How to Start a Watercolor

[@ariweaver1543]

Wonderful! I've only been painting for a couple years, and I've been watching and enjoying your videos for over a year now. I've finally come around to painting everyday objects and views in my own life. For a while I only wanted to paint super dramatic scenes, but seeing you consistently find the beauty in things I would overlook is slowly rubbing off on me. :) I'm starting to look out my back door at the view I'd always considered too boring to paint, but now I'm suddenly intrigued by the angles of the branches in a small tree, the shine of the patchy pavement after a rain shower, and so many other things that now I want to try to capture. Thanks so much for helping me see more beauty and interest in the everyday world that surrounds me!

[@JamesGurney]

Hi, Ari, your comment is music to my ears. There's magic in commonplace things.

[@annestevens3307]

Ditto

[@Milesjart]

This comment is what it's all about. Thanks for writing that out.

[@adamthorntonillustration9281]

Hi Ari, I was just about to write almonst exactly the same comment, then saw that you had already done it! TBH, I'm still at the stage where I think the dramatic scene is preferable, but it's very good to know I'm not (or wasn't) alone!

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[@i.george2321]

first some pencil, then a big mess. then some detail. at the end: pure magic and behold: i still cant do it! lovely

[@rbrunet4755]

So true! Haha. He's a wonderful painter.

[@nalcarya]

The trick to learning is accepting, embracing the mess aka ugly stage and not trying to add detail immediately. I improve so much faster since I realised that :)

[@whitestguyuknow]

@@nalcarya in a video I just watched of his he describes himself as a pilot flying through fog and just trusting his instruments in order to fly up out into the clear. It makes me feel more confident in myself and my own drawings and paintings because I always feel that moment and get pretty dejected and sometimes lose my passion to keep going because it just feels like a mess and it's taking so long and I just doubt myself. But knowing that someone who's such a great artists, who creates pieces very often, many many more than I ever have, *still* feels that way with each piece and just has to trust that the more time and effort you put in will ultimately lead you to the finished product

[@msf2126]

Haha..i know the feeling. I dive in all concerned with perspective and detail.. But just watching these iv got bolder with starting in blobs.. And its helping. Long way to go...

[@zeusolympus1664]

@@nalcarya yeah especially for watercolor you don't know what will happen next after that ugly stage. Its a bit nerve wrecking.

[@Bdb83]

The whole video I couldn't get over the fact he found another guy that likes to paint folding chairs. Lmao

[@windshearahead7012]

Code Underground artist, lmaoo 👩🏻‍🎨

[@HarryDinesOut]

I can't get over the fact that he visited a mansion just to paint a folding patio chair!! lol

[@kayaeki]

Wholesomeee gaha

[@willrothfuss8470]

Yeah he'll paint anything. Plop a black rolling garbage can down in front of him and he'll paint it like a cel from a Disney animated feature.

[@toonybrain]

Code Underground LMBO Check out the mountains and scenery at about 5:03, yet the chair is what rivets them.

[@joannetiffany8047]

James you turn the most average objects into the most intresting pieces of art, it's simply amazing and the reason why i adore your art and you as an Artist.

[@TiffanysFineArt]

Joanne Tiffany Joanne. I love that you have an Amdrew Tishler playlist! Lol he is amazing too!

[@opendstudio7141]

If you haven't notice yet, he paints the light and everything else is an incidental stage. We may have more in common with moths than we think. :)

[@aifutureknowledge]

Watercolor is the most challanging in art. or for an artist to bare. Respect. Its an amazing work.

[@nickagarrie]

I used to paint.add 15 years of life....I realize how important it was and is to me at 40.As I dip my toe back into the waters is youtube.and this channel. Fuel to my fire sir.thank you.

[@RandalfElVikingo]

I was never good at drawing or painting, but I always wanted to. At least I can do a last try.

[@RandalfElVikingo]

I was never good at drawing or painting, but I always wanted to. At least I can do a last try.

