Gurney Journey: Scene in Sebastopol

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Wednesday, July 17, 2019

Scene in Sebastopol

We’re in Sebastopol, CA and I painted this street scene in gouache. I captured lots of video. Later, when I get around to doing the edit, we can play that game where you can ask a question now and I’ll try to answer some of them in the voiceover.

11 comments:

Rich said...: Wow! That's what I'd call some sightseeing.; July 17, 2019 at 4:51 PM
ferrelli said...: I love Sebastopol! I hope you stopped at HopMonk Brewery for some great eats and a cold one! Blessings, Sue; July 17, 2019 at 5:06 PM
Harry said...: Here's a question: Do you know what type of car is under the tarp?; July 17, 2019 at 5:35 PM
doug goodale said...: Question: For the shadow areas - do you try to mix the colour spot on with the first try or do you layer with different approximations?; July 17, 2019 at 6:01 PM
Rich said...: What type of car under the tarp?
Doesn't look like a Lada:-)

...perhaps Ukranian brand(?); July 17, 2019 at 6:14 PM
Peggy wilson said...: I hope you filmed painting the slats on the side of the house! I want to see how you painted the ‘grooves’ between the boards. Excellent illusion with the shadow/value variations. I have learned so much from trying to Paint along with your videos.Thank you for all of the demos you post. You have been a wonderful ‘virtual teacher’.; July 17, 2019 at 8:48 PM
Björn Gschwendtner said...: How do you capture the final painting and what edits do you do before posting the image? And how do you do the edits? (Holding the original close to the screen and trying to match it as close as possible?); July 18, 2019 at 3:27 AM
Tom C. said...: Hi James,
I love the color in your field paintings so here’s a bunch of questions.
How closely are you matching the actual colors that you see? Do you get them somewhat close and then focus on temp and value organization? Do you interpret by pushing darks darker and lights lighter to create visual interest? Is there any other ways to develop the skill of mixing the color that you see other than practice?
Thanks; July 18, 2019 at 11:00 AM
Virginia Fhinn said...: I second all of Ovaltine's questions, particularly about exaggerating values... also, when I look at that little planter out front I see about 6 different colours happening there. Can you talk a little about how that happens? I am struggling with getting gouache to dry as predicted - when look at the reflected light under the eaves here I think "how could he predict that value?!" Is it just 30+years of experience? I'm late to the game, I don't know if I have that long to get it right, haha!; July 19, 2019 at 6:42 AM
James Gurney said...: All great questions. I'll try to get to as many of them as I can in the video.; July 19, 2019 at 8:53 AM
Unknown said...: Hi James,

Can you explain why sometimes you apply a layer of "ghost wash" to your entire painting, but sometimes you don't?

Thanks!; August 6, 2019 at 1:13 AM