Gurney Journey
Sunday, January 29, 2023

Cats Juggling Balls

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Cats Juggling Balls by Utagawa Kuniyoshi   (1797-1861) According to the Ōta Memorial Museum of Art, "Kuniyoshi was an ukiyo-e artist w...
Saturday, January 28, 2023

Botanical Art or Plein-Air Painting?

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Is there a difference between botanical art and plein-air painting?  While both may result in attractive images of plants, the botanical art...
Friday, January 27, 2023

Manu Forti

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The Mackays of Scotland have a clan badge that says "Manu Forti," which means "with a strong hand." When I was just 13 y...
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Thursday, January 26, 2023

Black Umbrellas

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Susan asks: "Do you recommend black umbrellas for plein-air artists?" No, I really don't. Here's why I don't think a b...
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Wednesday, January 25, 2023

Alice in Larvaeland

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No, it's not AI art—not digital either. I painted it for fun in acrylic during lunch break while I was a 22-year-old working as a backgr...
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Monday, January 23, 2023

Shadow Letters

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Sign painters and show-card artists in the golden age of penmanship had a variety of styles of applying shadows to make letters stand out. A...
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Sunday, January 22, 2023

Developing Neural Pathways

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Learning to paint requires developing two different sets of neural pathways. One is the cognitive / perceptual skill of strategic observati...
Saturday, January 21, 2023

The Rhinecliff Hotel

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The Rhinecliff Hotel overlooks the Hudson River alongside the railroad tracks. For many years it was the scene of lively Irish music session...
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Friday, January 20, 2023

The Death King Louis II of Hungary

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Louis II was a king of Hungary whose life was framed with drama. At his premature birth he was kept alive by court doctors who killed animal...
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Thursday, January 19, 2023

Head Study in Watercolor

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Head of a Woman (1893) by Julian Fałat (Polish:1853-1929), watercolor on paper, National Museum, Warsaw Julian Falat studied in Kraków and ...
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