Can I Paint This Still Life with Just Three Colors Plus White? (It Doesn't Go As Planned)

Excerpt from James Gurney's new teaching video "TRIADS." Download or stream his full-length tutorials at gumroad.com/l/color2 In this extended sample, Gurney demonstrates an outdoor still life using three colors of gouache and watercolor, but then switches colors for a more vibrant result. He also demonstrates how to make a "triad test" to chart the color interactions. MATERIALS: Phthalo blue: mgraham.com/gouache-paints/phthalocyanine-blue-140… Quinacridone violet: mgraham.com/gouache-paints/quinacridone-violet-158… Cadmium yellow light (gouache): amzn.to/2qIw7LQ Pyrrole red: amzn.to/2KX4TZn Ultramarine blue (gouache): amzn.to/2X9GZ1k Titanium white (gouache): amzn.to/2XSOld4 Pentalic watercolor sketchbook: amzn.to/2L989y2 Richeson travel brush set: amzn.to/2xwq1Rr Water cup: amzn.to/2soTw2L Homemade easel: sellfy.com/p/LnZ8/ Tripod: amzn.to/2xrRaFc Water-soluble colored pencils set: amzn.to/2DKmT5o OTHER VIDEO TUTORIALS: "Gouache in the Wild" (Download on Gumroad): gumroad.com/l/gouache "Gouache in the Wild" on (DVD): kunaki.com/Sales.asp?PID=PX004NVKHN “Casein Painting in the Wild” (Download on Gumroad): gumroad.com/l/casein “How to Make a Sketch Easel” (DVD): kunaki.com/Sales.asp?PID=PX00Z4M3XY “Watercolor in the Wild” (Download) gumroad.com/l/watercolor Casein in the Wild: gumroad.com/l/casein BLOG POSTS WITH MORE GEAR INFO: Gouache Materials List: gurneyjourney.blogspot.com/2016/07/gouache-materia… Watercolor Materials: gurneyjourney.blogspot.com/2014/08/watercolor-in-w… BOOKS BY JAMES GURNEY: Color and Light: A Guide for Realist Painters: amzn.to/2JhWtfc Imaginative Realism: How to Paint What Doesn’t Exist: amzn.to/2LbVHhc Dinotopia: A Land Apart from Time: amzn.to/2xyamRM OTHER OFFICIAL SITES Instagram: www.instagram.com/jamesgurneyart/ Pinterest: www.pinterest.com/GurneyJourney/ GurneyJourney Blog: gurneyjourney.blogspot.com/ JamesGurney Website: jamesgurney.com/ Facebook group "Sketch Easel Builders": www.facebook.com/groups/403006076777641/?source_id… Facebook group “Color in Practice”: www.facebook.com/groups/160510955315435/ “LIVING SKETCHBOOK” APP Experience one of James Gurney's sketchbooks on your smartphone or tablet. For iOS at iTunes: itunes.apple.com/us/app/living-sketchbook-vol-1-bo… For Android at Google Play: play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.livingsk… CAMERAS and AUDIO: Canon M6 (time lapse, video, and stills): amzn.to/2J4RTgX Canon PowerShot Elph (point-and-shoot): amzn.to/2Ji1Vid Zoom H2N digital audio recorder: amzn.to/2XXAOfP Rode Video Mic GO (microphone): amzn.to/2UQGTc9

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