James Gurney uses watercolor and gouache to paint a detailed plein-air study of a cotton candy trailer at the Duchess County Fair. It's a wider palette of colors than usual: 1. Terra rosa (watercolor):
2. Pyrrol red (watercolor):
3. Yellow ochre (watercolor):
4. Cadmium yellow light (watercolor):
5. Titanium white (gouache):
6. Ultramarine blue (gouache):
7. Neutral tint (watercolor):
8. Raw Umber (gouache):
DESCRIPTION
In this tutorial demo, painter James Gurney visits the Dutchess County Fair, and he paints the colorful cotton candy trailer en plein air using a watercolor sketchbook. He shares some instructional tips to help with creating the illusion of detail in a relatively quick painting.
MATERIALS
Pentalic Aqua Journal sketchbook:
Liner brush (synthetic):
Rigger brush (squirrel/Risslon):
Winsor & Newton Series 995 synthetic flat brush:
Cat's Tongue Brush, 1/2 inch:
Travel brush: Connoisseur 9467:
Richeson Travel brush set:
Water cup:
Water-soluble colored pencil:
Nupastel Color Sticks set:
CarbOthello pastel pencil set:
VIDEO TUTORIALS:
"Flower Painting in the Wild" (Gumroad)
"Gouache in the Wild" (Download on Gumroad):
“Watercolor in the Wild” (Download)
BLOG POSTS WITH MORE GEAR INFO:
Gouache Materials List:
Watercolor Materials:
CAMERA
Canon M6 mirrorless camera with Rode mic:
Canon PowerShot Elph (point-and-shoot):
Zoom H2N digital audio recorder:
BOOKS:
Color and Light: A Guide for Realist Painters:
Imaginative Realism: How to Paint What Doesn’t Exist:
Dinotopia: A Land Apart from Time:
OTHER OFFICIAL SITES
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