A house is a shelter, sometimes a harbor even an anchor from where you have to free yourself. Very touching story and be that painting an emotional tribute.
This made me cry a little. I don't know if it was because of the beauty in simplistic painting, the story of the childhood home, the poem by Emily Dickinson recited by James Gurney or the serendipity of this beautiful story and art lesson. James Gurney you are a treasure!
My father rented the house that I would visit him at every second weekend. He didn't invite my brother and I to the last dinner party they had there, and I never quite got over that pain. Last month I drove the hour there and snuck around the bush land around the property to go see the grave of the childhood dog. I had almost 20 years of memories in that house, and I never got to say goodbye. That poem hurt a lot. I feel for that man.
It hurt to watch this. It's hard to see how much is left in the past. Seeing this reminds me of my own childhood, and family now gone. How we manage to keep going is a wonder. Thank you for sharing the beauty you encounter with the rest of us. It's always good to face reality, and distilling it through art often makes it more potent than it seems or seemed when encountered at first. Our pasts grow in meaning.
For someone who went into studying architecture, loving the old half-timbered houses that make up a good part of my German hometown and with the desire to create houses that people would love living in, it's really hard to see homes falling out of use and into disrepair. Especially with all the craftsmanship and effort that went into building older houses like these. Structures and buildings aren't always better only because our skills and technologies have "evolved". It often is rewarding and quite eye-opening to take a look at what our ancestors have built, especially regarding economical and ecological use of materials, using regrowable and recyclable materials. E.g. those half-timbered houses that you still find a lot of in old French, English or German cities, but also in the States, Brazil or similar types of buildings in Japan or Turkey are regarded as pretty earthquake-safe, more resistant in cases of fires than one might think and often have a nice climate on the inside. They could also be taken apart, moved and built up again, as happened with a lot of those buildings you can find in the Freilichtmuseum in Detmold (should you ever come to Germany and be interested in that kind of things. I'm also pretty sure they got an English version to their website as a lot of museums and other public buildings and organisations do). And that's all due to their "traditional" and "dated" techniques and use of materials.
@@LunaBianca1805 I'd love to see older architecture, here in Florida much of it is fresh - seems like an entirely new town if you visit somewhere here if you leave for 10 years and come back. I'm afraid much of the past is at threat right now, like Mount Rushmore. It seems everything from the past is being viewed as symbolic of the time period - when slavery was tolerated, or american indians were being slaughtered etc. There's always good and bad throughout history... it's a shame to destroy great art in attempt to 'wash the blood from our hands'. It seems to me like two wrongs shouldn't constitute a right in these cases.
@@sleepingdogkungfu9326 Hmmm, ... I guess that really is a difficult topic. I can see why people might think that buildings of the time are symbols of the oppression of their ancestors and evidence to them still not being treated the same as the average, white caucasian American. I wouldn't want to see statues or buildings tha symbolize that to me, either, were I in their shoes....
@@LunaBianca1805 Everywhere and in every group you look at in history: there has been atrocities committed by some among those people. Often they weren't considered atrocities at the time. Under the same justification: all historical constructs should be destroyed, because everything is from a time/place connected to people whom committed atrocities. The white house and capitol building are also directly connected with 'the oppressive patriarchy', should we just burn it all down and be done with it? They too are reminders of a far-gone era when slavery was commonplace. Museums are a reminder of the atrocities connected to any of the peoples who any of the items are tied to. Let's destroy history and live in 1984 where the truth is whatever they publish. I'm for learning and remembering what brought about atrocities, and I love reminders so that I don't easily forget and fall victim to some ideology that would have me committing similar horrendous acts.
Agreed... That would be a gift of a lifetime for those brothers to at least get a print of your artwork of their house; who could leave it to their kids and on and on. Who could possibly appreciate this painting of a slice of their own history, more then them?
Meeting one of the people who lived there in the past is what I call a divine moment. Thank you for teaching about different color gamuts. Your book Color and Light changed the way I paint and continues to teach me. Many thanks.