[@joeblogsart]

Pay attention to this guy. He's really good, definitely someone worth investing your time in watching. His demonstration of knowledge and art through this painting demo speaks volumes unto his skill. I've never seen anybody so precisely articulate the stream of consciousness going through an artist's mind while at work. Excellent naming of the videos, too; they're the answers to many questions people don't know how to ask. I'm going to keep watching more!

[@Swaneeart]

수채화를 오래 그렸었지만 이분 보면서 다시 하고싶다는 마음이 드네요 함께 모여 그리는 모습이 아름다운 천국의 한 장면^^ 쯤 되지 않을까 생각했어요 The scene people paint together looks like heaven.

[@derekpercy7787]

Wow - You make it look so easy - Thank you so much for sharing -- Brilliant Artist and who doesn't love a folding chair

[@alisonhendry2928]

Your skill just amazes me every video. I love how you just paint anything. And I love how you mix media. I need to let go of my transparent only fixation! I am still a groupie! Love to watch your posts. You have so many things to share! Thank you!

[@mschingacor]

Oooh i want to be brave and try this out. Absolutely magic painting

[@Abe-rz1nm]

I love how you've taken a very simple subject and found so much complexity in it - beautiful result.

[@karenvc8005]

Just beautiful and amazing, James! I love that you don't fall apart when the paint bleeds into one another but just seem to push through. I am still learning watercolor after many years away from drawing and painting. I used gouache in a color theory class in art school and really liked it but dropped away from painting when I declared as a ceramics major. I will definitely add the white titanium to my kit, along with pulling out my flat brush. Thanks for a great tutorial. Who knew a folder chair could be this exciting?

[@catherinecervas3726]

Beautiful painting! The light through the chair is fantastic! Thank you for sharing your processes.

[@felixscholz]

It’s a wonderful painting and a wonderful video tutorial, thank you so much for it. The part I love most is that you show that there aren’t any rules in art. That everything that brings your painting towards the direction you want to achieve is “allowed”.

[@douglascueva]

I like James Gurney's videos. They remind me of my time watching PBS as a kid, or watching wishbone. Very informative stuff.

[@makasia4872]

I just started reading your book about color and I can't get over it, that you speak how you write

[@mado86100]

Thanks James! You are a great educator and a you're work is delightful.

[@jenny123311994]

This video is so helpful! I've been drawing all my life and now I'm experimenting with other mediums; I learnt how to use acrylics and oils but watercolours confuse me. Now I have a new understanding of watercolours! Please do more of these types of videos. Thank you!

[@gsansoucie]

Wow. This was excellent. I’m not sure how it made it into my feed, but glad it did. I’ve never actually tried watercolor, but it’s something I’ve wanted to do to pass the time.

[@JamesGurney]

Glad you enjoyed it. The Algorithm is a mystery to all of us.

[@williamjhunter5714]

Nice one, glad to see your live presentation at ArtCenter in the 1990s regarding Dinotopia.

[@Niseryusei]

GREAT PAINTING! Fun video! Thanks for sharing

[@aartadventure]

Thank you for sharing your years of practice and refined skills with us. It is such a joy to watch you create James!

[@blownonpurp]

So happy I stumbled on these videos! Love your videos/ artwork James!

[@SheridansSojourn]

Such a talent and teacher. Thank you!

[@ThisisRubbishlo]

I would totally watch Christopher Walken painting show. You have some voice tones that are similar. Plus that's a lovely painting.

[@preneighteight7183]

Wow amazing. I’m new to watercolor and I hope to one day be able to paint as well as you.

[@JamesGurney]

Thank you so much 😀

[@Vitrianna]

Wow! Just wow!

[@platoschauvet]

really really beautiful, I love how you see such beauty in such simple things. Stay safe and healthy, sir, we need you!

