Gouache Preliminary Sketches: Fast, Fun, and Low-Risk Painting Techniques

James Gurney demonstrates how you can use gouache, watercolor, and water-soluble colored pencils to paint preliminary compositional studies before embarking on a final illustration. He paints one sample thumbnail sketch in real time using transparent watercolor, then films the creation two other layout concepts in time lapse. He also demonstrates how he uses scaled-down laser prints of the final line drawing glued down with acrylic matte medium in order to test ideas for color schemes.

The final paleo-art paintings were created in oil, and were used to illustrate an article on T.rex that appeared in the May issue of Ranger Rick Magazine.

This is an extended sample from "Unconventional Oil Techniques"
Check out the full tutorial video, which is full of practical art instruction for all levels.
REGULAR EDITION
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ASMR "No Talk" EDITION
There's also a "no-talk ASMR" version with the voiceover removed so that you can enjoy the wordless experience of James Gurney painting, and enjoy the noises of brush and the palette knife.
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Gouache and Watercolor
Water-soluble colored pencils set:
Shinhan Pass (watercolor/gouache hybrid):
Watercolor pan set:
Holbein (gouache):
M. Graham (gouache):
Winsor & Newton (gouache):
BRUSHES
Winsor Newton series 995 flat:
Winsor Newton long flat bristle brush #8:

DRAWING TOOLS
Water brush:
Water-soluble colored pencil:
Fountain pen:

CAMERAS and AUDIO:
Canon M6 (time lapse, video, and stills):
Canon PowerShot Elph (point-and-shoot):
Zoom H2N digital audio recorder:
Rode Video Mic GO (microphone):

VIDEO TUTORIALS:
"Gouache in the Wild" (Download on Gumroad):
"Gouache in the Wild" on (DVD):
“Casein Painting in the Wild” (Download on Gumroad):
“How to Make a Sketch Easel” (DVD):
“Watercolor in the Wild” (Download)

BLOG POSTS WITH MORE GEAR INFO:
Gouache Materials List:
Watercolor Materials:

BOOKS:
Color and Light: A Guide for Realist Painters:
Imaginative Realism: How to Paint What Doesn’t Exist:
Dinotopia: A Land Apart from Time:

OTHER OFFICIAL SITES
Instagram:
Pinterest:
Blog:
Website:
Facebook group "Sketch Easel Builders":

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