Brought tears to my eyes. My childhood home was demolished for a new build after my parents split, I still dream of it often. It's a weird beautiful sadness to think that it only exists in the memories of me and a few others. Love your painting James
I just viewed this, but it took me back in a wonderful way. I’m 76 years old and I think I remember you on TV when I was younger(?). I’m 76 now and your watercolor videos are very fun and helpful as I attempt to draw and paint ~ 🙋🏼♀️
I've finally come to the conclusion that, Mr Gurney, you might just be the Bob Ross of youtube! Love your videos and your inherent good, kind nature. Thank you, and may you continue to be blessed so that we might also be.
Oh Lord. I know you didn't mean to insult Mr. Gurney, but ... Bob Ross may have been a nice guy, but he didn't teach people how to paint--he taught them how to copy. Ross was good for showing folks how to spin out happy little paintings to hang behind their couch. Mr. Gurney has spent decades producing superior published fine art, beyond anything Bob Ross ever put on canvas. Look at his Dinotopia books and artwork, and you'll see that he is exceptionally gifted.
I would have never "dared" to chose this colour combination. It turned out so beautiful. Guess, I need to become braver and more experimental. I wished I had learned only a few percentage of this at school. What a joy to learn it now. Just fun to set together all kind of combinations and experiment around. Looking so forward to this life chat. Yesterday was amazing! That moment of instant transformation when you renewed the red of the pot. So, excited to watch this. I want to try those colours (and other schemes) on my windows view, over all.those roofs. A view I truly love. But first I'll enjoy to watch. Thank you.
@@notyou6674 smile... I am following Mr Gurney's blog and the pre-views, plus am nosily following him on Facebook, so took my time to watch the drawing, before I posted this. Can only recommend his blog. Full of various information.
It's so sad his brother sold the house without him knowing. That is what is so cool about painting out in neighborhoods and little towns, you meet such lovely people. Sometimes, if you're lucky, you get to hear their stories. What an interesting palette, I love what you did with it. You are definitely inspiring me to get out of my comfort zone.✌💙🎨
I Just helping my grandma packing for moving into a nursing home. So much things which I know since early childhood will be left behind, memories and emotions, from the old, long gone house in which I grew up. I think the colours are fitting the feeling of the painting so much more. Its perfect
for me, there’s nothing weird about how you both encountered each other. both of you were meant to tell your own stories- him with the house and you with the painting. a very heartfelt video sir Jim. thank you for this.
I loved this video and the beautiful poetry. It’s so wonderful that you met the brothers who used to live there who told you some of it’s story. I longed to see the house my grandmother used to live in and in which I lived with her there for a time. I was so happy there. Sadly, when I came back from being away for a few years, the wonderful house had been demolished and the property was merged with the next door property and an office building for attorneys occupied the space. It made the child, who still lived within me, sad. Thank you for this wonderful video!
Such serendipity leading to an unexpected meditation of how the places we live can affect us - art and philosophy, wound together, as it should be! Thank you!
What is art but the ability to express our humanity through individual eyes- and then share it. It's reciprocal- you paint and we glimpse into part of your soul. And you glimpse back into the subject you are painting. What a moving, beautiful moment you captured- with such a gentle, caring touch. You endowed Mr. Wilson, his house, memories, joys and obvious pain with a kind of dignity, even nobility. The simple act of painting that house and sharing his story honored him. It also honored us, the viewers, the sharers. Emily Dickinson has nothing on you today, James. Thank you for letting us take that glimpse.
Such a gem of a tutor you are! I find such comfort and peace in this tutorial!! Am a beginner and learning as much to help me on this journey. Blessings from Malaysia!
This was more than a painting tutorial, it was a grand story about that old house…..I sometimes have gone back to the home I lived in with my family as well and had many a great memory recalled in the process…..a great life then, warm and a little hard, but well worth all the effort by the entire family and in our family business….
Wasn't expecting such a touching video. I could really feel the love for this house from that man. I can relate as I think fondly and sadly about a special house from my childhood and all the memories connected to it. Wonderful use of those secondary primaries.
