Wednesday, June 1, 2016

Watercolor in a Flower Garden


(Link to YouTube)

Yesterday I painted a plein-air sketch of a flower garden using transparent watercolor. I also added a few touches of colored pencils, white gouache, and chalk.



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HD tutorial Watercolor in the Wild

9 comments:

Tom Hart said...

Lovely. The use of the white conte crayon in this and a previous post is a bit of a revelation to me. I suppose it's somewhat obvious, but I never thought of using it before to lighted a passage and/or to create a mist-like effect.

gyrusdentus said...

lovely work.
Actually, i am always a bit startled that watercolor commands so much less price than oil in the world of auctions and selling art.

Bobby La said...

We have just hit winter here in Oz. Long shadows, cold, dank. Spring seems miles away and I miss it already after that. Lovely piece James.

Mark O'Leary said...

Conte or chalk? I thought he said chalk.

James Gurney said...

Mark, it's actually Nupastel.

Tom Hart said...

Sorry for my confusion Mark (and All) - regarding Conte/Nupastel. That's what I get for first watching this video at work with the audio muted. Thanks for the clarification James :^)

James Gurney said...

Tom and Mark, I did say chalk in the voiceover, but I think of white Nupastel as chalk, and you could use a white artist's chalk for the same thing.

Carlos said...

Do you usually apply a fixative spray, so the Nupastel doesn't smear away after the painting is complete?

James Gurney said...

Carlos, no, it's just a thin layer, rubbed into the paper, and it's the page of a sketchbook, so it's kind of protected.