tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29992301241186042452024-03-19T03:25:38.887-04:00Gurney JourneyThis 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.James Gurneyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01870848001990898499noreply@blogger.comBlogger6519125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2999230124118604245.post-43290950009090009942024-03-15T18:37:00.001-04:002024-03-15T18:37:56.415-04:00Street Scene Demo<p>In today's <a href="https://open.substack.com/pub/jamesgurney/p/street-scene-demo?r=n4b58&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web">Substack post</a> I paint a street scene where the goal is to capture the feeling of objects against a bright sky. </p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtBhqbmwOSr0b6xPQOt9xByx5bk0TwPlwHBqTqbAlODJtfvQF9gcRieeXu5fTmH8vGkm_DD9s_uEgwy8zW0G1XiPZaPqAZUmBMGshAwgq29kkOzLCuZ16Azs_CVM14nQbEUAvboDoIFPJ35IikC8KwBS7WSd4sKV5EgLSVXq9K4uwFOj6ysEhq7JFzWnFO/s701/Screenshot%202024-03-15%20at%203.34.17%E2%80%AFPM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="400" data-original-width="701" height="229" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtBhqbmwOSr0b6xPQOt9xByx5bk0TwPlwHBqTqbAlODJtfvQF9gcRieeXu5fTmH8vGkm_DD9s_uEgwy8zW0G1XiPZaPqAZUmBMGshAwgq29kkOzLCuZ16Azs_CVM14nQbEUAvboDoIFPJ35IikC8KwBS7WSd4sKV5EgLSVXq9K4uwFOj6ysEhq7JFzWnFO/w400-h229/Screenshot%202024-03-15%20at%203.34.17%E2%80%AFPM.png" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>The technique uses watercolor and gouache over casein. I add a bright light effect with pastel once the paint is fully dry. Also I answer a few of your questions and discuss whether it ‘breaks the rules’ to combine media in this way.<p></p><p><a href="https://open.substack.com/pub/jamesgurney/p/street-scene-demo?r=n4b58&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web">Street Scene Demo, free post on Substack</a></p>James Gurneyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01870848001990898499noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2999230124118604245.post-55443545971108139952024-03-14T18:02:00.000-04:002024-03-14T18:02:08.031-04:00What is a Diffuser, and Why Does It Help?<p> <span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; color: #404040; font-family: Spectral, serif, system-ui, -apple-system, system-ui, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol"; font-size: 1.1875rem; word-spacing: 1px;">Getting the best light on your artwork while sketching outdoors makes a huge difference. Ideally you want soft, diffused white sunlight at a level close to the brightness of the scene itself. The worst thing is cast shadows or dappled light across the painting. </span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNVxFhVDdluGGH4ueaK14vRGhCrDCsdb9gBJWPIJU7DC-79QPlZRX4DfsF0xtW_n5wvrlgWeWC4CG6YaM2Tc0GQuiTAz5jWnYtLI0NeUs-U04Wls0brT1M0UrLD5a315TT2_2dxYpMcRe5Gi1GlyiVu_6kQECoTHH1Uu9tm6ZBYRcCB2Wsu7wF1RPxugX-/s1822/NEW%20DIFFUSER_Original.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1030" data-original-width="1822" height="226" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNVxFhVDdluGGH4ueaK14vRGhCrDCsdb9gBJWPIJU7DC-79QPlZRX4DfsF0xtW_n5wvrlgWeWC4CG6YaM2Tc0GQuiTAz5jWnYtLI0NeUs-U04Wls0brT1M0UrLD5a315TT2_2dxYpMcRe5Gi1GlyiVu_6kQECoTHH1Uu9tm6ZBYRcCB2Wsu7wF1RPxugX-/w400-h226/NEW%20DIFFUSER_Original.png" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1ByPt0TJ2Q0KfkOUCHNsj04kiDkLtZuveIEu0Kv349KhP9rXuwK-sskDdEDMVeIY5aM57BYBCValfk2O0MsYvxK6qUAXnKIDi41YJ_m6GGYyN3mwT1bwl03cR5sQSuSZcT1S-PR74pMUJ-125qexFTHb-oUNaYXZ46eLDofOxZmwkQfzcvftg-KM2dqgc/s2558/Diffusers.2K_Original.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1444" data-original-width="2558" height="226" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1ByPt0TJ2Q0KfkOUCHNsj04kiDkLtZuveIEu0Kv349KhP9rXuwK-sskDdEDMVeIY5aM57BYBCValfk2O0MsYvxK6qUAXnKIDi41YJ_m6GGYyN3mwT1bwl03cR5sQSuSZcT1S-PR74pMUJ-125qexFTHb-oUNaYXZ46eLDofOxZmwkQfzcvftg-KM2dqgc/w400-h226/Diffusers.2K_Original.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><p></p><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; border-color: rgb(49, 49, 49); caret-color: rgb(49, 49, 49); color: #313131; font-family: -apple-system, "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 16px; word-spacing: 1px;"><span data-originalcomputedfontsize="19" data-originalfontsize="19px" style="border-color: rgb(64, 64, 64); color: #404040; font-family: Spectral, serif, system-ui, -apple-system, system-ui, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol"; font-size: 1.1875rem;">That's where a diffuser comes in, and you can make one yourself. On my Substack</span></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; border-color: rgb(49, 49, 49); caret-color: rgb(49, 49, 49); color: #313131; font-family: -apple-system, "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 16px; word-spacing: 1px;"><span data-originalcomputedfontsize="19" data-originalfontsize="19px" style="border-color: rgb(64, 64, 64); color: #404040; font-family: Spectral, serif, system-ui, -apple-system, system-ui, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol"; font-size: 1.1875rem;"><br /></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; border-color: rgb(49, 49, 49); caret-color: rgb(49, 49, 49); color: #313131; font-family: -apple-system, "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 16px; word-spacing: 1px;"><span data-originalcomputedfontsize="19" data-originalfontsize="19px" style="border-color: rgb(64, 64, 64); color: #404040; font-family: Spectral, serif, system-ui, -apple-system, system-ui, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol"; font-size: 1.1875rem;"> <a href="https://jamesgurney.substack.com/p/what-is-a-diffuser-and-why-do-i-need">https://jamesgurney.substack.com/p/what-is-a-diffuser-and-why-do-i-need</a> </span></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; border-color: rgb(49, 49, 49); caret-color: rgb(49, 49, 49); color: #313131; font-family: -apple-system, "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 16px; word-spacing: 1px;"><span data-originalcomputedfontsize="19" data-originalfontsize="19px" style="border-color: rgb(64, 64, 64); color: #404040; font-family: Spectral, serif, system-ui, -apple-system, system-ui, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol"; font-size: 1.1875rem;"><br /></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; border-color: rgb(49, 49, 49); caret-color: rgb(49, 49, 49); color: #313131; font-family: -apple-system, "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 16px; word-spacing: 1px;"><span data-originalcomputedfontsize="19" data-originalfontsize="19px" style="border-color: rgb(64, 64, 64); color: #404040; font-family: Spectral, serif, system-ui, -apple-system, system-ui, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol"; font-size: 1.1875rem;">I do a deep dive into various designs that are windproof, lightweight, and adjustable.</span></div>James Gurneyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01870848001990898499noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2999230124118604245.post-13502284782632396652024-03-12T16:21:00.004-04:002024-03-12T16:22:21.785-04:00Lilias Trotter, Victorian Gouache Painter<p></p>Lilias Trotter’s mentor, John Ruskin, said that if she stuck with it, she could become the “greatest living painter” and create immortal works.<div style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246 / 0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; background-color: white; color: #404040; font-family: Spectral, serif, system-ui, -apple-system, "system-ui", "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol"; font-size: 19px;"><span style="background-color: transparent;"><br /></span></div><a href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F056810de-b453-4246-9516-649d7fecdf96_4288x2848.jpeg"><img height="266" src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F056810de-b453-4246-9516-649d7fecdf96_4288x2848.jpeg" width="400" /><br /></a><br /><br />She did stick with it, but her first calling was as a Christian missionary. She overcame resistance from people around her and traveled to Algeria, where she spent 40 years of her life.<div><br /><a href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F0b30fc2a-c93a-46fa-b3e3-93efc20187b1_3120x1996.jpeg"><img height="256" src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F0b30fc2a-c93a-46fa-b3e3-93efc20187b1_3120x1996.jpeg" width="400" /><br /></a><br /><br />She painted lots of little gouache sketches in her sketchbooks and illustrated letters.</div><div><br /><a href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Ffe13310d-cdcf-4fd7-b055-45f2b2124165_522x337.jpeg"><img src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Ffe13310d-cdcf-4fd7-b055-45f2b2124165_522x337.jpeg" /><br /></a><br /><br />Her studies are executed with strokes that are economical, relaxed, and graceful.</div><div><br /><a href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Ff0e6a9b4-8aa4-4ab7-85d9-7dc0bccb2feb_736x424.jpeg"><img height="230" src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Ff0e6a9b4-8aa4-4ab7-85d9-7dc0bccb2feb_736x424.jpeg" width="400" /><br /></a><br />She was also interested in light and atmosphere, both in her landsc<a href="https://jamesgurney.substack.com/p/lilias-trotter-victorian-painter">apes and in her spiritual writings. She said: “Believe in the darkness what you have seen in the light."<br /><br />There's a movie about her on YouTube. More on my </a>Substack page.<br /><br /></div>James Gurneyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01870848001990898499noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2999230124118604245.post-13790538005068680922024-03-08T12:18:00.000-05:002024-03-08T12:18:40.898-05:00What Should You Work On? (Assuming You Want to Make a Living at It.)Let’s consider three essential factors: Aptitude, Interest, and Market, which you can remember with the word “AIM.