James Gurney inspires me. He takes the most mundane subjects but tells such a story about them in his videos that they move me. And not to mention he creates photo realistic painting using odd color gamuts that on one hand, make my head hurt, but on the other hand, leave me so awe inspired and baffled thinking how such virtuosity is possible. I wish I was half as good a painter as Mr. Gurney. I know i need to practice practice practice.
If there is one thing you NEVER forget from your childhood, you never forget the house you grew up in. Makes me want to go back to the days of my youth.
This makes me feel sentimental. Reminds me of the house I used to live in for more than 30 years. We had to move out in less than a week. I still dream about it often, only to wake up and realize that I am in a different room. The house was converted into a restaurant by the new lessee. I ate there once, saw how different things have become. It may be the same house, but no longer the place I used to call home.
Love it. Reminds me of a song by the great songwriter John Hiatt. "Train to Birmingham" "Well every year I ride this train To Alabama in the rain When I get that lonesome feelin' in my bones I never get to Birmingham But gettin' there ain't the plan I just like the feel of going home" That last line just nails it. James' painting feels like going home.
Thanks James. I wish things didnt look so easy while watching on TH-cam. When I try, my finished work looks more like an abstract paint spill. Thanks for sharing the great techniques.
my inspiration for doing art died out a little over the past month or so. I thank you so so much for your videos as they are helping me right now to find the passion in art again
I think is your best video to date. How you incorporated the technical teaching and compelling storytelling so seamlessly goes above and beyond. Wonderful painting and touchingly relatable stories; what more could the heart of men desire?
This has to one of my favorites of yours(which is hard to choose on it's own!) Not only the interesting questions and experiment of Secondary colors, but it was the house & story that got me!...
Wow. Today I was chatting with my grandmother… for a little bit of context, let me add that I am currently 36; a Brazilian who lives in Poland. I moved to Poland 6 years ago, and after I left, some people close to me died. Like my uncle who basically raised me and who taught me so many things in life. I was chatting with my grandmother today about his house. We used to go there and pick him to bring him to our place. I didn’t like to stay there long, because it was an “old people’s house”. So when we chatted today about him, she mentioned that some weeks ago she passed in front of his house and got sad to see how it is today. The ceiling is falling, the gates are broken and grass grew all over the garden. Funny, because my uncle used to take care of his garden with such love. To think about his abandoned house made me reflect a lot about life and made me homesick. Even though I have a family in this different country and I love my new life, the memories sometimes hit me hard. Suffice to say that watching this video now simply… simply added some depth to the feeling. Art is very powerful.
I gain so much from your videos. It’s been 30 yrs since college for me and almost as long since I’ve been outside painting, work got in my way. A quick tutorial from you and I’m refreshed. Thank you for the work and time you put into the production it helps.
Thank you for all the effort you put in making this video. It was moving with the added poetry. ❤️ What perfect timing for that man to show up during your painting session.
Orange with purple and green was my favourite colour palette when I were a child! I was sick of using the colours everyone else used but didn't want my work to look clashy... I love to see you using these colours too James! It brings back great memories for me and may have just broken my art block! Lol Thankyou! 💗
i teared a little bith with the story...cause i know someday my family would appraoch those years with everyone aging and loosing some of the members...this was a sweet video..
This video was beautiful mix of Art, poetry and reminiscing about childhood homes and days gone bye. Just starting to use gouche, excited to try a secondary triad. Thank You for all the art lessons you share. Tell you wife we missed her in this one, I always love see how different artist paint the same subject.
Love your paintings, commentary & love everything about you. You’re a very nice person. I think I have found my painting guru. 🙏🏼 god bless you Sir. Love from India 🇮🇳
Everything about this video is great. The painting is really well done, I love the color palette, and getting the story of the house made it much more personal. I think getting the story behind it was a great reminder for illustrators that even something that might be boring has the chance to be made significant. Great video as always James.
