tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2999230124118604245.post4992966594816510846..comments2024-03-28T16:36:12.581-04:00Comments on Gurney Journey: Rainy AlleyJames Gurneyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01870848001990898499noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2999230124118604245.post-57486811416148531182008-03-30T21:29:00.000-04:002008-03-30T21:29:00.000-04:00That is a beautiful plein air painting!! I love th...That is a beautiful plein air painting!! I love the way you've handled the buildings and the masterful way you've dealt with the cars as such simple shapes of colour. You da man!!Michael Pieczonkahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03564760964865130176noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2999230124118604245.post-47508333229810939962008-03-29T01:24:00.000-04:002008-03-29T01:24:00.000-04:00I think a old hand like you could work with any ap...I think a old hand like you could work with any approach and make a little masterpeice. Once you are experanced anyting goes. I think the pressure was good here, I like it when your a little more painterly like this. Masterful, bravo and I envy your journeys.william wrayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06471366449711429780noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2999230124118604245.post-23958724223351197312008-03-25T10:42:00.000-04:002008-03-25T10:42:00.000-04:00Hi, Beatric,In a nutshell, I use an Open Box M 10x...Hi, Beatric,<BR/><BR/>In a nutshell, I use an Open Box M 10x12 pochade box. Check out openboxm.com. If you go back through Gurney Journey, I talk about white umbrellas (in this case a RAIN umbrella) and the C-Stand which holds it.James Gurneyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01870848001990898499noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2999230124118604245.post-65863705593490531082008-03-25T09:52:00.000-04:002008-03-25T09:52:00.000-04:00As I'm preparing to take a class in plein air, I w...As I'm preparing to take a class in plein air, I would love to know more about your set up!BeatricCaldwellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01528295358818579110noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2999230124118604245.post-31246797692243138042008-03-23T01:34:00.000-04:002008-03-23T01:34:00.000-04:00Man...you're hardcore.Man...you're hardcore.Maria Mercadohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09762934277430040492noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2999230124118604245.post-40438677054478105942008-03-22T13:05:00.000-04:002008-03-22T13:05:00.000-04:00Good job, I know it's very tough under such condit...Good job, I know it's very tough under such conditions. I like to paint in the rain and in the snow so I can relate to your experience, the subject matter keeps you fully engaged despite tough, imposing conditions. It takes really extreme conditions to break that concentration and one such is when the rain and the paint intermingle to the point where you can hardly distinguish between them. So bravo! And thanks for posting it as well.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2999230124118604245.post-33169034369442723822008-03-22T00:22:00.000-04:002008-03-22T00:22:00.000-04:00My hero!My hero!Honey P. Amplegoodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14484445775647485821noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2999230124118604245.post-30341629796407309862008-03-22T00:09:00.000-04:002008-03-22T00:09:00.000-04:00James your now ready to paint in Scotland...I used...James your now ready to paint in Scotland...<BR/><BR/>I used to live there and I remember freezing my butt of in early spring trying to paint a watercolor, it was cold enough for the water to start freezing.<BR/><BR/>They only have 2 seasons rainy and cold, and rainy and colder.jeffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03014751431677271423noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2999230124118604245.post-37527179388640623102008-03-21T21:11:00.000-04:002008-03-21T21:11:00.000-04:00really enjoyed this too. play by play... your work...really enjoyed this too. play by play... your work is really great!!Gwen Buchananhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13410235558740636534noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2999230124118604245.post-56628852633438588522008-03-21T19:10:00.000-04:002008-03-21T19:10:00.000-04:00Joshua,Thanks for letting two drowned rats dry off...Joshua,<BR/>Thanks for letting two drowned rats dry off in your gallery. It was great to meet a fellow artist, and I appreciate you leaving a comment.