

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I used an updated version of the traditional sighting grid for an accurate outline of the vehicle. The video shows the sketch easel in use with the sighting grid attached to the gripper. The cheek rest piece screws into the T-nut of

the gripper.

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WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 7, 2019

LOOKIN' AT YOU

I just _might _be looking at you. But then, maybe I'm looking at my

sketchbook.

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TUESDAY, AUGUST 6, 2019 WHAT PIGMENTS DID J.M.W. TURNER USE? According to Winsor & Newton, J.M.W. Turner's watercolor pigments included "Gamboge, Quercitron Yellow, Vermilion, various iron oxides including Ochres, Umbers and Siennas, Indian Yellow, "Green Lake", Prussian Blue, Indigo, Cobalt Blue, Blue Verditer, Rose Madder, other red lake pigments possibly Carmine, Bone Black, and Mercuric Iodide (genuine scarlet). He used water colours in a block form and there is evidence he made some, if not all, himself." Paint box of Joseph Mallord William Turner (1775 – 1851) Turner, _Dolbadarn Castle_ In oil, he used "Genuine Ultramarine (Lapis Lazuli), White Lead and a very toxic yellow, Orpiment, also known as Kings Yellow or chemically, arsenic sulphide. By the early nineteenth century, he had replaced it with Chrome Yellow. There is evidence in the 1800 painting ‘Dolbadarn Castle’ that he used the lead pigment Naples Yellow." "He also used unspecified lake pigments made by fixing a dye on a base compound such as alumina which turned a dye into a pigment. This gave the pigments great transparency in oil but less so in water. The choice of dye and base influenced the lightfastness. Turner used at least one red lake, a green and a geranium shade and all were prone to fading. Some early versions of Rose Madder had poor lightfastness but the process developed by the outstanding English colour-maker, George Field was and still is superior. This process is still followed by Winsor & Newton today." How much did the pigments overlap between his watercolor and oil paintings? Winsor & Newton says "His love of both oil and water colour meant he experimented with using the same pigment for his oil paintings as he did in his water colours. He would have discovered that Gamboge does not work in oil nor White Lead (Flake White) in

water."

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MONDAY, AUGUST 5, 2019

VOLUMETRIC LIGHTING

Volumetric lighting

is a concept from

3D digital graphics that can be helpful for painters to consider. Screenshot from the game Fallout 4 When smoky or dusty atmosphere is illuminated from behind, sunbeams

appear.

We painters tend to think of these beams in two-dimensional terms, but it's good to remember that they occupy a specific volume of 3D space between the source and the subject. Still from "The Man Who Wasn't There

"

directed by

the Coen Brothers, cinematography by Roger Deakins If the light comes from a sharp, hard source (as opposed to a soft, diffuse one), it can take on a particular shape with fairly sharp edges. The slices of light are most visible against dark background

areas.

Albert Bierstadt, _Lander's Peak_ The light takes on its form as it passes through the opening in the clouds, and you can see its effect as it travels to the selective areas it illuminates.

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SUNDAY, AUGUST 4, 2019

LEARNING BY COPYING

In the booklet called The Prang Elementary Course In Art Instruction

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examples are shown on the left side of the page that the student is

expected to copy.

The publisher explains that the illustrations: > "are printed to give pupils good examples of form, line, and > composition, to interest them in the work of others, to lead to a > higher standard of excellence than exists in the individual, and to > be a stimulus to help the pupils by their suggestiveness as to > subject and as to manner of rendering. They assist in providing a > regular sequence of study and save time of teacher and pupil. Good > copies are as necessary and helpful to the child as art studies to > the adult. In some cases the children may gain much by copying, > although examples are of such a character and so arranged that there > is abundant opportunity on every page for free, original, and > individual work." In the book, there are reproductions from Leonardo da Vinci, Raphael, Edwin Landseer, Abbott Thayer, and Winslow Homer, and others as well as decorative patterns. I had a few opportunities to trace and copy as a child of 7 or 8 years old, and later when I was an art student, and it was a revelation. I remember that's how I learned that an ellipse is a tricky way of

drawing a circle.

Such a practice of copying may have fallen out of favor in recent decades in some settings, but it seems to be coming back. It's not the only path to mastery, but it's a very important part of the journey. How old were you when you first tried copying or tracing, and what are your memories of the experience?

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SATURDAY, AUGUST 3, 2019

TRANSFIGURATION

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