Yesterday I watched the video with the primaries and it was REALLY helpful! Thank you so so much for everything you do for us, I definitely learnmore watching your videos than when I was in actual art classes 😓
I hope frequent viewers of James' videos will consider buying the Triads course material he advertised. I can honestly think of no other artist I'd rather support.
I cant even draw a good stick man but I loved watching this video. Thank you for sharing your talent with us. The house you painted first felt so emotional for me when the son arrived. I think the house does remember and that part of the video made me very emotional. This was great and I learned something too!
Thank you for creating such a beautiful platform. Thank you for sharing your knowledge and making learning accessible. Thank you for taking the time to capture the little things.
I had a similar experience with my childhood home. My parents lived there for over 53yrs. No matter where I lived in the world it was always my "base".
Gave me a little chill. Amazing use of shadow. So sad it was interrupted by so many ads but your videos are always worth it. Trying this experiment with secondary colors today!
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Of course James Gurney unicycles. Legendary.
a painting lecture isn't supposed to make me cry
yes +1
But the story brings the painting to life!
A house is a shelter, sometimes a harbor even an anchor from where you have to free yourself. Very touching story and be that painting an emotional tribute.
This made me cry a little. I don't know if it was because of the beauty in simplistic painting, the story of the childhood home, the poem by Emily Dickinson recited by James Gurney or the serendipity of this beautiful story and art lesson. James Gurney you are a treasure!
I totally agree with all your points! With James, you always get more than just a color lesson...
Right, I said it should be more than a watercolor demonstration, it should be a poignant drama.
the concept of HOME is a big one that pulls up a lot of memories. It's so much more than just a building. This was just beautiful
Me too makes me feel sad, poor man, vivid memories and he’s emotional as you would be.😭😭
The songs and stories almost made me cry. But again,growing up is part of changing and new memories,but we never forget the old memories we created..
The way you painted that house actually look like how the colors in my dreams look 😮
for a moment i forgot it's a painting video , this is probably one of the best videos on yt
Best painting channel on TH-cam. Period.
This is the bravest thing I've seen an artist do on youtube. I watch this at least once a month.
My father rented the house that I would visit him at every second weekend. He didn't invite my brother and I to the last dinner party they had there, and I never quite got over that pain. Last month I drove the hour there and snuck around the bush land around the property to go see the grave of the childhood dog.
I had almost 20 years of memories in that house, and I never got to say goodbye. That poem hurt a lot. I feel for that man.
It hurt to watch this. It's hard to see how much is left in the past. Seeing this reminds me of my own childhood, and family now gone. How we manage to keep going is a wonder. Thank you for sharing the beauty you encounter with the rest of us. It's always good to face reality, and distilling it through art often makes it more potent than it seems or seemed when encountered at first. Our pasts grow in meaning.
Thank you. You put that so profoundly. So often we get caught up in surface and technique, but what it's all about is emotion and human stories.
For someone who went into studying architecture, loving the old half-timbered houses that make up a good part of my German hometown and with the desire to create houses that people would love living in, it's really hard to see homes falling out of use and into disrepair. Especially with all the craftsmanship and effort that went into building older houses like these. Structures and buildings aren't always better only because our skills and technologies have "evolved". It often is rewarding and quite eye-opening to take a look at what our ancestors have built, especially regarding economical and ecological use of materials, using regrowable and recyclable materials. E.g. those half-timbered houses that you still find a lot of in old French, English or German cities, but also in the States, Brazil or similar types of buildings in Japan or Turkey are regarded as pretty earthquake-safe, more resistant in cases of fires than one might think and often have a nice climate on the inside. They could also be taken apart, moved and built up again, as happened with a lot of those buildings you can find in the Freilichtmuseum in Detmold (should you ever come to Germany and be interested in that kind of things. I'm also pretty sure they got an English version to their website as a lot of museums and other public buildings and organisations do). And that's all due to their "traditional" and "dated" techniques and use of materials.