<div><br /><a href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F5733bc0c-d60d-4f6e-8eb1-d49782aa6995_1266x1080.png"><img height="341" src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F5733bc0c-d60d-4f6e-8eb1-d49782aa6995_1266x1080.png" width="400" /><br /></a>*AIM diagram by James Gurney<br /><br />Here are three overlapping circles. One represents “What I’m good at,” the next represents “What I love doing,” and the third is “What someone will buy.” The three circles overlap in a central section marked “What I should work on.” That intersection is the sweet spot where you can be productive, happy, and make a living.<br /><br />To be fulfilled at making art (or anything else), you have to be skilled at what you do, but you also have to be interested or even obsessed with it. But if you want to survive doing it, there have to be people willing to pay you for it, either a few people paying a lot or a lot of people paying a little. It can be an existing market that you serve or a new market that you create.<br /><br />It’s not enough to have training and passion if you can’t find a buyer. You can’t work happily for long hours if you are not interested in it. And if you don’t have the skills and knowledge required in your field, you’ll be out-competed by people who do.<br /><br />These circles will shift and change throughout your life as you evolve new interests and skills, as tastes change, and as new technologies for production, distribution and monetization appear. Every few years you’ve got to check and see if that sweet spot has shifted under your feet.</div><div><br /><a href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F81f65f67-9928-410b-9210-621cddd1fa2c_960x960.png"><img height="400" src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F81f65f67-9928-410b-9210-621cddd1fa2c_960x960.png" width="400" /><br /></a><br /><br />*Note: After I developed this concept and Venn diagram on my own, I discovered that there's already a similar concept in Japanese culture called "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ikigai">ikigai</a>.” Apparently the word "ikigai" translates as "purpose in life" or "reason for being." It seems to be a somewhat broader idea, sometimes including a fourth field labeled "What the world needs." Check it out, let me know your thoughts, and share with a friend.</div>James Gurneyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01870848001990898499noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2999230124118604245.post-69090142154056937072024-03-06T10:16:00.000-05:002024-03-06T10:16:18.994-05:00Why Young People Are the Best ReadersMy <a href="https://jamesgurney.com/products/dinotopia-a-land-apart-from-time-signed">Dinotopia</a> books are intended for all ages, but my favorite readers are between ages 8 and 18. That’s the age where their brains are almost fully wired but they’re not yet locked into routines or mortgage payments.<div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPiVTau_9LN8BkWOH84OkFuYtIiLIaOj_lY08a9IlB6qGDTsILDElYzOm9DPa1HLgQUWoSPJIc4oo8TymnA84tkf2-gB4nodtSx09kbH5jX2GvCyyEpDMTqRN5M44Kl5hzPjh_YbIyOBg5LDlaWZPWIqFXIzG0un3t-JI_ZxlxFn05ZoLS-MDNfhiyg6-K/s2776/With%20Australian%20Kids%20copy.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2204" data-original-width="2776" height="318" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPiVTau_9LN8BkWOH84OkFuYtIiLIaOj_lY08a9IlB6qGDTsILDElYzOm9DPa1HLgQUWoSPJIc4oo8TymnA84tkf2-gB4nodtSx09kbH5jX2GvCyyEpDMTqRN5M44Kl5hzPjh_YbIyOBg5LDlaWZPWIqFXIzG0un3t-JI_ZxlxFn05ZoLS-MDNfhiyg6-K/w400-h318/With%20Australian%20Kids%20copy.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><span style="font-size: x-small;">At St Columba’s School in Ballarat, Australia, 1993</span></div><div><br /></div>Young people are intensely alert and alive when they read, while their parents tend to be half asleep. <br /><br />Author M.T. Anderson said it well: "They haven't learned to resist stories yet. They haven't closed themselves off to worlds that might be different from their own."<br /><br />They’re willing to suspend disbelief, but they’re also intensely demanding about logic and coherence. Teenagers are just as intelligent as their parents or grandparents, perhaps more so; they just don’t have as much experience.</div><div><br /></div><div>(Read the rest of this essay <a href="https://open.substack.com/pub/jamesgurney/p/why-young-people-are-the-best-readers?r=n4b58&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true">on Substack</a>)</div><div>Order <a href="https://jamesgurney.com/products/dinotopia-a-land-apart-from-time-signed"><i>Dinotopia: A Land Apart from Time</i><br /></a><div class="ii gt" id=":1li" jslog="20277; u014N:xr6bB; 1:WyIjdGhyZWFkLWE6cjU0NzE2NTMzOTYwNTExODM4MzQiXQ..; 4:WyIjbXNnLWE6cjQwMTU4MTUwNDIyMDIzMzk5MjYiXQ.." style="background-color: white; color: #222222; direction: ltr; font-family: "Google Sans", Roboto, RobotoDraft, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 0.875rem; margin: 8px 0px 0px; overflow-x: hidden; padding: 0px; position: relative;"><div class="a3s aiL " id=":1lh" style="direction: initial; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: small; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: 1.5; overflow: auto hidden; position: relative;"><div class="yj6qo"></div><div class="adL"></div></div></div><div class="hq gt" id=":1mu" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #222222; font-family: "Google Sans", Roboto, RobotoDraft, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 0.875rem; margin: 15px 0px;"></div><br /></div>James Gurneyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01870848001990898499noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2999230124118604245.post-24668885035118938032024-03-04T18:30:00.005-05:002024-03-04T18:30:48.154-05:00Contre Jour Lighting<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> <span style="text-align: left;">Contre-jour lighting is a type of backlighting where you place the subject right in front of a bright, sunny sky. </span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmjoJUNt1PD2gIsHObKy60DnsUa1xFbk0lfzDyDznHwad00IXZYLZYohcUmhZBw5ZLH_dlQv3fi1MY9EYis3W9dluy_Uybw7m5Z23owa0sk4GL4jwH1ki3FTd7Bc0bB5fOE1ff5MP5Zhz9r7vHo1_ofM22-kyo-DoVSAmOSY1Nr9HdOD0ryupLXNOTunZ_/s1930/Screenshot%202024-03-04%20at%209.19.43%E2%80%AFAM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1234" data-original-width="1930" height="256" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmjoJUNt1PD2gIsHObKy60DnsUa1xFbk0lfzDyDznHwad00IXZYLZYohcUmhZBw5ZLH_dlQv3fi1MY9EYis3W9dluy_Uybw7m5Z23owa0sk4GL4jwH1ki3FTd7Bc0bB5fOE1ff5MP5Zhz9r7vHo1_ofM22-kyo-DoVSAmOSY1Nr9HdOD0ryupLXNOTunZ_/w400-h256/Screenshot%202024-03-04%20at%209.19.43%E2%80%AFAM.png" width="400" /></a></div><br />It's a mysterious effect that makes your paintings glow.<br /><br /><a href="https://jamesgurney.substack.com/p/contre-jour-lighting">More today on Substack</a><p></p>James Gurneyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01870848001990898499noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2999230124118604245.post-6381127833679091152024-03-01T13:26:00.004-05:002024-03-01T13:26:59.975-05:00Listen to Dinotopia Part 2<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFgBtBpU_pjodBcuwnE4feLoEzArsv0iR1dE3qzpwWB7PqeSAinbL8qrilLwadWD2StzGC4b6FWzQxz5sE3CwbMRlsuByfGeb7zVSEk0RlORouiCVKBJaurzl8_Wum2qhbGPoWyMB_J0MkaBODqzr_zr0mu5c0mmzWXW3gWhlPpRSH8TQEGlqDKJHHzmg9/s860/Dinotopia%20Episode%207a.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="516" data-original-width="860" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFgBtBpU_pjodBcuwnE4feLoEzArsv0iR1dE3qzpwWB7PqeSAinbL8qrilLwadWD2StzGC4b6FWzQxz5sE3CwbMRlsuByfGeb7zVSEk0RlORouiCVKBJaurzl8_Wum2qhbGPoWyMB_J0MkaBODqzr_zr0mu5c0mmzWXW3gWhlPpRSH8TQEGlqDKJHHzmg9/w400-h240/Dinotopia%20Episode%207a.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white; color: rgb(var(--ig-primary-text)); font-family: var(--font-family-system); font-size: var(--system-14-font-size); font-weight: var(--font-weight-system-regular);"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white; color: rgb(var(--ig-primary-text)); font-family: var(--font-family-system); font-size: var(--system-14-font-size); font-weight: var(--font-weight-system-regular);">I just put part 2 of the Dinotopia Audio Adventure on Substack.</span></div><p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3pK9PPoQTSA9F6K7XKNaHjElxidBep3zryLrrtYpEYYJwfTMBEhsHYnl42gk7hc_5FBtNe3jiI2pWM8BkL3SUBsRhCIywz2pqyr9GGlr_rC-ZglbR67lV1DBDp1Y7zjCb-yIcWSddEHKZTuePvLkycNJ4WnvUjzWdLMq1Ww7hMT_RXx043qZyu5xRq6QU/s786/Dinotopia%20Episode%2011a.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="532" data-original-width="786" height="271" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3pK9PPoQTSA9F6K7XKNaHjElxidBep3zryLrrtYpEYYJwfTMBEhsHYnl42gk7hc_5FBtNe3jiI2pWM8BkL3SUBsRhCIywz2pqyr9GGlr_rC-ZglbR67lV1DBDp1Y7zjCb-yIcWSddEHKZTuePvLkycNJ4WnvUjzWdLMq1Ww7hMT_RXx043qZyu5xRq6QU/w400-h271/Dinotopia%20Episode%2011a.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white;">So anyone (psst, you don’t even have to give your email) can escape this world for an hour of free listening. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://open.substack.com/pub/jamesgurney/p/part-2-dinotopia-acoustic-journey?r=n4b58&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true">Part 2, Dinotopia Audio Adventure</a></div><br /> <p></p>James Gurneyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01870848001990898499noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2999230124118604245.post-84150338780654579342024-02-28T12:13:00.002-05:002024-02-28T12:13:51.312-05:00Dinotopia Audio Adventure<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhX-ypOUi3icWtjLGkIZDXf6exuwie-Nm3f7CI-u-OSEHihtkin9WNIqmsRMoYziQUGTbEqx58PCToPorwHfKuiliMQcyyxMwwcxN2dLuS2JkObOJ31GBilu2w70YNtXxO1T4yVL2A25hWDJmI5nzujTH4pbMl4k5g72miJYarOlbMm61k-3eWN8TpiEusB/s1194/Shipwrecked.