tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2999230124118604245.post7209029635807991942..comments2024-03-28T09:25:25.716-04:00Comments on Gurney Journey: Painting a Sunset Light EffectJames Gurneyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01870848001990898499noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2999230124118604245.post-13050307688796576752016-06-30T04:24:26.957-04:002016-06-30T04:24:26.957-04:00Ey James! Thanks a lot :)
I saw other contemporan...Ey James! Thanks a lot :) <br />I saw other contemporany artist like Nathan fowkes using watercolors plus permanent white gouache, and using them in the end like ACRILICS! hahaha almost it looks like. <br />Yep, I suppose it always depends in the correct process you are using. <br /><br />I was always in the same crossroad... Do I have to start whith gradiation like base or use it in the last step like a glaze (oil technique) to do gradiations?escuderoimaginehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05963668043073795256noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2999230124118604245.post-47957166347870775092016-06-29T21:00:05.951-04:002016-06-29T21:00:05.951-04:00Love the painting. Did you prepare a colour string...Love the painting. Did you prepare a colour string before painting the gradation for the sunset ?Glenn Taithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06694558143243106035noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2999230124118604245.post-41670523697718712992016-06-29T16:29:39.465-04:002016-06-29T16:29:39.465-04:00"Fast, Once, and Correctly"...
like Hit..."Fast, Once, and Correctly"...<br /><br />like Hitting the Nail on the Head;-)<br /><br />you once more nailed it down:<br /><br /> What a beautiful, burning sunset.Richhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14233420155151875249noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2999230124118604245.post-77568457534462220982016-06-28T18:40:38.282-04:002016-06-28T18:40:38.282-04:00Álvaro, Thank you for asking this important questi...Álvaro, Thank you for asking this important question. The key to this kind of gradation is that it has to be done FAST, ONCE, and CORRECTLY. There's no adjusting or doing it again, and it's almost impossible to match part of the gradation later. James Gurneyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01870848001990898499noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2999230124118604245.post-37490888897440642082016-06-28T18:16:25.870-04:002016-06-28T18:16:25.870-04:00Hello James
How can you do this kind of gradiation...Hello James<br />How can you do this kind of gradiations with gouache without move the previous layers?<br />it's very sensible technique for me.<br />Is it about paper, permanent pigments?<br /><br />Thanks<br />Álvaroescuderoimaginehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05963668043073795256noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2999230124118604245.post-6414425377448944542016-06-28T00:30:15.653-04:002016-06-28T00:30:15.653-04:00Wow, that's beautiful.Wow, that's beautiful.Jaysonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00712605578414851289noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2999230124118604245.post-15148097168299021622016-06-27T13:20:07.924-04:002016-06-27T13:20:07.924-04:00Wise words in your advice to Widdly: "Usually...Wise words in your advice to Widdly: "Usually a good idea...But not always." Every single art "rule" that I can think of should be read with that understanding. That's one of the things I love most about art. And often it's in going to the "not always" side that we make the breakthroughs.Tom Harthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04770238579550226268noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2999230124118604245.post-86034633690896893772016-06-27T13:11:51.385-04:002016-06-27T13:11:51.385-04:00Thank you, Colonel.
Widdly, yes, I primed over ov...Thank you, Colonel.<br /><br />Widdly, yes, I primed over over a dud sketch. But sometimes I just prime a page anyway, just because I love painting on primed surfaces. If you want to work very opaquely, it's usually a good idea to prime the surface a color that's complementary to the general color tone you expect to use on the painting. So red underpainting for a green painting, or blue underpainting for a warm colored painting. But not always. The advantage of having a priming color that matches the mood you want is that you can work more transparently. I would just say experiment and try all kinds of experiments, and see what works for you. James Gurneyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01870848001990898499noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2999230124118604245.post-48341698416907523532016-06-27T12:34:47.005-04:002016-06-27T12:34:47.005-04:00Amazing!
Did you prime the page with the red pa...Amazing! <br /><br />Did you prime the page with the red paint beforehand and then find an apropriate place to paint? I have some dud pages in my sketchbook and I am tempted to paint over them in acrylic gouache and start again. For a first timer, is there an underpainting color that is easier to work with or more likely to be successful? Does the underpainting color dictate what kind of scene or lighting effect you seek out to paint?<br /><br />The colors in the painting are very dramatic. Would other color schemes work for this kind of facing into the sunset painting? For example, I sometimes observe a lot of pink and blue in the evening sky. It seems the shapes and values here are based on observation but the colours come from a prior plan.widdlyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00201147320430044209noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2999230124118604245.post-27617385875140345902016-06-27T10:59:15.860-04:002016-06-27T10:59:15.860-04:00In the essence, of anything, rests beauty. To see ...In the essence, of anything, rests beauty. To see it a reward. To paint it a joy. Nice! A Colonel of Truthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00968917380253732621noreply@blogger.com