@@LunaBianca1805 I'd love to see older architecture, here in Florida much of it is fresh - seems like an entirely new town if you visit somewhere here if you leave for 10 years and come back. I'm afraid much of the past is at threat right now, like Mount Rushmore. It seems everything from the past is being viewed as symbolic of the time period - when slavery was tolerated, or american indians were being slaughtered etc. There's always good and bad throughout history... it's a shame to destroy great art in attempt to 'wash the blood from our hands'. It seems to me like two wrongs shouldn't constitute a right in these cases.
@@sleepingdogkungfu9326 Hmmm, ... I guess that really is a difficult topic. I can see why people might think that buildings of the time are symbols of the oppression of their ancestors and evidence to them still not being treated the same as the average, white caucasian American. I wouldn't want to see statues or buildings tha symbolize that to me, either, were I in their shoes....
@@LunaBianca1805 Everywhere and in every group you look at in history: there has been atrocities committed by some among those people. Often they weren't considered atrocities at the time. Under the same justification: all historical constructs should be destroyed, because everything is from a time/place connected to people whom committed atrocities. The white house and capitol building are also directly connected with 'the oppressive patriarchy', should we just burn it all down and be done with it? They too are reminders of a far-gone era when slavery was commonplace. Museums are a reminder of the atrocities connected to any of the peoples who any of the items are tied to. Let's destroy history and live in 1984 where the truth is whatever they publish.
I'm for learning and remembering what brought about atrocities, and I love reminders so that I don't easily forget and fall victim to some ideology that would have me committing similar horrendous acts.
That man deserves at least a print of your painting of his house, James!
was thinking that too
Or make a near replica
the guy could have taken a photo or two.
Agreed... That would be a gift of a lifetime for those brothers to at least get a print of your artwork of their house; who could leave it to their kids and on and on. Who could possibly appreciate this painting of a slice of their own history, more then them?
He took a photo of the painting when it was finished.
The palette makes the painting looks like how the old man sees the house. If only you had red to paint the tomatos haha
This one was a tear jerker. Beautiful painting with a gamut most would not choose. Something truly special.
A story that brought me to tears as I remembered visiting my old home after 50 years of not seeing it. Great paintings and information.
Glad you enjoyed it
Meeting one of the people who lived there in the past is what I call a divine moment. Thank you for teaching about different color gamuts. Your book Color and Light changed the way I paint and continues to teach me. Many thanks.
The narration about the house was really touching. Which almost made for the most awkward yet most emotional breakfast I ever had
Brought tears to my eyes. My childhood home was demolished for a new build after my parents split, I still dream of it often. It's a weird beautiful sadness to think that it only exists in the memories of me and a few others. Love your painting James
Wow that is quite sad to think about indeed. Must be a strange feeling.
I sent this to my sister. I asked her to respond. I'm waiting for her response.. This was truly moving.
What a bonus to have poetry read to us while watching a painting video. Can't ask for anything better. Thanks.
James generously shares everything he knows. Thank you!
Yes !
I just viewed this, but it took me back in a wonderful way. I’m 76 years old and I think I remember you on TV when I was younger(?). I’m 76 now and your watercolor videos are very fun and helpful as I attempt to draw and paint ~ 🙋🏼♀️
I don't know why this is in my recommendation, but I kinda liked it...
The Algorithm knows all.
James Gurney yes it does
Watching James Gurney paint is so much more than watching a painter. It's an experience that captures every sense.
I've finally come to the conclusion that, Mr Gurney, you might just be the Bob Ross of youtube!
Love your videos and your inherent good, kind nature. Thank you, and may you continue to be blessed so that we might also be.
Oh Lord. I know you didn't mean to insult Mr. Gurney, but ... Bob Ross may have been a nice guy, but he didn't teach people how to paint--he taught them how to copy. Ross was good for showing folks how to spin out happy little paintings to hang behind their couch. Mr. Gurney has spent decades producing superior published fine art, beyond anything Bob Ross ever put on canvas. Look at his Dinotopia books and artwork, and you'll see that he is exceptionally gifted.
