Jordy, Yes, without yellow, you have to use the closest color to yellow within the gamut you set, which might be a gray. This happens all the time in film and photos, but we just aren't conscious of it. Notice what a red or yellow looks like in the middle of a blue-gray moonlight sequence in a movie. It may be a gray color objectively.
I really want to get back to painting on location. It's like I get stage freight. Overwhelmed by the fact that it's not already abstracted for me as a photo reference. But watching these videos is really inspirational and there's so many great tips you can pick up just by watching the process.
Annie, I know what you mean. If you can find a group around where you live, it helps overcome that stage fright. Strength in numbers! There are groups of Urban Sketchers or Plein Air painters in most cities. To deal with that 3D to 2D abstraction issue, a viewfinder can help a lot, because it shows the scene "miniaturized" into a rectangle similar to the one you're painting on.
Awesome. Thank you for sharing. Allowing us to see you progress has been a great inspiration. God Bless All of you as you go forth. I am on my way to New York with easel in tow, from Nevada...SMILE.
So cool.. I'm an artist, and I'm also a conductor on the Hudson line for metro north! I work trains from grand central to Poughkeepsie every day, so this is SO neat for me to see.. The paintings of the terminal, and passengers inside the bombardier coaches.. Totally made my day! Thank you for this video!
Funky and quirky out. Absolutely beautiful city scene painting with the curved entrance and great metal bird structure on top. Love the hazy light falling on the cars.
1. That Mobil shirt is class, and I want one. 2. Your painting of yellow without yellow is Bruce Lee's "The art of fighting without fighting". Absolute master flex.
Beautiful painting Gurney! It's neat to me how you and the other fellow chose to paint the same angle, but they ended up looking so different. Both were nice, but I love your work.
Painting in NYC is a blast, a whole different kind of energy than sitting out in nature and letting the energy of nature come up though you. In the city it is a bombardment of another level of input, distraction, excitement, stimulation. I like the comment, "starving the palette" very cool indeed. Love the paintings, brave voyage into the grinding metro! BTW cool shirt, "Al"!
One thing I really admire is an artist who can lay down a solid block of value, tone and form! You guys all do that. It's a pleasure to watch guys who get it right!
J.Bustamante. Brushes, paint, panel, palette, palette knife. It's funny, but I've forgotten at least one of those things on previous trips. One time when I forgot a palette knife I used a plastic spoon that I found in the gutter. Good idea to do a vid!
Wow, what wonderful paintings. They really captured the essence of NYC at that busy corner. I spent many years walking into and out of that part of Grand Central Terminal. Great memories. Thanks for this video/lesson. I would love to own one of those paintings.
So fun to watch over and over, fast-fwd, rewind--"ooh, look at that"--"what's that surface?" "note the brushes, arrangement of paints" and all really beautiful results. And thank you for the watch for keeping time too. Gives a newbie things to aim for. : )
you've inspired me to try this. I love painting, but plein air brings up more possibilities. I need to find a group though. this can get intimidating quick.
Ten years later and still using the Caran d’Ache water-soluble colored pencils, nice! I have the brown ocre pencil I call my Gurney good luck charm. Ahhh, this makes me miss my old stomping ground-lived four blocks away for many years. Loved this one, thank you.
Great artist James Gurney, congratulations on your paintings. You are a great draftsman and painter. I really enjoy your videos practicing plein air. José de Jesus
I really like your work, stylish work and if not your video clips as well! are very well filmed, I practice acrylic and precisely it is a real pleasure to discover your method, very often I see that your starting diagram in your sketches, disappears with the first touches of paint ... and !! !? what surprises me !? is that you always find yourself to finalize everything! well done artist with a fair eye!
This is one of my favorite videos James. Any chance if you ever see this, I'd love to hear your thought process when you are trying to create the yellow that you don't have? Cool down the entire pallette? What options come up in your mind, and what do you end up doing/why? I'd love to hear!
Did you forget your gouaches, James?...☺ Just kidding but, funny thing, after watching dozens (and dozens) of your videos, I believe it is the first time I see you painting with oils! Guaranteed awesome result, whatever the medium!👍
Nice work, and great video! I'm trying to build up some courage to work outdoors. I have sat for hours sketching and loved it, but painting seems a little scarier!