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1114" data-original-width="1194" height="374" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhX-ypOUi3icWtjLGkIZDXf6exuwie-Nm3f7CI-u-OSEHihtkin9WNIqmsRMoYziQUGTbEqx58PCToPorwHfKuiliMQcyyxMwwcxN2dLuS2JkObOJ31GBilu2w70YNtXxO1T4yVL2A25hWDJmI5nzujTH4pbMl4k5g72miJYarOlbMm61k-3eWN8TpiEusB/w400-h374/Shipwrecked.png" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">The story begins with the wreck of the<i> Venturer.</i></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUwjf89WAylgu20Nf2BhjDA6VATlYsklQgWSiwPWOM4I00vLPAmfcjlP2m8aGjG3BKhFvO9ch51MldXtdNbkEyA-LvC6ZBPUdbRp_QHAx-eDgJ9uxGnSPmq8iFt3zH8XxppRkONSDI0lxF6NvildbFeQfLWskoDgRQBGZMUUgcvLpWBu2MTph3UqHt8lsz/s1550/Will%20and%20Arthur.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1550" data-original-width="1212" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUwjf89WAylgu20Nf2BhjDA6VATlYsklQgWSiwPWOM4I00vLPAmfcjlP2m8aGjG3BKhFvO9ch51MldXtdNbkEyA-LvC6ZBPUdbRp_QHAx-eDgJ9uxGnSPmq8iFt3zH8XxppRkONSDI0lxF6NvildbFeQfLWskoDgRQBGZMUUgcvLpWBu2MTph3UqHt8lsz/w313-h400/Will%20and%20Arthur.png" width="313" /></a></div><p>We follow Will and Arthur Denison as they try to figure out this place where people live alongside intelligent saurians.</p><p><a href="https://open.substack.com/pub/jamesgurney/p/dinotopia-audio-adventure?r=n4b58&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true">Link to free 14 minute sample of the Dinotopia Audio Adventure.</a></p>James Gurneyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01870848001990898499noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2999230124118604245.post-38107849685561727752024-02-26T09:29:00.002-05:002024-02-26T09:29:39.174-05:00George Pratt's Sketching Trip to Morocco<p><span style="background-color: white; color: #404040; font-family: Spectral, serif, -apple-system, system-ui, "system-ui", "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol"; font-size: 19px;">Artist and teacher George Pratt is featured in an exhibition at the Ringling College Museum of Art in Florida. The show is called “Carnet de Voyage: Maroc,” and it’s based on a sketching trip George took to that fabled land</span></p><div class="captioned-image-container" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246 / 0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; background-color: white; color: #404040; font-family: Spectral, serif, -apple-system, system-ui, "system-ui", "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol"; font-size: 19px; margin: var(--size-32) auto;"><figure style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246 / 0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; 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--tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246 / 0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; background-color: white; color: #404040; font-family: Spectral, serif, -apple-system, system-ui, "system-ui", "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol"; font-size: 19px; line-height: 1.6em; margin: 0 0 var(--size-20) 0;">Pratt: “The exhibit has a handful of early drawings done in the early and late 1980s from my wishful thinking about visiting Morocco when I was a student or fresh out of art school. The bulk of the show is new work: There are oil paintings, watercolors, photographs and sketchbooks. On view is also many of the carpets, bowls, daggers, handmade bedouin locks, letters sent from Morocco, old postcards, clothing, etc.”</p><div class="captioned-image-container" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246 / 0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; background-color: white; color: #404040; font-family: Spectral, serif, -apple-system, system-ui, "system-ui", "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol"; font-size: 19px; margin: var(--size-32) auto;"><figure style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246 / 0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; 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--tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; background-color: white; color: #404040; font-family: Spectral, serif, -apple-system, system-ui, "system-ui", "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol"; font-size: 19px; line-height: 1.6em; margin: 0 0 var(--size-20) 0;"> Even with the amount of work presented the gallery wasn’t large enough to show everything I’ve been working on dealing with Morocco. </p><h3 class="header-with-anchor-widget" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246 / 0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; background-color: white; color: #404040; font-family: var(--font_family_headings, var(--font_family_headings_preset, 'SF Compact Display', -apple-system, system-ui, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif, 'Apple Color Emoji', 'Segoe UI Emoji', 'Segoe UI Symbol')); font-size: 1.375em; font-weight: var(--font_weight_headings_preset, bold); line-height: 1.16em; margin: 1em 0px 0.625em; position: relative;"><strong style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246 / 0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0;">Gurney: How did you plan your itinerary? Was each day's and night's location locked down in advance, or did you leave it open?</strong><div class="header-anchor-widget offset-top" id="§gurney-how-did-you-plan-your-itinerary-was-each-days-and-nights-location-locked-down-in-advance-or-did-you-leave-it-open" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246 / 0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; height: 90.9115px; left: -56px; position: absolute; top: -72px; width: 56px;"><div class="header-anchor-widget-button-container" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246 / 0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; align-items: center; display: flex; height: 1.2em; left: 0px; position: absolute; top: 72px; width: 40px;"><div class="header-anchor-widget-button" href="https://jamesgurney.substack.com/i/142027873/gurney-how-did-you-plan-your-itinerary-was-each-days-and-nights-location-locked-down-in-advance-or-did-you-leave-it-open" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246 / 0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; align-items: center; border-radius: var(--border-radius-full); cursor: pointer; display: flex; height: 40px; justify-content: center; opacity: 0; width: 40px;"><svg class="header-anchor-widget-icon" fill="none" height="20" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" stroke-width="2" stroke="currentColor" viewbox="0 0 24 24" width="20" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"><path d="M10 13a5 5 0 0 0 7.54.54l3-3a5 5 0 0 0-7.07-7.07l-1.72 1.71"></path><path d="M14 11a5 5 0 0 0-7.54-.54l-3 3a5 5 0 0 0 7.07 7.07l1.71-1.71"></path></svg></div></div></div></h3><p style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246 / 0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; background-color: white; color: #404040; font-family: Spectral, serif, -apple-system, system-ui, "system-ui", "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol"; font-size: 19px; line-height: 1.6em; margin: 0 0 var(--size-20) 0;">Pratt: I basically flew by the seat of my pants. I really didn’t plan anything at all except that first Riad in Marrakech. On the way to each destination I would fire up my iPhone and search through Airbnb for another riad, staying only in the old cities rather than outside the walls in the more modern areas. I wanted to immerse myself in the old world sights and sounds.</p><h3 class="header-with-anchor-widget" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246 / 0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; background-color: white; color: #404040; font-family: var(--font_family_headings, var(--font_family_headings_preset, 'SF Compact Display', -apple-system, system-ui, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif, 'Apple Color Emoji', 'Segoe UI Emoji', 'Segoe UI Symbol')); font-size: 1.375em; font-weight: var(--font_weight_headings_preset, bold); line-height: 1.16em; margin: 1em 0px 0.625em; position: relative;"><strong style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246 / 0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0;">G: What art supplies did you bring along? What did you leave out of your kit and why?