<BR/><BR/>Victor and Jeff,<BR/>I agree that the area-by-area method works best only if the skeletal framework is established first. I find it also helps to premix all the colors you'll be using, so that you don't spend all your time color-mixing. But I really like the method for a subject like this, where I was most interested in one area of the scene--in this case the roofline above the brown building.<BR/><BR/>Erik, you are a true poet and a gentleman, and I like the new color treatment to your self-portrait.<BR/><BR/>Thanks, Shawn and Lizzie for your encouraging words. I don't know if dedication is the right word for it--madness is more like it.James Gurneyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01870848001990898499noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2999230124118604245.post-9157216281500459752008-03-21T17:54:00.000-04:002008-03-21T17:54:00.000-04:00One wonders why a stand-up comedian would decide t...One wonders why a stand-up comedian would decide to take up the loneliest job in the world.<BR/>For a studio filled up with plaster heads - often without skin or muscles - is not quite the most responsive audience one can dream of.<BR/>But if the stand-up comedian is resourcefull enough, he might find ways to overcome this little dilemma and may effectively come up with ingenious ways to combine and exploit both talents.<BR/><BR/>It's not just the goggles and the love for public address and public painting that give you away Mr. Gurney, it is also the Art Dept. cones that not only serve as traffic aids but equally so as inviting light beacons for hesitant and innocent passers-by, unaware of the danger ahead, lured in by the bald art-siren, doomed to give in to their curiosity, their destiny.<BR/><BR/>But alas, alas<BR/>Thor himself hath wanted not<BR/>for this to happen here,<BR/>on this abbandoned parking loth !<BR/><BR/>And so the art-siren went like one that hath been stunned,<BR/>And is of sens forlorn :<BR/>A sadder and a wiser man,<BR/>He rose the morrow morn.Erik Bongershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02409523352634066030noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2999230124118604245.post-2389376268932917292008-03-21T13:16:00.000-04:002008-03-21T13:16:00.000-04:00That's awesome! You are dedicated, I'll give you t...That's awesome! You are dedicated, I'll give you that! This painting turned out great despite the harsh weather and there is nothing like a painting from nature.Shawn Escotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16070563436541794913noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2999230124118604245.post-21146155715221631192008-03-21T12:45:00.000-04:002008-03-21T12:45:00.000-04:00James Gurney, you made my week! I am an artist an...James Gurney, you made my week! I am an artist and rent my shop space out of one of the buildings Mr. Gurney was painting in the rain. What a humble and approachable person. I hope we get to meet again one day.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2999230124118604245.post-13196589058950417482008-03-21T10:52:00.000-04:002008-03-21T10:52:00.000-04:00Good thing you were not using water soluble oils.....Good thing you were not using water soluble oils..<BR/><BR/>I admire Richard Schmid's work but this method is not for beginners or intermediate painters.<BR/><BR/>The main reason is drawing, and is what Victor points to.<BR/><BR/>If your not able to draw well with all media that your using then this method is not going to work.<BR/><BR/>Frank V. Dumond said, " You can only paint as well as you can mass."jeffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03014751431677271423noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2999230124118604245.post-7043335809404755132008-03-21T09:49:00.000-04:002008-03-21T09:49:00.000-04:00Yeah I feel that same as ^^Victor up there, very i...Yeah I feel that same as ^^Victor up there, very inspiring, seeing you trample through that mess.<BR/><BR/>It's also just cool to watch you use traditional methods, as I'm so very unfamiliar to paints, as I use a digital canvas :) So I enjoy the learning process from your means - as learning traditionally benefits a digital medium more than one can say.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2999230124118604245.post-23927066776676737322008-03-21T04:35:00.000-04:002008-03-21T04:35:00.000-04:00You're dedication really inspires me. Rain or shin...You're dedication really inspires me. Rain or shine, you're out there working from nature!<BR/><BR/>How do you like the patch-to-patch Schmid method compared to the standard rough-in then render procedure? It seems like by the time you get far away from your starting point your proportions and drawing would get really off. When I try to work from an area outward, I tend to get bogged down in perfecting that initial patch and I end up accomplishing very little.Victorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16334033221403464054noreply@blogger.com