Wow! And I think plein air painting out in the quiet countryside is a challenge just to capture a scene before the light changes. The noise and bustle in NYC's belly of the whale would take extra concentration, I think.
I'd really love to try doing this sometime. It's a bit harder being a younger artist because you can't exactly go everywhere or anywhere you want to, but I suppose my local library is a good place to start!
Just call me "Al"!...haha... Love that Mobile shirt. Also am loving all these video's tho I'm late coming to them. Such great lessons to learn and examples of what can be done with these different mediums. Thanks man!
Great vid James. I love the sights and sounds of Manhattan and your video really takes me back. Someday I hope to do some plein air work there too! The paintings you all did are wonderful. Thanks for introducing me to Garin's work...I'm going check out his web site and blog next. Happy painting, Scott Fort Collins, CO
This is so inspiring! How much would you say it would cost to get into painting like you do? A small book, small set of paints, couple brushes, and the little odds and ends you need?
Joe Steon There are wet panel boxes you can buy that hold paintings in place without touching the face of the actual canvas. Probably the best way to go if you're working with oils, otherwise it will be dry before you leave.
interesting similarities...both gurney and the purple shirt guy use the horizontal shape(bridge, round storefront) as a compositional force...gurney has alot of flickering strokes, purple guy has some nice bold rectangles and shapes...in any event quite a challenge, esp. oils....nice work
James Gurney you are my idol seriously!!!! How much time you guys spent on that plain air painting session?. How great you could get those yellow cabs so well with your limited palette.
Opps, I just saw the rest of the comments and see that, of course, someone else asked the same question and you said you use a Pochade Box Easel from Open Box M company, Cody WY. Great video I am watching again.
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Absolutely blew my mind how you painted "yellow" so accurately without yellow. Gotta love those greys. Thank you for the lesson!
Jordy, Yes, without yellow, you have to use the closest color to yellow within the gamut you set, which might be a gray. This happens all the time in film and photos, but we just aren't conscious of it. Notice what a red or yellow looks like in the middle of a blue-gray moonlight sequence in a movie. It may be a gray color objectively.
i wanna have some friends to say them "hey, guys, let's go to the city and paint the eff from it" and they like "okay man"
Easy. Just go back to art school and make art friends!
I wanna have some friends... thats kinda it
BSH studios same, and sadly.. it’s not a joke lol
dust ranger I want the same, can we be friends?
I go to an atelier in NYC, so I Literlly do that all the time. Come join us lol
"So how are you going to paint taxi cabs?"
"I have no clue."
hahaha that cracked me up.
I really want to get back to painting on location. It's like I get stage freight. Overwhelmed by the fact that it's not already abstracted for me as a photo reference. But watching these videos is really inspirational and there's so many great tips you can pick up just by watching the process.
Annie, I know what you mean. If you can find a group around where you live, it helps overcome that stage fright. Strength in numbers! There are groups of Urban Sketchers or Plein Air painters in most cities. To deal with that 3D to 2D abstraction issue, a viewfinder can help a lot, because it shows the scene "miniaturized" into a rectangle similar to the one you're painting on.
That was awesome! I so wish I had artist friends to paint with :/
Awesome. Thank you for sharing. Allowing us to see you progress has been a great inspiration. God Bless All of you as you go forth. I am on my way to New York with easel in tow, from Nevada...SMILE.
So cool.. I'm an artist, and I'm also a conductor on the Hudson line for metro north! I work trains from grand central to Poughkeepsie every day, so this is SO neat for me to see.. The paintings of the terminal, and passengers inside the bombardier coaches.. Totally made my day! Thank you for this video!
+nicole gama Cool, thanks, Nicole.
Darn I love James Gurney. Not only are you good at painting but your cinematic game is also on point...!
Funky and quirky out. Absolutely beautiful city scene painting with the curved entrance and great metal bird structure on top. Love the hazy light falling on the cars.
1. That Mobil shirt is class, and I want one.
2. Your painting of yellow without yellow is Bruce Lee's "The art of fighting without fighting". Absolute master flex.
I should also add that the other two gentlemen's work is stunning.
Beautiful painting Gurney! It's neat to me how you and the other fellow chose to paint the same angle, but they ended up looking so different. Both were nice, but I love your work.
