Live Animals Sketching at the Zoo: Watercolor | Gouache Painting a moving target

[@tjs9876]

I watched this while painting a bird and suddenly it all seemed really clear to me, and my painting turned at great for a change.

[@JaredCullum]

TJ S ahhh my heart is full to bursting. This comment made my week. Thank you. I’m glad you got something out of it. I’m always here if you have questions!

[@tjs9876]

@@JaredCullum just wanted to thank you really. The way you see things and simplify them is a real help.

[@jorgenbech]

Oh my god, you just saved my belief in gouache again. Amazing sketches.

[@JaredCullum]

Jørgen Bech Pedersen thank you! :)

[@SteveAtkinsonFineArt]

Absolutely wonderful video Jared. Very clear instruction on an incredibly difficult place to work. I've done plein air horse painting and that was possibly the most difficult plein air I've ever done... including painting the Grand Canyon. New Subscriber...and thanks for being so generous with your knowledge!

[@JaredCullum]

Draw Paint Repeat thank you! And thanks for subscribing. I used to go to a farm to chase horses around and try to sketch them haha. It was like throwing a bunch of darts trying to hit a dark cause only 1 in 10 sketches would work. Haha they are tough.

[@jensheart]

Well...This video is definitely goes into the rewatch 10 or 1000 times list. I'm at that point where I'm only starting to approach light and how to manipulate it and properly observe/understand. Thank you for lil squeezed in tutorial, I'll try it for myself!! Also oh my finally! Always watching these plein airs from the zoo and feeling so lost to get how artist manage to deal with such a moving things. U explained enough for me to try and start using my cat as a ref for practice. Thank you for keeping up with youtube. I learn a lot from you and constantly get motivated :)

[@JaredCullum]

jensheart awesome!! Chase that cat around haha it is really hard. But you’ll get the swing of it. I just recorded the next demo which is a white house. I always tell workshop students, if you’re interested in light, find a white house and sketch that. It’s the most colorful object you’ll paint because all of the effects of light are being reflected. There are greens and yellows bouncing everywhere and stark blues and purples. It’s the best experience for learning what is happening. Then you can take those lessons and apply them to local color of any animal/building/tree you observe or even enhance them to add interest or significance.

[@OnlineCollegeofArtandDesign]

beautiful!

[@houseplant284]

Every time I watch your video I feel the need to pick up my paint brush and paint hehe. (which I wish I could but i need to do my Art history essay which is due in a few hours *cries*) Because of your videos my passion and love for painting grew. From each and every process video you uploaded, I learned so many things!! Your explanation for your thought process is always so informative! Thank you again for recording, filming and editing everything!!!! :D

[@JaredCullum]

ugotjams? Awww thank you! We’ll hit those books. That’s important. At some point I should do a video on Master study’s which is a lot of how I learned how to paint. Just getting art history books at the library and copying the ones I liked. Good luck! You’ll get out there soon :)

[@Sandrinesgallery]

Beautiful and very informative. Thank you for sharing.

[@JaredCullum]

sandrinesgallery awesome! Hope you found something helpful :) thank you for watching

[@brianashmorestudio]

I enjoyed this SO MUCH! I loved your insights and instruction. The tiger turned out gorgeous. Watching you paint makes me want to get out somewhere and paint, so bad. The line, "Looks like a weird dog." Ha ha ha! 😂

[@JaredCullum]

Brian Ashmore Studio thank you! It was really touch and go there for a second haha I thought I was gonna have to scrap the whole recording and move on to a different animal. Hah

[@someonenew7292]

Thank you - a very helpful video; especially for the zoo and other situations were the living beings just won't hold still! lol ... I like the octopus as a subject, here at our local zoo - he/she stays put mostly - though the octopus IS watching me as intently as I watch him/her! Oh - never forget to show the art to the octopus - I swear it recognized itself.

[@JaredCullum]

haha thank you for watching! My son LOVES staring at the octopus at our zoo. We could spend hours there and at the penguins. :)

[@daliaabdelshafi]

You are awesome and I think you are totally underrated.

[@JaredCullum]

Aww- listen- that's very kind of you to say. :) Thank you for watching.

[@SarahBurnsStudio]

Such an excellent tutorial!! Thank you so much.

[@JaredCullum]

Sarah Burns Studio Thank you! :)

[@jennifernewmanart]

Absolutely beautiful work , the light is fantastic and I really enjoyed watching how you put down the paint

[@JaredCullum]

Jen’s Wild about Watercolor thank you! :)

[@MCMarts]

This is amazing. Really makes me want to try gouache! Just watercolor, for now, but your work is an inspiration.

[@JaredCullum]

Cristina Mazzoni thank you! This is 90% watercolor. When you’re ready get a white tube of (pro-level) gouache and just give yourself some in the corner of your watercolor box. It’s a great way to get into it and play with safely on a mostly done watercolor sketch.

[@maliequizhu6614]

Love your demo! It’s amazing!👍👍👍

[@JaredCullum]

Malie Quizhu thank you! :)

[@robbielu22]

Thank You What i needed to start my morning yes i will rewatch it again!