</strong><div class="header-anchor-widget offset-top" id="§g-what-art-supplies-did-you-bring-along-what-did-you-leave-out-of-your-kit-and-why" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246 / 0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; height: 60.6076px; left: -56px; position: absolute; top: -72px; width: 56px;"><div class="header-anchor-widget-button-container" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246 / 0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; align-items: center; display: flex; height: 1.2em; left: 0px; position: absolute; top: 72px; width: 40px;"><div class="header-anchor-widget-button" href="https://jamesgurney.substack.com/i/142027873/g-what-art-supplies-did-you-bring-along-what-did-you-leave-out-of-your-kit-and-why" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246 / 0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; align-items: center; border-radius: var(--border-radius-full); cursor: pointer; display: flex; height: 40px; justify-content: center; opacity: 0; width: 40px;"><svg class="header-anchor-widget-icon" fill="none" height="20" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" stroke-width="2" stroke="currentColor" viewbox="0 0 24 24" width="20" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"><path d="M10 13a5 5 0 0 0 7.54.54l3-3a5 5 0 0 0-7.07-7.07l-1.72 1.71"></path><path d="M14 11a5 5 0 0 0-7.54-.54l-3 3a5 5 0 0 0 7.07 7.07l1.71-1.71"></path></svg></div></div></div></h3><p style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246 / 0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; background-color: white; color: #404040; font-family: Spectral, serif, -apple-system, system-ui, "system-ui", "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol"; font-size: 19px; line-height: 1.6em; margin: 0 0 var(--size-20) 0;"><span style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246 / 0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0;">P: I brought way too much stuff. I had a somewhat large rolling duffle, a small rolling suitcase for my Pochade box, and a heavy backpack. I packed my oils, watercolors, pen and ink, several sketchbooks, and my nice Canon 12D Mark 2 Camera. The pochade box was handmade by </span><a href="https://allaprimapochade.com/" rel="" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246 / 0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; text-decoration-line: none;">Alla Prima Pochade</a><span style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246 / 0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0;"> and was their 10 x 12 Bitterroot box. Awesome pochade box. For substrates I had brought Raymar Linen FeatherLite panels. 3 full watercolor setups in case I ran out or lost one. My watercolors are mostly Winsor & Newton with a few Holbein in there as well. Several Arches cold press watercolor blocks of different sizes. The sketchbooks were Moleskine and Fabriano books. Blackwing pencils, dip pens, fountain pens, brush pens, Color Pencils, and Caran D’Ache Neocolor crayons.</span></p><div class="captioned-image-container" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246 / 0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; background-color: white; color: #404040; font-family: Spectral, serif, -apple-system, system-ui, "system-ui", "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol"; font-size: 19px; margin: var(--size-32) auto;"><figure style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246 / 0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; 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border-radius: var(--border-radius-sm); cursor: pointer; display: flex; height: var(--size-32); justify-content: center; opacity: 0; position: absolute; right: var(--size-12); top: var(--size-12); transition: all var(--animation-timing-fast) var(--animation-smoothing); width: var(--size-32);"><svg class="lucide lucide-maximize2 " fill="none" height="16" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" stroke-width="2" stroke="#FFFFFF" viewbox="0 0 24 24" width="16" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></div></div></a></figure></div><h3 class="header-with-anchor-widget" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246 / 0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; background-color: white; color: #404040; font-family: var(--font_family_headings, var(--font_family_headings_preset, 'SF Compact Display', -apple-system, system-ui, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif, 'Apple Color Emoji', 'Segoe UI Emoji', 'Segoe UI Symbol')); font-size: 1.375em; font-weight: var(--font_weight_headings_preset, bold); line-height: 1.16em; margin: 1em 0px 0.625em; position: relative;">How was your mindset different when you switched from sketching to taking photos? How did that switch change the nature of your human connection with the people around you?<div class="header-anchor-widget offset-top" id="§how-was-your-mindset-different-when-you-switched-from-sketching-to-taking-photos-how-did-that-switch-change-the-nature-of-your-human-connection-with-the-people-around-you" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246 / 0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; height: 121.215px; left: -56px; position: absolute; top: -72px; width: 56px;"><div class="header-anchor-widget-button-container" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246 / 0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; align-items: center; display: flex; height: 1.2em; left: 0px; position: absolute; top: 72px; width: 40px;"><div class="header-anchor-widget-button" href="https://jamesgurney.substack.com/i/142027873/how-was-your-mindset-different-when-you-switched-from-sketching-to-taking-photos-how-did-that-switch-change-the-nature-of-your-human-connection-with-the-people-around-you" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246 / 0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; align-items: center; border-radius: var(--border-radius-full); cursor: pointer; display: flex; height: 40px; justify-content: center; opacity: 0; width: 40px;"><svg class="header-anchor-widget-icon" fill="none" height="20" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" stroke-width="2" stroke="currentColor" viewbox="0 0 24 24" width="20" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"><path d="M10 13a5 5 0 0 0 7.54.54l3-3a5 5 0 0 0-7.07-7.07l-1.72 1.71"></path><path d="M14 11a5 5 0 0 0-7.54-.54l-3 3a5 5 0 0 0 7.07 7.07l1.71-1.71"></path></svg></div></div></div></h3><p style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246 / 0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; background-color: white; color: #404040; font-family: Spectral, serif, -apple-system, system-ui, "system-ui", "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol"; font-size: 19px; line-height: 1.6em; margin: 0 0 var(--size-20) 0;">I wanted the trip to totally be about painting and drawing, but when I was sketching I felt that I was missing all kinds of things. I had limited time (two months) for the trip and wanted to get in as much as I could. So I began to heavily lean on photography. I began shooting with my Canon and the prime 35mm lens. But the battery pack that I had added to the overall weight of the camera and I finally primarily used my iPhone.</p><p style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246 / 0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; background-color: white; color: #404040; font-family: Spectral, serif, -apple-system, system-ui, "system-ui", "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol"; font-size: 19px; line-height: 1.6em; margin: 0 0 var(--size-20) 0;">Photography was originally a pretty utilitarian tool for me, a way of shooting reference material — models posing for me. When I took my trip through the Mississippi Delta in the early 1990s The camera became another artistic expression for me. This became more pronounced when I went through my divorce and was trying to hang on to my connection with my children. So I found myself shooting constantly while in Morocco. I think I shot close to 20 or 30,000 images. Insane. I would shoot during the day and then edit at night on my iPad. I would sketch during the day and night as well. </p><p style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246 / 0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; background-color: white; color: #404040; font-family: Spectral, serif, -apple-system, system-ui, "system-ui", "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol"; font-size: 19px; line-height: 1.6em; margin: 0 0 var(--size-20) 0;"><br /></p><div class="captioned-image-container" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246 / 0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; 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--tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; background-color: white; color: #404040; font-family: Spectral, serif, -apple-system, system-ui, "system-ui", "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol"; font-size: 19px; line-height: 1.6em; margin: 0 0 var(--size-20) 0;">Drawing is certainly a meditation and allows one to settle one’s self down and focus on the communication with the subject, whether that’s a person, or a tree, etc. So the sketching I became more picky about what I would spend that time doing. Whereas the camera allowed me to willy nilly capture imagery. Not that there weren’t times where I slowed down and was choosy about many of the photographs I was taking. </p><p style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246 / 0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; background-color: white; color: #404040; font-family: Spectral, serif, -apple-system, system-ui, "system-ui", "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol"; font-size: 19px; line-height: 1.6em; margin: 0 0 var(--size-20) 0;">I did a few portrait drawings with a few subjects and that definitely is a more acute interaction with a person, especially given the language barrier. I tend to be a quick sketch person. I lack the patience to sit and noodle. The same goes for my paintings. I draw and paint energetically. It was the way I was taught. There it is — draw it, paint it! Very direct and to the point. </p><p style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246 / 0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; background-color: white; color: #404040; font-family: Spectral, serif, -apple-system, system-ui, "system-ui", "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol"; font-size: 19px; line-height: 1.6em; margin: 0 0 var(--size-20) 0;">On a 5-hour hike in the Atlas mountains I found myself totally wiped out, tired as all get out. Jon Foster, who was with me for the first three weeks, was wanting to go further, continued up the mountain with