[@nohnoroi6221]

Two minutes after you shove your paints on that paper. Me: HOW? IT IS SO BEAUTIFUL. I CAN ALREADY TELL THE SHAPES AND DEPTHS, God that's awesome.

[@tombryan720]

Really great work as always! The square brush on the chair was cool to watch.

[@musiconlyplease98]

your presentations are fantastic as is your work 🔆

[@RaenaNyx]

Omggggg it’s so perfect 😍❤️ you’re awesome!!! Kisses from Brazil ❤️

[@monishikhasartstudio]

Thank you so much for sharing your techniques, I love watching your painting videos. For the longest time, I was quite the purist about painting a transparent watercolour , and it took me a few years to realise that no one but me cared how I created the “whites” in my paintings, and it was very freeing to “allow” myself to use white gouache etc. What I’m trying to say is that I completely understand when you talk about no such thing as a “pure” watercolour, and I think quite a few of us artists learning our way painting by painting will definitely benefit from the idea of letting go of some of the so called “rules” 😀

[@michaelsarmiento9656]

i enjoy watching your videos james

[@inspiredflower]

Just beautiful

[@megk1771]

I'm going to try watercolours for the first time.. wish me luck!! 🤞

[@texasoperations312]

Man I love this channel. I'm struggling with watercolor when I may my block in sketches

[@rebeckasvensson838]

I just wanna be your student! This is just so great and awesome and thank you for making videos!!

[@rjoidna8082]

You're my favoritw artist

[@susanMacDonald2018]

Beautiful!

[@saurabhbhardwaj6753]

As always- simply inspiring :) Thanks James for your hard work as always!

[@SC4RArt]

been watching you for a few months and you are amazing!!! Love how you can make watercolors sooo detailed! Tip for anyone reading this "squint and look at his paintings" will keep watching all your vids 😊 take a look at my art?

[@ht1ps555]

where did you get your lovely talent from. This brings me joy just by watching you paint this.

[@lpgibbo7463]

Nice chilled out vid, liked, subbed & will be looking at your other content 😀

[@DrJones-nh4my]

Quite beautiful

[@pigeons2215]

AGH YOURE TOO GOOD

[@kuniyazu]

Awesome.👏👏👏👏

[@katnisswang8130]

I love your painting.If you can show the photo for your painting,it will be great for the other understanding your processing

[@paulklem9249]

Cool, nicely done

[@tracycapule2894]

This is great!

[@sheilasheilaford4018]

wonderful. thank you.

[@kathykaura7219]

Creative.

[@alliknowisthatiknownothing8247]

Im using your tips for digital paintings, ty sir.

[@Sadigziggi]

Thank you.

[@ordazmin]

beautiful!!

[@AnthonyCarson]

Love this, Ive been wanting to expand into gauche with my illustration work, perhaps its time to take the leap, thank you for these great tips!

[@josephlowry4320]

An real masterpiece there dude, it's brilliant.

[@julianapegas2043]

Lots of wonderful information in here, thank you so much! 💕

[@khaley37781]

Amazing!

[@jendesign5537]

Outstanding as always!

[@DAVIDDAMIENR]

THANK YOU

[@09simplex]

Wao.. Loved it 😍

[@essejd]

Brilliant

[@andreinebesnii4647]

Thanks!

[@nonetheless3520]

Just say Thank you

[@mirio-jk]

Actually helpful

[@Enthcreations]

thanks for sharing. 👌

[@jiejiezeng6029]

Can you please paint the Gold gate bridge ? 😁😁😁

[@haimizahaimiza4449]

Niceeeeee n so good to study 🖒🖒🖒

[@davyjones844]

Make a Video About Water Color Mixing.

[@lithiumbattery5577]

thanks for inspiring me again i would love to paint together some day i dont have alot of friends that paint

[@peenut2222]

So I've got the part where everything looks like a watery mess down pat. But the part where everything comes together in the end to make a nice picture still eludes me. 😀 Thanks for the lesson!

