Realistic Urban Sketching in Gouache

Here's a quick video where I paint some ordinary commercial shopfronts on an overcast day using gouache. To achieve realism and speed things up I use flat brushes and paint patches of color that I subdivide with dark strokes.

GOUACHE COLORS
Titanium white: https://amzn.to/2XSOld4
Cerulean blue: https://amzn.to/2NtFH0E
Ultramarine blue: https://amzn.to/2X9GZ1k
Yellow Ochre: https://amzn.to/3HWJ1IQ
Cadmium yellow light: https://amzn.to/2qIw7LQ
Indian Red (Holbein Watercolor): https://amzn.to/3LCsegt
Pyrrol red (gouache): https://amzn.to/2XdPcS7
Viridian: https://amzn.to/2SD3Xfw

BRUSHES and OTHER SUPPLIES
Flat brush set: https://tinyurl.com/kbrdjeue
Filbert ½ inch watercolor synthetic: https://amzn.to/3CqTZT9
1” flat soft synthetic brush: https://amzn.to/3LAsJr8
Rigger brush #3: https://amzn.to/3AJoW4i
Richeson travel brush set: https://amzn.to/2xwq1Rr
Tripod: https://amzn.to/2xrRaFc
Pilot Custom912 Fountain Pen: https://tinyurl.com/2abfvjbh
Pilot 12 also available at Goldspot: https://tinyurl.com/463haece
Water cup: https://amzn.to/2soTw2L
Pentalic Aqua Journal: https://amzn.to/2L989y2

CAMERAS and AUDIO
Pocket camera (Canon SX620): https://amzn.to/3lIbtVW
Stereo mics/recorders (Rode Wireless Go II): https://amzn.to/3mVsMSP
Stereo recorder (Zoom H2n): https://amzn.to/3aFjCUP
RODE Wireless Go Mics: https://tinyurl.com/2p8zdcmj

VIDEO TUTORIALS
"Gouache in the Wild" (Download on Gumroad): https://gumroad.com/l/gouache
"Gouache in the Wild" on (DVD): https://jamesgurney.com/collections/v...
“Casein Painting in the Wild” (Download on Gumroad): https://gumroad.com/l/casein
How to Make a Sketch Easel:  https://jamesgurney.com/products/how-...
"Gouache in the Wild" : https://jamesgurney.com/products/goua...
"GRADIENTS: Color, Form, Illusion." https://jamesgurney.com/products/grad...

BOOKS BY JAMES GURNEY:
Color and Light: A Guide for Realist Painters: https://jamesgurney.com/products/colo...
Imaginative Realism: How to Paint What Doesn’t Exist: https://jamesgurney.com/products/imag...
Dinotopia: A Land Apart from Time: https://jamesgurney.com/products/dino...

OTHER OFFICIAL SITES
JamesGurney Website: http://jamesgurney.com/
Instagram: Instagram: jamesgurneyart
Pinterest: Pinterest: GurneyJourney
GurneyJourney Blog: http://gurneyjourney.blogspot.com/
Facebook group "Sketch Easel Builders": Facebook: 403006076777641
Facebook group "Color in Practice": Facebook: 160510955315435

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