Hamid, our guide. I plopped down in the dirt by an interesting tree and said I was done for awhile. They could go on but I was going to draw this tree. So they went on and I focused on the tree with a pencil and my moleskine. And I took my time drawing this tree. It was lovely and a great relaxation. I tried to really capture the small, subtle striations in the bark and the undulating branches, totally aware of the thick and thin line weights working to faithfully replicate the forms, but without resorting to a lot of tonal work. So there were times where I did turn to a sort of meditation, a real observation of a tree, or a building, and they’re some of the better sketches for me. The quick sketches have so much life in them, energy. But these others have a deeper sense of soul, I guess</p><h3 class="header-with-anchor-widget" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246 / 0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; background-color: white; color: #404040; font-family: var(--font_family_headings, var(--font_family_headings_preset, 'SF Compact Display', -apple-system, system-ui, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif, 'Apple Color Emoji', 'Segoe UI Emoji', 'Segoe UI Symbol')); font-size: 1.375em; font-weight: var(--font_weight_headings_preset, bold); line-height: 1.16em; margin: 1em 0px 0.625em; position: relative;"><strong style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246 / 0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0;">How did you deal with the language barrier? Did you speak French or Arabic? Any stories about communication challenges?</strong><div class="header-anchor-widget offset-top" id="§how-did-you-deal-with-the-language-barrier-did-you-speak-french-or-arabic-any-stories-about-communication-challenges" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246 / 0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; height: 90.9115px; left: -56px; position: absolute; top: -72px; width: 56px;"><div class="header-anchor-widget-button-container" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246 / 0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; align-items: center; display: flex; height: 1.2em; left: 0px; position: absolute; top: 72px; width: 40px;"><div class="header-anchor-widget-button" href="https://jamesgurney.substack.com/i/142027873/how-did-you-deal-with-the-language-barrier-did-you-speak-french-or-arabic-any-stories-about-communication-challenges" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246 / 0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; align-items: center; border-radius: var(--border-radius-full); cursor: pointer; display: flex; height: 40px; justify-content: center; opacity: 0; width: 40px;"><svg class="header-anchor-widget-icon" fill="none" height="20" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" stroke-width="2" stroke="currentColor" viewbox="0 0 24 24" width="20" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"><path d="M10 13a5 5 0 0 0 7.54.54l3-3a5 5 0 0 0-7.07-7.07l-1.72 1.71"></path><path d="M14 11a5 5 0 0 0-7.54-.54l-3 3a5 5 0 0 0 7.07 7.07l1.71-1.71"></path></svg></div></div></div></h3><p style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246 / 0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; background-color: white; color: #404040; font-family: Spectral, serif, -apple-system, system-ui, "system-ui", "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol"; font-size: 19px; line-height: 1.6em; margin: 0 0 var(--size-20) 0;">No real challenges on the language. It could be frustrating at times but not often. Before leaving on the trip I tried to learn a little Moroccan Arabic, but very, very little stuck with me. Luckily there were some who could speak broken English. And if there was too much of a barrier I cold make myself understood with drawings.</p><p style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246 / 0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; background-color: white; color: #404040; font-family: Spectral, serif, -apple-system, system-ui, "system-ui", "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol"; font-size: 19px; line-height: 1.6em; margin: 0 0 var(--size-20) 0;">A nice encounter communication-wise was during my time in Fez. I was walking through the Souk and passed by one shop that had really cool music playing through a speaker outside. I went in and found a shop packed to the gills with all kinds of artifacts. The owner came over and tried to talk with me but neither of us spoke each other’s language. I got that his name was Omar and motioned about how much I loved the music. We ended up sitting for at least an hour playing music for each other. I ended up going to his shop several times and just hanging out with him for an hour or two, and each time we’d play different tracks for each other. Awesome.</p><div class="captioned-image-container" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246 / 0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; background-color: white; color: #404040; font-family: Spectral, serif, -apple-system, system-ui, "system-ui", "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol"; font-size: 19px; margin: var(--size-32) auto;"><figure style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246 / 0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; 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--tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0;">What reaction did your sketching get from kids or women?</strong><div class="header-anchor-widget offset-top" id="§what-reaction-did-your-sketching-get-from-kids-or-women" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246 / 0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; height: 30.3038px; left: -56px; position: absolute; top: -72px; width: 56px;"><div class="header-anchor-widget-button-container" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246 / 0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; 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font-size: 19px; line-height: 1.6em; margin: 0 0 var(--size-20) 0;">Children were fascinated with drawing. In Chefchaouen, the Blue City, I had a little girl come up to me while I was sketching in one of the alleys. She was very curious and not shy at all. She couldn’t speak English, but would point to what I was drawing and then at my sketchbook. I finally handed her the pencil and turned to a new page for her to play on. She drew a fun representation of me and she and I laughed about it.</p><p style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246 / 0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; background-color: white; color: #404040; font-family: Spectral, serif, -apple-system, system-ui, "system-ui", "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol"; font-size: 19px; line-height: 1.6em; margin: 0 0 var(--size-20) 0;">There were a couple of times I was set up to paint where weirdness happened. The first time was in Fez. I had chosen a spot that overlooked the Casbah and some of the merchants. I had everything set up and had begun painting when a small ground of young boys came over. They seemed interested and were smiling a lot. But then their little ring leader came over and started messing with the knobs on the tripod that my pochade box was mounted. He twisted the knobs and the whole thing collapsed, the pochade box slamming into the cobbles and my jar of turpentine exploded on the stone. I was so pissed off. They ran away with the merchants down below yelling up at them. No painting that day.</p><p style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246 / 0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; background-color: white; color: #404040; font-family: Spectral, serif, -apple-system, system-ui, "system-ui", "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol"; font-size: 19px; line-height: 1.6em; margin: 0 0 var(--size-20) 0;">The next time was in Chefchaouen and I set up to paint one of the beautiful blue doors. Shortly after I began a gaggle of children, boys and girls, showed up and they began throwing small pebbles at me. This went on for a while. I tried shooing them away but they continued. Finally a merchant came out of his shop and scared them away. He came over and invited me into his shop to have tea. He couldn’t speak English and I couldn’t speak Arabic or French but we got along well. He got me to understand that this photograph he had of a little girl was his daughter and that he had not seen her in quite awhile. I did a drawing of her for him which made him happy. He had a friend come over and we took pictures together. I visited him a couple of times while I was there.</p><div class="captioned-image-container" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246 / 0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; background-color: white; color: #404040; font-family: Spectral, serif, -apple-system, system-ui, "system-ui", "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol"; font-size: 19px; margin: var(--size-32) auto;"><figure style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246 / 0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; 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--tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0;">The show is on view through March 22 at the Ringling College Museum of Art in Sarasota, Florida. </span><a href="https://www.ringlingcollege.gallery/2024-george-pratt-carnet-de-voyagemaroc" rel="" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246 / 0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; text-decoration-line: none;">Link to more info</a><span style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246 / 0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; 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font-size: 19px; line-height: 1.6em; margin: 0 0 var(--size-20) 0;">And here’s a shorter video that gives you a glimpse of the show.