[@insightsbyzahra6517]

You might enjoy this easy watercolor tutorial: kzbin.info/www/bejne/eZvdY5yoj9Nje5o

[@kikiluft6573]

why does the painting look more realistic than the real chair 😂

[@ptaylor4923]

Once again I love it, although I did miss seeing Smooth. You know, if you want to post videos every day, I wouldn't mind at all. ;-)

[@JamesGurney]

We were going to bring Smooth on this sketching trip but we weren't sure he would get along with all the dogs at Rokeby.

[@corynneful]

Am I the only one who feels like I'm cheating when I use gouache? I know this is irrational, but I do feel this way.

[@OoniCrafts]

Yes! Because traditional schools taught so!

[@taraardizzone4789]

happy halloween

[@xkallari4765]

76 people hate art- new sub from mexico :)

[@DJSHADDY2K7]

Thank''s for share

[@alexstorm6764]

❤❤

[@findforu450]

like and thank you

[@valeriksson]

james, you are my favorite boomer, thank you.

[@adelinenicholas922]

I can't draw and I'm leery of watercolor. Just got my first WP today. I've heard you can paint then color over it??

[@frankrose4869]

I like your painting can you do one on a cruise ship?

[@opossum71]

Cioè dovrei usare gli acquerelli come colori a tempera?

[@latetodagame1892]

👍🏼

[@oliwiamakintosz7929]

you fool!!! you dropped the bottle!!! hahaha

[@meshavillar]

Hi, Woody Harrelson here

[@lowegule135]

Please make more of this

[@Bastard01g]

This video shows exactly how much patience you need to have, as a painter. My grandfather was a superior paint artist, he had many techniques dialed. He often went to places and took photos, so he can paint them later at home. He loved to make huge oil-color paintings of nature sights. Some of those paintins now remember me of him and how great he was.

[@jayashrimalondewatercolour9994]

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[@Dnll88]

Amazing!

[@dannythebear743]

Fantastic painting... I can’t understand how on Watercolor painting.. the start looks like a hot mess and then magically, you end up somehow with a brilliant painting like this.... must take a special mindset to be able to envision that

[@stanleyhape8427]

Actually it's called setting dust. Once the painting is approximately 90% done you LIGHTLY sprinkle the setting dust and let it set. The setting dust will make any color corrections and define edeges to objects in the painting.

[@rubenspaul5271]

Yes, That is the charming of watercolor. And you also need a set of high quality paint affordable to do enough excercise. Here is an online store of brand Paul Rubens, which is what you are looking for. paulrubens.aliexpress.com/store/5140092

[@lr9171]

That's watercolor paint's identity

[@ChillFrost]

it's okay if they melt with each other -james me back in college: OH NOOOOOOO THIS IS EPIC FAIL!

[@avikdas1577]

you can change any subject into a masterpiece!

[@Akash-xq7kw]

2:10 will be my end look of painting

[@jitshreyachowdhury9917]

🤣🤣🤣

[@jitshreyachowdhury9917]

Same here bro

[@mindseye4914]

Even though I saw each second of it I ask myself how how how did he do it??? You are sooo damn good!!

[@이예정-c4z]

I found your book in a bookstore in Seoul. I was watching . and there was your face in it! I realized then that it was your book!! OMG. It was so nice to meet you! I just bought a book and came home. Most of the time I will depend on the translator to read books, but I am satisfied!

[@JamesGurney]

Thank you. I'm so happy that my book is in Korea.

[@이예정-c4z]

I will always support your channel. From Seoul.

[@jeffhreid]

Such a mundane subject but James makes out the nobility and sublime in the everyday. Remarkable

[@mohammeda1858]

You’re a wholesome person, keep it up! I wish you all the best. All the love from Saudi Arabia, I hope you visit us one day.

[@dianedreyfus]

Ooooo. Permission to use opaque.