Thanks! That's one of the reasons I enjoy painting with other artists. Even among "realists" it's kind of amazing how different they end up looking.
Painting in NYC is a blast, a whole different kind of energy than sitting out in nature and letting the energy of nature come up though you. In the city it is a bombardment of another level of input, distraction, excitement, stimulation. I like the comment, "starving the palette" very cool indeed. Love the paintings, brave voyage into the grinding metro! BTW cool shirt, "Al"!
One thing I really admire is an artist who can lay down a solid block of value, tone and form! You guys all do that. It's a pleasure to watch guys who get it right!
Garin and I are both using a "pochade" box easel made by the Open Box M company in Cody, Wyoming. Glad you're enjoying the videos.
Gotta admit, I laughed when he propped up that behemoth canvas. Wasn’t laughing when he wrapped and started another lol
The off-screen voice asking “so how ya gonna paint taxi cabs?” Made me giggle a lot and I’m not sure why, she just sounds so cute
Wow James that's impressive and the colour scheme is awesome.
J.Bustamante. Brushes, paint, panel, palette, palette knife. It's funny, but I've forgotten at least one of those things on previous trips. One time when I forgot a palette knife I used a plastic spoon that I found in the gutter. Good idea to do a vid!
Great to hear from you, BJ. Your observation is right on. I was trying to alternate the blue against the red as my warm vs. cool.
Wow, what wonderful paintings. They really captured the essence of NYC at that busy corner. I spent many years walking into and out of that part of Grand Central Terminal. Great memories. Thanks for this video/lesson. I would love to own one of those paintings.
So fun to watch over and over, fast-fwd, rewind--"ooh, look at that"--"what's that surface?" "note the brushes, arrangement of paints" and all really beautiful results. And thank you for the watch for keeping time too. Gives a newbie things to aim for. : )
I really enjoyed the video in NYC, I've never been there and the hustle and bustle was fun to see. The are work was wonderful. Thanks, Jean
Sue, that's an "Open Box M" easel, which fits on a regular camera tripod. It comes in a variety of sizes.
It's so immediate, and gives you such a sense of time... Portraiture does that for me....
you've inspired me to try this. I love painting, but plein air brings up more possibilities. I need to find a group though. this can get intimidating quick.
Sonya, check for UrbanSketchers groups near you. Strength in numbers!
Wow. That is amazing to be able to just paint what you see...and to be brave enough to do it in front of other people! I'm a fan Mr.
Love, love ,love! You are all such amazing painters! ❤
You are my own personal kind of bob ross man. Just amazing.
It's nice to have a group of friends that have the same interests as you.
Wow this is my first time seeing James paint in oil!!!
Really instructive.Mr James uses only five tubes and could make a wonderful harmony.Thank you.
Phenomenal work. Can't wait to take class with you.
I WILL START PAINTING. Omg, you guys inspired me so much. Thank you and bless you. 💓💓💓💓💓💓💓💓
Amazing, such an interesting video.
Its the same place and so many different paintings. Very interesting to see, thank you.
Great inspiration, as usual! Beautiful painting,,,And I love the Mobil shirt!
This is still one of my favorite videos on your channel
Wonderful video! So many wonderful paintings among friends ❤☺🎨
I really liked your style James.
Very good! Great artists, with the supreme Gurney.
That's a Schmincke mini watercolor set and a Caran d'Ache water-soluble colored pencil. Very portable.
Ten years later and still using the Caran d’Ache water-soluble colored pencils, nice! I have the brown ocre pencil I call my Gurney good luck charm. Ahhh, this makes me miss my old stomping ground-lived four blocks away for many years. Loved this one, thank you.
You guys are too good!
Thank you for such an entertaining and informative channel. Love these videos.
Great artist James Gurney, congratulations on your paintings. You are a great draftsman and painter. I really enjoy your videos practicing plein air. José de Jesus
James you are awesome.....
God bless you beautiful, magnificent city, and God bless us all. Stay safe!
It's nice to hve friends to do plen air together.
James Gurney is the Chuck Norris of fine art
I really like your work, stylish work and if not your video clips as well! are very well filmed, I practice acrylic and precisely it is a real pleasure to discover your method, very often I see that your starting diagram in your sketches, disappears with the first touches of paint ... and !! !? what surprises me !? is that you always find yourself to finalize everything! well done artist with a fair eye!