@@lrajek3389 Mr Gurney is far too cool to get snobby about Bob Ross ;)
I would have never "dared" to chose this colour combination. It turned out so beautiful. Guess, I need to become braver and more experimental. I wished I had learned only a few percentage of this at school. What a joy to learn it now. Just fun to set together all kind of combinations and experiment around. Looking so forward to this life chat. Yesterday was amazing! That moment of instant transformation when you renewed the red of the pot. So, excited to watch this. I want to try those colours (and other schemes) on my windows view, over all.those roofs. A view I truly love. But first I'll enjoy to watch. Thank you.
this was posted before the video even premiered how would you know.....
@@notyou6674 Because he had posted a thumbnail of the painting and the streaming reminder had come four days before it was actually premiered
@@vibhavperi983 thank you, exactly :-)
@@notyou6674 smile... I am following Mr Gurney's blog and the pre-views, plus am nosily following him on Facebook, so took my time to watch the drawing, before I posted this. Can only recommend his blog. Full of various information.
James, you must have gifted the gentleman who had lived in this house your painting. I can’t imagine you would not extend this kindness.
Ok, I certainly did not expect to cry watching a painting video! Thanks for the wonderful painting and instruction❤
It's so sad his brother sold the house without him knowing. That is what is so cool about painting out in neighborhoods and little towns, you meet such lovely people. Sometimes, if you're lucky, you get to hear their stories. What an interesting palette, I love what you did with it. You are definitely inspiring me to get out of my comfort zone.✌💙🎨
Very emotional words from the man. He is feeling so nostalgic.😊🌺
Beautiful painting.❤️
I Just helping my grandma packing for moving into a nursing home.
So much things which I know since early childhood will be left behind, memories and emotions, from the old, long gone house in which I grew up.
I think the colours are fitting the feeling of the painting so much more.
Its perfect
I wish my own grandkids felt this way about me. With the way things are going these days. I don't know where the values of gone?
for me, there’s nothing weird about how you both encountered each other. both of you were meant to tell your own stories- him with the house and you with the painting. a very heartfelt video sir Jim. thank you for this.
Turned out beautiful
Mr. Gurney, you are an under appreciated national treasure. Thank you for all the gifts you give.
The painting is beautiful...and the best part was seeing that gentleman talking about his life there...so many memories...love it💕
I love your thoughtful use of stories, poetry & music to inspire all who visit here James! Awesome thanks 👍
Thank you! Sometimes when I’m painting and I’m struggling I think “what would Gurney do” that’s the sign of a great teacher!
I loved this video and the beautiful poetry. It’s so wonderful that you met the brothers who used to live there who told you some of it’s story. I longed to see the house my grandmother used to live in and in which I lived with her there for a time. I was so happy there. Sadly, when I came back from being away for a few years, the wonderful house had been demolished and the property was merged with the next door property and an office building for attorneys occupied the space. It made the child, who still lived within me, sad. Thank you for this wonderful video!
That’s gorgeous work- this palette suits the nostalgic story
I’ve seen this video several times. I learn something new every time.
Ohh this made me cry....seeing this house ,reminds me my home , my family ... Love your paiting James!!! Greetings from Argentina!!
Wow ! You were already my hero for art ! And now I see you on a unicycle ! We have TWO things in common now !
Such serendipity leading to an unexpected meditation of how the places we live can affect us - art and philosophy, wound together, as it should be! Thank you!
I thought I was watching a painting tutorial but I got a history lesson and to see a real life character of the home. Wonderful.
that poem really pulled at my heart strings. Combined with your painting gives such calmness
This is the kind of content we need right about now.
this video is so emotional and nostalgic for some reasons and i am glad to hear he took a photo of the painting after you finished, what a relief.
Rewatching this again and again, one of my fave vid of you mr. Gurney
I love hearing about other people’s stories, thanks for including him!
As an artist, this guy is a hero. This is like free academy.