</p><div class="youtube-wrap" data-attrs="{"videoId":"HiymWlXF1eM","startTime":null,"endTime":null}" data-component-name="Youtube2ToDOM" id="youtube2-HiymWlXF1eM" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246 / 0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; background-color: white; color: #404040; font-family: Spectral, serif, -apple-system, system-ui, "system-ui", "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol"; font-size: 19px; position: relative;"><div class="youtube-inner" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; 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text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYNtj3HfJ8nl4PdERWknr9n658AjMrz-GZU0nUxQWuxf8zWAa-cAJylIFRg8FrnD8GIeFDaSuzRoIf2IAl0JnXvDAR9_wcsQMPTGcEdl8PO0y5XwFGNKvfMKfeOnptmCjg6x88PWb4qIY03pFruWUsVYWM2y5t6rO9gf3uhmzbbY6JUW1vH3w1RQ3D2PUT/s1626/05394d93e379af2ba15acc2a12a4f877.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1201" data-original-width="1626" height="295" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYNtj3HfJ8nl4PdERWknr9n658AjMrz-GZU0nUxQWuxf8zWAa-cAJylIFRg8FrnD8GIeFDaSuzRoIf2IAl0JnXvDAR9_wcsQMPTGcEdl8PO0y5XwFGNKvfMKfeOnptmCjg6x88PWb4qIY03pFruWUsVYWM2y5t6rO9gf3uhmzbbY6JUW1vH3w1RQ3D2PUT/w400-h295/05394d93e379af2ba15acc2a12a4f877.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><span style="font-size: x-small;"><div style="text-align: center;">Paintings by Frank Vincent Dumond</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div></span>One former student, Gifford Beal, wrote an account of his painting annual painting demonstration:"Clad in his customary pink smock and talking as he painted on a small canvas, he began what he called a 'smear.'"<div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1200" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOzsVcOulif8-mCBkEO0pDPb7dDiymSDCq3XNANep39s_QAHNDLGWwdeW3t60RrdpOLabNNJa_lJDBUa1O1MzJALcILPT5deitpMYRBvpmrzAjqr9AJcrTNoYtxBMuTdIyPwrNnB61Ubnke27mO9MTR6-24x3kxYtuUWAXu7e5OFITA7fkzDIfJCH96zrA/w400-h400/Square%201.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://jamesgurney.substack.com/p/dumonds-landscape-demo">Read the rest in today's Substack post</a></div><br /> <p></p></div></div>James Gurneyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01870848001990898499noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2999230124118604245.post-23500810698621942032024-02-21T12:20:00.002-05:002024-02-21T12:20:34.804-05:00Building an Art Career Online<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqYqA0wNaC70pfNLP_gOOUzCGL-SA1nVG7-vgkebou6z4XWarmuJIwysUu8UKuMd7dnhvLpGD0gqNcUEMQZUXqIvaGPQvTh_BsyXvhf3tBSGeqBJxWxvfXYdUK-ByUn21Iri555FzJ-HWqpmMkUyg0pKSBDFIiTH6d6y8TSRfjGnKNrWorba0NlEaB6nff/s1000/Snow%20Pile.HND.1K.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="623" data-original-width="1000" height="249" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqYqA0wNaC70pfNLP_gOOUzCGL-SA1nVG7-vgkebou6z4XWarmuJIwysUu8UKuMd7dnhvLpGD0gqNcUEMQZUXqIvaGPQvTh_BsyXvhf3tBSGeqBJxWxvfXYdUK-ByUn21Iri555FzJ-HWqpmMkUyg0pKSBDFIiTH6d6y8TSRfjGnKNrWorba0NlEaB6nff/w400-h249/Snow%20Pile.HND.1K.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br />How do you build an art career online? Today's <a href="https://open.substack.com/pub/jamesgurney/p/building-an-art-career-online?r=n4b58&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true">Substack post</a> is a deep dive on managing social media and narrowcasting to dedicated fan networks.James Gurneyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01870848001990898499noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2999230124118604245.post-27690122809608702282024-02-19T15:34:00.001-05:002024-02-19T15:34:18.562-05:00Balancing Art With Family<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Balancing art with family can be a challenge. We artists owe a lot to those around us for their long-suffering patience. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwoYVknHWUAZffYQVGekekisTFJPuIWmCwHzxs8mW_E-4eBFtDEBjATgxBIi8Vxt6N0bCvtTs8Z5rG58VQsHxl4bn62X1ltX_8t7N5sj2VZnpxB7BPvHM4uN70EcrJ7nhW2rzzEFBDCMyRzdeiENi5N8ido6BpM4CVMqZMdNsEbIspIrN2f57_VBqq25PC/s495/Jeanette%20Reading.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="399" data-original-width="495" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwoYVknHWUAZffYQVGekekisTFJPuIWmCwHzxs8mW_E-4eBFtDEBjATgxBIi8Vxt6N0bCvtTs8Z5rG58VQsHxl4bn62X1ltX_8t7N5sj2VZnpxB7BPvHM4uN70EcrJ7nhW2rzzEFBDCMyRzdeiENi5N8ido6BpM4CVMqZMdNsEbIspIrN2f57_VBqq25PC/s16000/Jeanette%20Reading.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><i>Jeanette Reading,</i> oil, 8 x 12"</span></div><p>I understand how some artists need a separate studio, but I've always had my studio in the house, and I feel lucky that I could have my family around when I was working. Before we had kids, Jeanette would often read to me while I was painting.</p> <a href="https://open.substack.com/pub/jamesgurney/p/balancing-art-and-family?r=n4b58&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true">Full discussion on Substack</a> (no paywall)<p></p>James Gurneyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01870848001990898499noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2999230124118604245.post-1449526302354486902024-02-17T13:16:00.001-05:002024-02-17T13:16:29.393-05:00Premixing Color Gamuts in Oil Paint<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5dtg5qpQhmPDkDzgtIpMpVZVQC7-OLRvoMO0MeHo-n5WOmqm-TPb_TkrqCTTlPJ2VKhCAcdUnzaMiBxGdkESwwEZFI0eXz09uy6EsfVEQ6kPmCJ5RlhWfgrndPQbnPaiJwqYRAmLUh1HHpeS7wwVZK188XqphgN7xgGWmydOebaaIMynXTt0gVK_q8HXG/s645/Palettes_Taboret.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="616" data-original-width="645" height="383" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5dtg5qpQhmPDkDzgtIpMpVZVQC7-OLRvoMO0MeHo-n5WOmqm-TPb_TkrqCTTlPJ2VKhCAcdUnzaMiBxGdkESwwEZFI0eXz09uy6EsfVEQ6kPmCJ5RlhWfgrndPQbnPaiJwqYRAmLUh1HHpeS7wwVZK188XqphgN7xgGWmydOebaaIMynXTt0gVK_q8HXG/w400-h383/Palettes_Taboret.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /> <span style="background-color: white; color: rgb(var(--ig-primary-text)); font-family: var(--font-family-system); font-size: var(--system-14-font-size); font-weight: var(--font-weight-system-regular);">Here’s what it looks like when I’m premixing oil colors on a palette made from a roll of freezer paper.</span><br /><br />🎨 The goal is to premix a “string” of four or five values of each of the subjective primaries that appear at the corners of the gamut.<br /><br />🎨 The “gamut” is a sector of the full range of possible colors. If you paint just from that string of premixed colors, you can paint any color from inside that gamut but you can’t paint any “extra-gamut notes.”<br /><br />🎨 The reason to narrow your gamut is to create a subjective envelope of colors and explore the possibilities they offer.<br /><br />🎨 In sequential art, each sequence can have its own gamut, which is especially helpful in color scripting for animation or concept art, or for illustrated books or graphic novels.<div><br /></div><div>More in my book <i><a href="https://jamesgurney.com/products/color-and-light-a-guide-for-the-realist-painter-signed-by-james-gurney">Color and Light</a></i><br /><br /></div>James Gurneyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01870848001990898499noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2999230124118604245.post-75591429546095265802024-02-15T10:41:00.003-05:002024-02-15T10:41:52.266-05:00Repin's Conflicted Feelings About Impressionism<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4nVOU21Ra4sJTLa_mqToGZi4kqnmhvvVs-WPTxw5SGHePJ-JeaRkg62Yt1Ixo95_QFAqRSaTDkv-jfuUAwNKIcoMpSut_OW6etvxm0rnHWDYFd0B8NKZOdm7Y7TgSfTKBJnFyYkN-Y1KdCriA9Jnvix3l-MsS6UFpgRBhngsjvy472I5hF1YFfiT2BLV0/s1000/01-ilya-repin-portrait-of-sophia-dragomirova-1889-painting.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="788" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4nVOU21Ra4sJTLa_mqToGZi4kqnmhvvVs-WPTxw5SGHePJ-JeaRkg62Yt1Ixo95_QFAqRSaTDkv-jfuUAwNKIcoMpSut_OW6etvxm0rnHWDYFd0B8NKZOdm7Y7TgSfTKBJnFyYkN-Y1KdCriA9Jnvix3l-MsS6UFpgRBhngsjvy472I5hF1YFfiT2BLV0/w315-h400/01-ilya-repin-portrait-of-sophia-dragomirova-1889-painting.jpg" width="315" /></a></div><div><br /></div><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ilya_Repin">Ilya Repin</a> (1844-1930) had mixed feelings about impressionism when he visited Paris. He knew it was the future of painting, but he was turned off by “the incredible number of awful, sloppy paintings” that he saw in the exhibitions. <a href="https://open.substack.com/pub/jamesgurney/p/repins-take-on-impressionism?r=n4b58&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true">More on Substack</a>James Gurneyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01870848001990898499noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2999230124118604245.post-80088436071414427472024-02-14T12:57:00.000-05:002024-02-14T12:57:01.839-05:00Readings from Harold Speed<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">When I was just starting out on my journey to learn about painting, I recorded some readings from books that inspired me. I'm just starting to post these readings in my <a href="https://open.substack.com/pub/jamesgurney/p/readings-on-painting?r=n4b58&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true">Substack</a> archive.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDPASwPB2B6YSy4X0tk_lHNRd780do6-Xp2c5Ve3_8J5WhtsJnyb_ndUYTxIERLJSHGekG23Y94al80rQ1-zosmAHZJbe488jrrk8YFIIz4eU6hdduYfGKyVjOgQZbNpJEjIliX8tm3XQL9kIYvjH1tWIRRCMmz4LZh-G4aNXjooJTHhMpYhDLEJwVjb70/s944/404d2e07a6f9973aa7948e4ce4444a53.