Love the red colour
That was a real treat
I like the candid shots of the city people. I can tell you like shooting video as well. Attention to detail is nice in video and paint
Brings back memories when I used to ride the metro north from grand central station every morning for work
This is one of my favorite videos James. Any chance if you ever see this, I'd love to hear your thought process when you are trying to create the yellow that you don't have? Cool down the entire pallette? What options come up in your mind, and what do you end up doing/why? I'd love to hear!
Love this 🎨❤️
Did you forget your gouaches, James?...☺
Just kidding but, funny thing, after watching dozens (and dozens) of your videos, I believe it is the first time I see you painting with oils!
Guaranteed awesome result, whatever the medium!👍
Nice work, and great video! I'm trying to build up some courage to work outdoors. I have sat for hours sketching and loved it, but painting seems a little scarier!
wow - that looked fun to do.
Wow! And I think plein air painting out in the quiet countryside is a challenge just to capture a scene before the light changes. The noise and bustle in NYC's belly of the whale would take extra concentration, I think.
Loved your shirt "Al".
Lol I love how you painted the last person by meticulously sneaking peeks!
Great job guys!
I'd really love to try doing this sometime. It's a bit harder being a younger artist because you can't exactly go everywhere or anywhere you want to, but I suppose my local library is a good place to start!
how much fun is that !! i will be painting this weekend now, thanx, wonderful....
Awesome paintings!
This one was really enjoyable
What a peaceful location to paint:)
Just call me "Al"!...haha... Love that Mobile shirt. Also am loving all these video's tho I'm late coming to them. Such great lessons to learn and examples of what can be done with these different mediums. Thanks man!
Aw man, now I wanna go to New York to paint
Very nice!!!!!👍👍👍👍
Im not an artist but I love your channel for its relaxing qualities👏👍
Linseed oil works great for lots of things, but I haven't tried it yet for squeaks. How about olive oil?
Amazing!
Love your videos. This looks so much fun =) a bunch of friends and painting!
Beautiful
Steampunk Gurney and the watercolor boys.
We love stuff like this post more!
Great vid James. I love the sights and sounds of Manhattan and your video really takes me back. Someday I hope to do some plein air work there too! The paintings you all did are wonderful. Thanks for introducing me to Garin's work...I'm going check out his web site and blog next.
Happy painting,
Scott
Fort Collins, CO
This is so inspiring! How much would you say it would cost to get into painting like you do? A small book, small set of paints, couple brushes, and the little odds and ends you need?
I need to pluck up the courage to do this. You are so brave! =)
That is a beautiful painting.
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Awesome!
loved grand central!...wish i was there to paint with you!...if you're ever out near los angeles give me a shout, Malibu beaches are always fun!
Wunderschöne.Danke für die schönen Video Entertainment.grüsse from Bayern- Germany
Heja BVB ;)
Silver grand prix is such a good brush to use
you're so talented! love your paintings!
Excellent painting sir ❤❤❤❤
well, that was amazing :D But how do you transport an oilpainting from a plein air session without smudging everything in existence?
Joe Steon There are wet panel boxes you can buy that hold paintings in place without touching the face of the actual canvas.
Probably the best way to go if you're working with oils, otherwise it will be dry before you leave.
Beautiful!
Nice work, Al. Thanks for sharing.
this is awesome! :P Plain air painting rulezzzzzzz
stunning and impressive! Would have loved to paint with you there :D
Wonderful work!
interesting similarities...both gurney and the purple shirt guy use the horizontal shape(bridge, round storefront) as a compositional force...gurney has alot of flickering strokes, purple guy has some nice bold rectangles and shapes...in any event quite a challenge, esp. oils....nice work
nice shirt james!
James Gurney you are my idol seriously!!!! How much time you guys spent on that plain air painting session?. How great you could get those yellow cabs so well with your limited palette.
Who are the people I always see painting with Mr. Gurney, especially the lady?
Opps, I just saw the rest of the comments and see that, of course, someone else asked the same question and you said you use a Pochade Box Easel from Open Box M company, Cody WY. Great video I am watching again.
Brilliant Work...
Great little video!!!