Gouache Painting Tutorial: James Gurney's 25 Tips for Sketching Architecture

James Gurney paints a study of an old house in gouache. He starts by drawing the perspective with a water-soluble colored pencil on a casein-primed aqua media sketchbook page clipped to a DIY tripod easel. He then shares 25 tips for both beginners and advanced painters as he paints the building using a limited palette of gouache: white, black, yellow ochre, and raw umber. He demonstrates three main kinds of brushes: synthetic flat, round synthetic, and cat's tongue made from squirrel hair. The demonstration is interspersed with captions that explain the steps of the tutorial. MATERIALS Pentalic watercolor sketchbook: https://amzn.to/2L989y2 Cat's Tongue Brush, 1/2 inch: https://amzn.to/2RwV8D4 Travel brush: Connoisseur 9467: https://amzn.to/2DRdBVh Richeson Travel brush set: https://amzn.to/2xwq1Rr Water cup: https://amzn.to/2soTw2L Homemade easel: https://sellfy.com/p/LnZ8/ Tripod: https://amzn.to/2xrRaFc PAINTS M. Graham (gouache): https://amzn.to/2ZWzLyR Holbein (gouache): https://amzn.to/2JhMCWK Winsor & Newton (gouache): https://amzn.to/2JiDMbo Richeson casein: https://amzn.to/2MLPAG7 DRAWING TOOLS Water-soluble colored pencil: https://amzn.to/2J4QTJJ Fountain pen: https://amzn.to/2J7eWum TRIPOD, CAMERAS AND AUDIO: Amazon Basics Tripod: https://amzn.to/2ZZtkKw Canon M6 (time lapse, video, and stills): https://amzn.to/2J4RTgX Canon PowerShot Elph (point-and-shoot): https://amzn.to/2Ji1Vid Zoom H2N digital audio recorder: https://amzn.to/2XXAOfP Rode Video Mic GO (microphone): https://amzn.to/2UQGTc9 VIDEO TUTORIALS: "Flower Painting in the Wild" (Gumroad) https://gumroad.com/l/flowerpainting "Gouache in the Wild" (Download on Gumroad): https://gumroad.com/l/gouache "Gouache in the Wild" on (DVD): https://amzn.to/2kF4YD0 “Casein Painting in the Wild” (Download on Gumroad): https://gumroad.com/l/casein “How to Make a Sketch Easel” (DVD): https://amzn.to/2smDVAG “Watercolor in the Wild” (Download) https://gumroad.com/l/watercolor BLOG POSTS WITH MORE GEAR INFO: Gouache Materials List: http://gurneyjourney.blogspot.com/2016/07/gouache-materials-list.html Watercolor Materials: http://gurneyjourney.blogspot.com/2014/08/watercolor-in-wild-materials.html BOOKS: Color and Light: A Guide for Realist Painters: https://amzn.to/2JhWtfc Imaginative Realism: How to Paint What Doesn’t Exist: https://amzn.to/2LbVHhc Dinotopia: A Land Apart from Time: https://amzn.to/2xyamRM OTHER OFFICIAL SITES Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jamesgurneyart/ Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/GurneyJourney/ Blog: http://gurneyjourney.blogspot.com/ Website: http://jamesgurney.com/site/shop Facebook group "Sketch Easel Builders": https://www.facebook.com/groups/403006076777641/?source_id=121255121263267