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="944" data-original-width="786" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDPASwPB2B6YSy4X0tk_lHNRd780do6-Xp2c5Ve3_8J5WhtsJnyb_ndUYTxIERLJSHGekG23Y94al80rQ1-zosmAHZJbe488jrrk8YFIIz4eU6hdduYfGKyVjOgQZbNpJEjIliX8tm3XQL9kIYvjH1tWIRRCMmz4LZh-G4aNXjooJTHhMpYhDLEJwVjb70/w333-h400/404d2e07a6f9973aa7948e4ce4444a53.jpg" width="333" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Painting by Harold Speed</span></div><br />The readings are from Harold Speed’s 1924 book <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Painting-Techniques-Materials-Dover-Instruction/dp/0486255069/?&_encoding=UTF8&tag=gurnjour-20&linkCode=ur2&linkId=03696dddd0b4a0acad6c06df53c4656f&camp=1789&creative=9325">Oil Painting Techniques and Materials</a>, originally titled <div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Painting-Techniques-Materials-Dover-Instruction/dp/0486255069/?&_encoding=UTF8&tag=gurnjour-20&linkCode=ur2&linkId=03696dddd0b4a0acad6c06df53c4656f&camp=1789&creative=9325">The Science and Practice of Painting</a>. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsJpV99ZVT19L1y_K3KjDojvRzYFZib_yfO1ssORnvY22MTFkTAM3HVbkA56DzUMCFAJf3CiLW9fBs8ll4cvqf86RN_jZURV57obT-pvEZgGophYCxhhiJBrmkSVxfKTK18gUyYc3O29ogpsJc9bSwMk5UX03iOKFhlSVUKRMg2dD4cQybZdKt9DlIvSYF/s800/Harold_Speed.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="600" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsJpV99ZVT19L1y_K3KjDojvRzYFZib_yfO1ssORnvY22MTFkTAM3HVbkA56DzUMCFAJf3CiLW9fBs8ll4cvqf86RN_jZURV57obT-pvEZgGophYCxhhiJBrmkSVxfKTK18gUyYc3O29ogpsJc9bSwMk5UX03iOKFhlSVUKRMg2dD4cQybZdKt9DlIvSYF/w300-h400/Harold_Speed.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><br /> You can hear the readings at <a href="https://open.substack.com/pub/jamesgurney/p/readings-on-painting?r=n4b58&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true">this Substack post.</a><p></p>James Gurneyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01870848001990898499noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2999230124118604245.post-7044039574567836812024-02-10T10:21:00.001-05:002024-02-10T10:21:31.135-05:00A Method for Painting Botanical Subjects on Location <p><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="275" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/Wcq2smXWkvc?si=2iuTFKP2jj1QBllt" title="YouTube video player" width="460"></iframe> </p><p><a href="https://youtu.be/Wcq2smXWkvc">Link to YouTube</a> Here's a practical method for isolating a living plant so that you can paint an accurate portrait of it on location. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9J5k5Vf-0nVf_maZLmjKXhKDj2EThomVcI5uh8aQXHX3fuC_bwgbW_BWD94Be0M4-BlIbzODjTc_IVMHFa2bSP97zrlD5Rx2xKKf3A_TwFAtgHqz9OlCwDnO3-U291u2jN3hMJftzKiS9c7oK_rwYa34xaWv1nLPdz863ZqFjDA7L0AF4BFAbQ2dY0hEz/s1200/Milkweeds%20and%20QAL.1k.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="949" data-original-width="1200" height="316" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9J5k5Vf-0nVf_maZLmjKXhKDj2EThomVcI5uh8aQXHX3fuC_bwgbW_BWD94Be0M4-BlIbzODjTc_IVMHFa2bSP97zrlD5Rx2xKKf3A_TwFAtgHqz9OlCwDnO3-U291u2jN3hMJftzKiS9c7oK_rwYa34xaWv1nLPdz863ZqFjDA7L0AF4BFAbQ2dY0hEz/w400-h316/Milkweeds%20and%20QAL.1k.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><i>Roadside Weeds,</i> casein, 14 x 18"</span></div><br />Most landscape compositions are designed to lead the viewer deep into the scene. If there’s a foreground, it serves as a framing device or a departure point. By contrast, botanical studies typically focus up close on a flower or a plant that’s taken out of context and put against a white backdrop. <br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDWWOIiGZf811czjcLlTM_fdhpcr-2hj6b56dpkxPzDo4FMTvSf1kgjTGJVPtM_FqfUuyTiSmZZGVW3tOo_VBWSRt7aqNzziycf5lc3ipbbRDLdqfEwKfZNY2svWC1RaqfVYpRw0KWSfbSCPRsvrLQvaBE9zmWfoG3VL_VrhMQysKoMelGwsLugyDYZju_/s1300/OverShoulder.1k.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="841" data-original-width="1300" height="259" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDWWOIiGZf811czjcLlTM_fdhpcr-2hj6b56dpkxPzDo4FMTvSf1kgjTGJVPtM_FqfUuyTiSmZZGVW3tOo_VBWSRt7aqNzziycf5lc3ipbbRDLdqfEwKfZNY2svWC1RaqfVYpRw0KWSfbSCPRsvrLQvaBE9zmWfoG3VL_VrhMQysKoMelGwsLugyDYZju_/w400-h259/OverShoulder.1k.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">But what if we could merge these two ways of seeing? My goal in this painting is to bring attention to the foreground without losing the story of the wider scene. To achieve that goal I’ll need to develop a way to render a living plant with loving detail while observing it in its natural setting.</div><p><br /></p>
<br />James Gurneyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01870848001990898499noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2999230124118604245.post-82826090565237484022024-02-07T09:58:00.001-05:002024-02-07T09:58:12.303-05:00Eliot Hodgkin's Switch to Tempera<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVcAeTnWkqdmnxDNGMAhu2eXFTm2OLhPzcaWgNYnn47efAHBj9mBRGfC9FhEwuxGzfvYXcxGdVBeraoLlsHWHJ3aRjQSNJDJKO7nrtC3Jogb9f3ruiPsujhEXZaaK5uEExI7zpWJ8xWDPOU9ClQrbnDfiZDFQKRthyphenhyphenCtBWiZYpFcrr0F8VtNfbK4lk6yel/s1480/Screenshot%202024-02-07%20at%208.51.22%E2%80%AFAM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1480" data-original-width="1326" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVcAeTnWkqdmnxDNGMAhu2eXFTm2OLhPzcaWgNYnn47efAHBj9mBRGfC9FhEwuxGzfvYXcxGdVBeraoLlsHWHJ3aRjQSNJDJKO7nrtC3Jogb9f3ruiPsujhEXZaaK5uEExI7zpWJ8xWDPOU9ClQrbnDfiZDFQKRthyphenhyphenCtBWiZYpFcrr0F8VtNfbK4lk6yel/w359-h400/Screenshot%202024-02-07%20at%208.51.22%E2%80%AFAM.png" width="359" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eliot_Hodgkin">Eliot Hodgkin</a> (1905-1987) was an English botanical artist who switched from oil to tempera in 1937. He said he liked opaque, water-based paints because: "It is the only way in which I can express the character of the objects that fascinate me." <p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguBYNpgNn3OUv3eCum8dRtVCxEC5rx8jY-VEW8mslRc93QgLa4fEyFT6ifbfQrVFePxVGj_IEZ6WHoiw6LD54-hBwLhrSb4RijnivivbZOioLmzCYdNYSQmP1IY_62w6roV8OVt-zQCZJUs-mTUMG0QqbgCUeuhSUzcBMhrjffxyGIlNunoVnqacgibW0y/s680/07faab499018762f099c765c86157e8d.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="562" data-original-width="680" height="330" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguBYNpgNn3OUv3eCum8dRtVCxEC5rx8jY-VEW8mslRc93QgLa4fEyFT6ifbfQrVFePxVGj_IEZ6WHoiw6LD54-hBwLhrSb4RijnivivbZOioLmzCYdNYSQmP1IY_62w6roV8OVt-zQCZJUs-mTUMG0QqbgCUeuhSUzcBMhrjffxyGIlNunoVnqacgibW0y/w400-h330/07faab499018762f099c765c86157e8d.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><p>"With oil paint I could not get the detail without getting also a disagreeable surface: moreover I should have to wait while the paint dried before continuing."</p><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCbUUG4r2ud56wY4HFOaXXzn5bRqYskAgTxYOuiCt0Srmw7TLUBNFk0Rnsz9FEfTK-FAxE6WZbhS-CrRJsPWhHIkvYK_aVRfLcyxdqPN_9nd7Wl_BY9zvVWUjh6kYU0B54b6hiw_LecDpWWRH6Iscam0poFbjmjGrvCiYxUWdgpATtv8LSkp6ZPDgZeWrh/s640/Eliot%20Hodgkiin.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="530" data-original-width="640" height="331" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCbUUG4r2ud56wY4HFOaXXzn5bRqYskAgTxYOuiCt0Srmw7TLUBNFk0Rnsz9FEfTK-FAxE6WZbhS-CrRJsPWhHIkvYK_aVRfLcyxdqPN_9nd7Wl_BY9zvVWUjh6kYU0B54b6hiw_LecDpWWRH6Iscam0poFbjmjGrvCiYxUWdgpATtv8LSkp6ZPDgZeWrh/w400-h331/Eliot%20Hodgkiin.jpg" width="400" /></a></p>James Gurneyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01870848001990898499noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2999230124118604245.post-89106329524497098212024-02-06T13:37:00.003-05:002024-02-06T13:37:55.744-05:00Reflection of Dark Objects on Water<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFulMqXwLFEtIfuqZVEqHaQ72js-PMTQYcHkHdNOo9GTmSULZyuSi6gXGawrAia8LMIsNQv7pqZjyypKak3uamL4VV3W9pP7uKeeogrMK_n0LdtOyGzkjwNI1yivaoVJm2yum93VB0SN-9mAv2O7thucxWcMDEeLjIcgvmXgHB7nhhctDGnGPeSRYkOLEa/s1818/Suir.lg.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1460" data-original-width="1818" height="321" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFulMqXwLFEtIfuqZVEqHaQ72js-PMTQYcHkHdNOo9GTmSULZyuSi6gXGawrAia8LMIsNQv7pqZjyypKak3uamL4VV3W9pP7uKeeogrMK_n0LdtOyGzkjwNI1yivaoVJm2yum93VB0SN-9mAv2O7thucxWcMDEeLjIcgvmXgHB7nhhctDGnGPeSRYkOLEa/w400-h321/Suir.lg.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><br />The appearance of dark objects reflected in water depends on three factors:<div><br />1. The amount of silt or sediment in the water<br />2. The amount of light shining into the water<br />3. The shallowness of the water.<br /><br />In this plein sketch, the trees might have reflected more darkly had it not been for the sunlight passing through the clear water and bouncing off the shallow, sandy bottom.<br /><br /><br />There's more information on <a href="https://jamesgurney.substack.com/">today's Substack post</a>. You can visit with no commitment via the link in my bio, or subscribe for free to regular emails. </div>James Gurneyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01870848001990898499noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2999230124118604245.post-23499445372430752662024-02-04T09:06:00.002-05:002024-02-04T09:06:37.567-05:00BoingBoing Mentions Substack<p> Wow, what a nice surprise from the wonderful blog <a href="https://boingboing.net/2024/02/02/sign-up-for-illustrator-james-gurneys-new-newsletter.html">BoingBoing</a>.