What is art but the ability to express our humanity through individual eyes- and then share it. It's reciprocal- you paint and we glimpse into part of your soul. And you glimpse back into the subject you are painting. What a moving, beautiful moment you captured- with such a gentle, caring touch. You endowed Mr. Wilson, his house, memories, joys and obvious pain with a kind of dignity, even nobility. The simple act of painting that house and sharing his story honored him. It also honored us, the viewers, the sharers. Emily Dickinson has nothing on you today, James. Thank you for letting us take that glimpse.
Could you have given the old guy the painting of his old house.........would have been lovely for him!
James oh James - I came here to enjoy art, not to cry over a story and a poem!
Such a gem of a tutor you are! I find such comfort and peace in this tutorial!! Am a beginner and learning as much to help me on this journey. Blessings from Malaysia!
This was more than a painting tutorial, it was a grand story about that old house…..I sometimes have gone back to the home I lived in with my family as well and had many a great memory recalled in the process…..a great life then, warm and a little hard, but well worth all the effort by the entire family and in our family business….
Its the place where i can learn far away than anywhere else.
Thank u.
Wasn't expecting such a touching video. I could really feel the love for this house from that man. I can relate as I think fondly and sadly about a special house from my childhood and all the memories connected to it. Wonderful use of those secondary primaries.
James Gurney inspires me. He takes the most mundane subjects but tells such a story about them in his videos that they move me. And not to mention he creates photo realistic painting using odd color gamuts that on one hand, make my head hurt, but on the other hand, leave me so awe inspired and baffled thinking how such virtuosity is possible. I wish I was half as good a painter as Mr. Gurney. I know i need to practice practice practice.
If there is one thing you NEVER forget from your childhood, you never forget the house you grew up in. Makes me want to go back to the days of my youth.
This makes me feel sentimental. Reminds me of the house I used to live in for more than 30 years. We had to move out in less than a week. I still dream about it often, only to wake up and realize that I am in a different room. The house was converted into a restaurant by the new lessee. I ate there once, saw how different things have become. It may be the same house, but no longer the place I used to call home.
Such a bitter sweet story. Thank you, James!
Love it.
Reminds me of a song by the great songwriter John Hiatt. "Train to Birmingham"
"Well every year I ride this train
To Alabama in the rain
When I get that lonesome feelin' in my bones
I never get to Birmingham
But gettin' there ain't the plan
I just like the feel of going home"
That last line just nails it. James' painting feels like going home.
An absolute pleasure to watch and listen to you sir! Thank you!
Thanks James. I wish things didnt look so easy while watching on TH-cam. When I try, my finished work looks more like an abstract paint spill. Thanks for sharing the great techniques.
my inspiration for doing art died out a little over the past month or so. I thank you so so much for your videos as they are helping me right now to find the passion in art again
God bless James gurney omg he’s too precious for this world
I think a lot of people needed to see this video for reasons beyond your amazing technique and process. Thank you for what you do!
You’re a color wizard, thank you for opening my mind. Many blessings to you.
I think is your best video to date. How you incorporated the technical teaching and compelling storytelling so seamlessly goes above and beyond. Wonderful painting and touchingly relatable stories; what more could the heart of men desire?
Captivating work! I also enjoyed hearing the stories from the gentleman who used to live there.
This has to one of my favorites of yours(which is hard to choose on it's own!) Not only the interesting questions and experiment of Secondary colors, but it was the house & story that got me!...
Wow. Today I was chatting with my grandmother… for a little bit of context, let me add that I am currently 36; a Brazilian who lives in Poland. I moved to Poland 6 years ago, and after I left, some people close to me died. Like my uncle who basically raised me and who taught me so many things in life.
I was chatting with my grandmother today about his house. We used to go there and pick him to bring him to our place. I didn’t like to stay there long, because it was an “old people’s house”. So when we chatted today about him, she mentioned that some weeks ago she passed in front of his house and got sad to see how it is today. The ceiling is falling, the gates are broken and grass grew all over the garden. Funny, because my uncle used to take care of his garden with such love.
To think about his abandoned house made me reflect a lot about life and made me homesick. Even though I have a family in this different country and I love my new life, the memories sometimes hit me hard.
Suffice to say that watching this video now simply… simply added some depth to the feeling.