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieoTcKoF6oIUpqvM-6Ww36bO6nchvg_drYr23x03nVv8efQ7loWerYzNdisVovcXQ-NtlA9yhPWRIXF78O0NbFPL5FZXBjSuBapt_rfX-HUdXa33vnhYO2iAhZq3A6Lc4fUj799m4OA_DhBBTpBAi9xDKNf2vP6fM1JGpcW1Hmay1C_MjIppAK1qrYR97-/s1346/Screenshot%202024-02-04%20at%208.36.15%E2%80%AFAM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1346" data-original-width="1096" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieoTcKoF6oIUpqvM-6Ww36bO6nchvg_drYr23x03nVv8efQ7loWerYzNdisVovcXQ-NtlA9yhPWRIXF78O0NbFPL5FZXBjSuBapt_rfX-HUdXa33vnhYO2iAhZq3A6Lc4fUj799m4OA_DhBBTpBAi9xDKNf2vP6fM1JGpcW1Hmay1C_MjIppAK1qrYR97-/w326-h400/Screenshot%202024-02-04%20at%208.36.15%E2%80%AFAM.png" width="326" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Thanks to Bob Knetzger for mentioning my new <a href="https://jamesgurney.substack.com/">Substack page</a>. </div><br /><p><br /></p>James Gurneyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01870848001990898499noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2999230124118604245.post-65741455379999739722024-02-04T08:32:00.000-05:002024-02-04T08:32:35.423-05:00Construction of Roman Capital Letters<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihJmwtNc9jr66CJHue5WWE1tjozp4bHdK1NwEiv2TkveprJ7-ixMUqR8I8xyUAV5_2IbLa48p3_GwbRNjQjyLUxYbCromAqJw4xF0EUypjQcPOp3LYvFaDACIbXf70f5cpbdwjl1-iy_wSnthwqJBJXK_woN0yc8Ql6DN_0syZtuLsBFuHpKIwoLTQQEl1/s1916/trajan_inscr_lg.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="805" data-original-width="1916" height="269" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihJmwtNc9jr66CJHue5WWE1tjozp4bHdK1NwEiv2TkveprJ7-ixMUqR8I8xyUAV5_2IbLa48p3_GwbRNjQjyLUxYbCromAqJw4xF0EUypjQcPOp3LYvFaDACIbXf70f5cpbdwjl1-iy_wSnthwqJBJXK_woN0yc8Ql6DN_0syZtuLsBFuHpKIwoLTQQEl1/w640-h269/trajan_inscr_lg.jpg" width="640" /></a><div><br /><div> Edward Catich demonstrated that the Roman letters on Trajan's Column were created with a brush, not a chisel. His research challenged the long-held assumption that the inscriptions were solely the work of stonemasons. </div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbgsMxCiKVDfD_Q_rAoWNgDOcs_B-HQYdvkBDimt2LxixGLUm1PnM2fRjXvpSjCAdwmqDljMPjWvZq9g-3ysfvXBhYOrTpA09SJZYPegU_2sgZMsdZf2WJYdQsAfh1w97SEvbJ7wrNsLuw0wxL5AufLgeh_DRwOXgaaL0JWsJaUVFj3wn1YeMtBsVGrcNp/s564/Trajan.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="355" data-original-width="564" height="251" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbgsMxCiKVDfD_Q_rAoWNgDOcs_B-HQYdvkBDimt2LxixGLUm1PnM2fRjXvpSjCAdwmqDljMPjWvZq9g-3ysfvXBhYOrTpA09SJZYPegU_2sgZMsdZf2WJYdQsAfh1w97SEvbJ7wrNsLuw0wxL5AufLgeh_DRwOXgaaL0JWsJaUVFj3wn1YeMtBsVGrcNp/w400-h251/Trajan.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div><div><br /></div><div>Catich was a Roman Catholic priest, calligrapher, and expert on the Roman alphabet. His work, especially his book "The Origin of the Serif," published in 1968, has shaped our understanding of Roman lettering and calligraphy.</div><div><br /></div><div>In the following Instagram video, Tom Kemp revives Catich's brush technique:</div><div><br /></div>
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line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 8px; overflow: hidden; padding: 8px 0px 7px; text-align: center; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap;"><a href="https://www.instagram.com/reel/C2rdYR6gJUr/?utm_source=ig_embed&utm_campaign=loading" style="color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 17px; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">A post shared by Tom Kemp (@tom_kemp_)</a></p></div></blockquote> <script async="" src="//www.instagram.com/embed.js"></script></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /></div>James Gurneyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01870848001990898499noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2999230124118604245.post-73573835803734059652024-02-01T14:52:00.003-05:002024-02-01T14:52:40.354-05:00Miyazaki's Watercolor Wisdom<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmkjwdx82jD6k_A5sGU8inlb_OLLRXuluaEJtHNL5yhhhPD_CThpseiCSSGGk1rf4oOfA9JpvmgN0L0PH-3Ey7f4nJXsesspvd23HVA426gmZuPbdNnoe1k6ywJCDgM1tAe3v_sqmlVvNHwWkamALpba2Cb4ox89crPthlUwJxSYDIo-wnwGUpGrraQevH/s400/Miyazaki_Watercolor_Advice.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="400" data-original-width="373" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmkjwdx82jD6k_A5sGU8inlb_OLLRXuluaEJtHNL5yhhhPD_CThpseiCSSGGk1rf4oOfA9JpvmgN0L0PH-3Ey7f4nJXsesspvd23HVA426gmZuPbdNnoe1k6ywJCDgM1tAe3v_sqmlVvNHwWkamALpba2Cb4ox89crPthlUwJxSYDIo-wnwGUpGrraQevH/s320/Miyazaki_Watercolor_Advice.jpg" width="298" /></a></div><br /><p>Japanese animation director Hayao Miyazaki says: <br /><br />• Do not paint stickily and paint after wiping the extra paint and water off. </p><p>• Don't paint with too much pigment and water on your brush, to the point that it's dripping with paint.<br /><br />• Paint thinly the bright part.</p><p>Read the rest at the post <a href="https://open.substack.com/pub/jamesgurney/p/miyazakis-watercolor-wisdom?r=n4b58&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true">Miyazaki's Watercolor Wisdom</a></p>James Gurneyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01870848001990898499noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2999230124118604245.post-902808581792896802024-01-31T18:42:00.000-05:002024-01-31T18:42:14.547-05:00Why isn’t there a good Dinotopia movie? <p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgws_LKcYKuXAJIE9_xyi7hDQNAh1B6t5oDO3dTiumE3M4ZIQPpu0QmUzzUGRQ261DNNDM0wOWxtPQfa6EZ4NoLatWMTSGgsQWAILSBZu4rP4jPGF0yEfVDCrbFE-IRQDOWMZgsp4k-3OFTdZE_M0qE7W_J_b4Nab8Ih8PtG9BsCwwJDkiPf04slmHfHhW7/s1191/movies.1k.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1092" data-original-width="1191" height="293" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgws_LKcYKuXAJIE9_xyi7hDQNAh1B6t5oDO3dTiumE3M4ZIQPpu0QmUzzUGRQ261DNNDM0wOWxtPQfa6EZ4NoLatWMTSGgsQWAILSBZu4rP4jPGF0yEfVDCrbFE-IRQDOWMZgsp4k-3OFTdZE_M0qE7W_J_b4Nab8Ih8PtG9BsCwwJDkiPf04slmHfHhW7/s320/movies.1k.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br />Here's the short answer: It’s not easy to create an adaptation of the first two books that preserves the utopian appeal of the world, but also introduces enough conflict to make it work as a three-act drama for adults. If you make it too sweet, it feels corny or preachy; but if you give it too much edge, it feels wrong for Dinotopia.<br /><p></p><p>In today's Wednesday deep dive on my <a href="https://open.substack.com/pub/jamesgurney/p/why-cant-they-make-a-movie-out-of?r=n4b58&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true">Substack page</a>, I share my thoughts on the challenges, pitfalls, and opportunities of adapting a dinosaur utopia to the film medium.</p><p><br /><br /></p>James Gurneyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01870848001990898499noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2999230124118604245.post-65928277176697735072024-01-30T16:06:00.002-05:002024-01-30T16:06:37.549-05:00Creative Ruts vs. Wide Focus<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6hsRcb7qliUDwpkx8PwlcM8pf3l_CnUP0oNd9y6Dz7eYHLkQtRTNKXaEG2NAc8ipxRhhFv6naQ4Nx0MuRAGDWrefe_jW75Hl_ojxtxocjfglqfsDggE3Frb9byP8FVpoh9_ftTNGlpSCHqGLQyDmrS3IK6kt9fXYQVzhklwZNjfCKl2AGXaQ6gGoKwy2V/s3024/0D056D4A-229F-4440-B94A-889BFFE3B56C.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6hsRcb7qliUDwpkx8PwlcM8pf3l_CnUP0oNd9y6Dz7eYHLkQtRTNKXaEG2NAc8ipxRhhFv6naQ4Nx0MuRAGDWrefe_jW75Hl_ojxtxocjfglqfsDggE3Frb9byP8FVpoh9_ftTNGlpSCHqGLQyDmrS3IK6kt9fXYQVzhklwZNjfCKl2AGXaQ6gGoKwy2V/s320/0D056D4A-229F-4440-B94A-889BFFE3B56C.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div>One of the challenges of my career has been how to channel all my crazy vocations and avocations.</div><div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0bTc0XlTkLApDqzkHeahKia2kdFiDI_WjczId-DUjQKr8RHSDn_08onquGctJnuXVrSPWsAMIZeF4EynVxkdmay0vnzAdNr6Nh67ZTLdwCJqpbZNWMOBRxcXkayCMBXBf2WctS9M95UGTRlpXYFTTEf_gnUhITq9MzZb90zUh7B_l1MJqP7lQtjqgKn0j/s3024/17A6DB5D-C1AC-4BA4-9845-21E475682FCC.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0bTc0XlTkLApDqzkHeahKia2kdFiDI_WjczId-DUjQKr8RHSDn_08onquGctJnuXVrSPWsAMIZeF4EynVxkdmay0vnzAdNr6Nh67ZTLdwCJqpbZNWMOBRxcXkayCMBXBf2WctS9M95UGTRlpXYFTTEf_gnUhITq9MzZb90zUh7B_l1MJqP7lQtjqgKn0j/s320/17A6DB5D-C1AC-4BA4-9845-21E475682FCC.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>Which is why I laughed when the editor of <i>Watercolor Artist Magazine</i> (Spring 2024) asked me about dealing with issues at the opposite extreme.</div></div>James Gurneyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01870848001990898499noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2999230124118604245.post-42154985851139698042024-01-29T12:00:00.001-05:002024-01-29T12:00:00.145-05:00Art Dog Learns About Substack<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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Thicker lines seem closer and more important, while thinner lines float to the background.<br /><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi05mywVxMA4pSsl1R65kAEgdISFLqgVzpHpBK1GXj5fl0OrSvMySh6fWENLC9vdiD551ZKfQrTU6WgP5fBVEQV5LPxrivpt71d_JhACjZ8ksnaYOUTFaPU9v85tC21SlcPt1gv5aHOS_MXHa0BogTZvXxorKKza8JFf-274zuLvbF5bVJvoDw0WPH4YBZK/s1287/line%20weight%20hierarchy.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1246" data-original-width="1287" height="388" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi05mywVxMA4pSsl1R65kAEgdISFLqgVzpHpBK1GXj5fl0OrSvMySh6fWENLC9vdiD551ZKfQrTU6WgP5fBVEQV5LPxrivpt71d_JhACjZ8ksnaYOUTFaPU9v85tC21SlcPt1gv5aHOS_MXHa0BogTZvXxorKKza8JFf-274zuLvbF5bVJvoDw0WPH4YBZK/w400-h388/line%20weight%20hierarchy.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p>Examples by Charles Dana Gibson, Gustave Doré, and Alphonse Mucha<a href="https://jamesgurney.substack.com/p/the-logic-of-line-weight"> at the link</a>.<br /></p>James Gurneyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01870848001990898499noreply@blogger.com1