Art is very powerful.
I gain so much from your videos. It’s been 30 yrs since college for me and almost as long since I’ve been outside painting, work got in my way. A quick tutorial from you and I’m refreshed. Thank you for the work and time you put into the production it helps.
Love your tale and painting instruction. Thank you for sharing
This video reminds of a line from a song that always brings a tear to my eye "Where have all those yesterdays gone"
I think that's my favorite colour palette.. especially since Purple and Orange are my fav colours 💫
I am coloring two bathrooms. I would really really really like to have somebody like you here to help me with the colors.
Thank you for all the effort you put in making this video. It was moving with the added poetry. ❤️ What perfect timing for that man to show up during your painting session.
Wonderful painting and story,13 years ago I went to Italy to my childhood home ,after 60 years I just cried,my aunty still lives there
The man's story was so heartwarming. I forgot the whole point of the video was to use secondary colors and almost cried😭.
You are experience, wisdom and knowledge in person. Thanks so much for such great education. Blessings and take care. ❤
Orange with purple and green was my favourite colour palette when I were a child! I was sick of using the colours everyone else used but didn't want my work to look clashy...
I love to see you using these colours too James! It brings back great memories for me and may have just broken my art block! Lol Thankyou! 💗
i teared a little bith with the story...cause i know someday my family would appraoch those years with everyone aging and loosing some of the members...this was a sweet video..
This video was beautiful mix of Art, poetry and reminiscing about childhood homes and days gone bye. Just starting to use gouche, excited to try a secondary triad. Thank You for all the art lessons you share. Tell you wife we missed her in this one, I always love see how different artist paint the same subject.
Very nicely done. I very much enjoyed the video and the stories about the house. Most especially of all, I enjoyed Ms. Dickinson's poem.
Love your paintings, commentary & love everything about you. You’re a very nice person. I think I have found my painting guru. 🙏🏼 god bless you Sir. Love from India 🇮🇳
I am now reading through your book "Color and Light" and there is so much I can't wait to learn. This color combination turned out beautiful.
Enlightening and the house, memories and your beautiful rendition of the Emily Dickinson poem, very moving. Thank you, James.
Everything about this video is great. The painting is really well done, I love the color palette, and getting the story of the house made it much more personal. I think getting the story behind it was a great reminder for illustrators that even something that might be boring has the chance to be made significant. Great video as always James.
This is so beautiful. I love watching James Gurney's videos!!
Yesterday I watched the video with the primaries and it was REALLY helpful! Thank you so so much for everything you do for us, I definitely learnmore watching your videos than when I was in actual art classes 😓
Dammit I got teary eyed on this one!
I hope frequent viewers of James' videos will consider buying the Triads course material he advertised. I can honestly think of no other artist I'd rather support.
Thank you for the recommendation.
I cant even draw a good stick man but I loved watching this video. Thank you for sharing your talent with us. The house you painted first felt so emotional for me when the son arrived. I think the house does remember and that part of the video made me very emotional. This was great and I learned something too!
beautiful piece and beautiful story, thank you so much for sharing Mr. Gurney!
Thank you for creating such a beautiful platform.
Thank you for sharing your knowledge and making learning accessible.
Thank you for taking the time to capture the little things.
What a wonderful idea using only secondary colours. I am definitely going to have to try that! Such lovely memories, and really beautiful paintings.
I had a similar experience with my childhood home. My parents lived there for over 53yrs. No matter where I lived in the world it was always my "base".
Brilliant. The way art should be presented, through the act of story-telling.
It's relaxing and refreshing seeing and hearing someone painting with sincerity. There are beautiful moments like these.
Wow. From 10:00 to 12:00 brought tears to my eyes.
Mixing with a limited pallet is one of my favourite parts od painting. Thank you very very much :-)
Gave me a little chill. Amazing use of shadow. So sad it was interrupted by so many ads but your videos are always worth it. Trying this experiment with secondary colors today!
Thanks for telling me about the ads. I must have clicked "enable" without managing the number. Now there are just a couple midway