[@JaredCullum]

robbielu22 cool! Thanks for watching

[@jennifernewmanart]

So inspiring to watch , thank you 😊

[@JaredCullum]

Jennifer Newman thank you for watching :)

[@donnamullis3138]

Cool! 👍

[@JaredCullum]

Donna Mullis thanks! :)

[@Lem0n42]

You are a big inspiration to me! Thanks for uploading this video. :)

[@JaredCullum]

lev thank you so much! I’m glad you get something out of them :)

[@nmonteiro7144]

Your videos are so informative. I’m really happy that I found your channel.

[@JaredCullum]

Thank you so much :) I'm glad you're getting something from them. Let me know if you have any questions or topics you want me to explore and talk about in the future.

[@nmonteiro7144]

Jared Loves to Draw Since you asked... I’m really impressed by the movement/flow in your paintings. In the Village Cafe and in the Creek, it just seems that something is about to happen. I would love to know if you consider this before you start and if you have any tips about this topic.

[@JaredCullum]

N Monteiro I don’t consider that specifically as much as I do the general shapes. Buildings/still life’s whatever I consider the simplest shapes of value I’m looking at and whether that is dynamic or not. Does that make sense? If you like watercolor I recommend Joseph Zbukvics new movie on APV streaming about sketching and choosing a composition of shapes. It’s super helpful and well put together.

[@nmonteiro7144]

Jared Loves to Draw I’ll be sure to check it out. Thank you for answering. 😊

[@MrExadidas]

Very helpful tips.

[@JaredCullum]

adolf dassler thank you for watching!

[@luciferbroke7875]

this is so beautiful and informative

[@JaredCullum]

Lucifer Broke thank you :) I appreciate you watching it. :)

[@DuffyWybieBigReputation]

I have been struggling with understanding how to use watercolor to show lighting and shadows and make the local color work and after watching this I’m inspired to attempt watercolor again! Thanks so much for sharing your knowledge; I always learn something new from your videos. On a separate note; what basic gouache colors do you use? Which do you recommend because I want to get only the colors I will need. Thanks again!:)))

[@JaredCullum]

Chanandler Bong thanks for watching! Check out Marco Buccis channel- his 10 min to better painter series is info-packed. I like a minimal palette. Yellow ochre, ultramarine, cadmium or napthol red, and burnt umber or burnt sienna with white. M graham has a decent starter pack that could can get and add a couple colors too. I love their paint.

[@DuffyWybieBigReputation]

Jared Loves to Draw thanks very much! :))

[@BenedicteGele]

Well done! This was not easy but you managed wonderfully!

[@JaredCullum]

Benedicte Gele thank you! That was fun. I’m in a new city now and looking forward to sketching here.

[@BenedicteGele]

can't wait to see you sketching again, it inspires me a lot. And weirdly you boost me and help me to do painting sketches.

[@norhankhorshid9205]

I'm in love with ur strokes, stunning work man what's the name of the soundtrack in the back?

[@JaredCullum]

Nurhan Khurshid thank you! It was a free unlicensed soundtrack from you tube. I forget the name/ but I searched ambient piano music.

[@tericarter2886]

Hi Very informative video Where can I find the laws of light and shadow that you discuss ? I think I need to read it and think about it over again slowly to really take it in

[@JaredCullum]

Teri Carter thank you for watching. I have another video that goes into some of it “painting light in watercolor.” Also check out Marco Buccis channel- he has the best videos explaining it with video information. The best book, in my opinion, is James Gurney’s “Color and Light” - i regularly reread it and go back through it to glean more information. Good luck!

[@jorgelozanoprol]

Thanks Jared, this is one of the most amazing videos on watercolour painting on youtube. Ive watched it like a zillion times. Ive checked that you put a nice reply to everybody that writes a comment, thats very nice from your side. I was just wondering the materials youve used, it seems a escoda perla brush (no fancy hair in it, but well enough to deal with the white gouache mixed with the watercolours). Could i possibly know the brand of sketchbook you are using? It seems heavy paper but with no tooth in it. Thanks for helping the artist to be or to try to be community :-)

[@JaredCullum]

Hi Jorge! Thanks for watching and commenting :) You're right on the brush. That's my favorite of the travel brush series' they have. I also like the prado. It is not a remarkable sketchbook but not a cheap one either. It's a Bee Paper Super Deluxe. I have seen better results with the stillman birn (burn?) variety of heavy weight paper sketchbooks. The bee one holds really well. It's great for sketching because it isn't sized so it dries fast and holds color. You can get a decent idea down but not a finished painting like you can on some of the higher end varieties. I find I often sketch on location with it when I don't care about the result or sell ability. Just taking notes, so to speak. Usually when I'm taking it more seriously I bring Arches 140 cold press. Hope that helps! I'm here if you have any other questions any time.

[@jorgelozanoprol]

Jared Loves to Draw Thank you very much for the information.

[@ma569]

Amazing video! I loved it! What pallet is that? I’ve been looking for a small pallet for painting on the go :)

[@JaredCullum]

MarinAnimations _ it’s a handy little box from schmincke with 12 half pans. You can get the same box in a variety of different brands or even empty with empty half or full standard pans you can fill with whatever brand you want.

[@ma569]

Jared Loves to Draw Thank you!! :)

[@rodrigocasarez1810]

What kind of sketch pad were you working on.? I’m going to San Diego next week and that paper looks like it handles watercolor well

[@JaredCullum]

Rodrigo Casarez it’s a bee paper super deluxe pad. :) it does! Stillman birn makes a good sketchbook as well. There’s also arches pads and blocks but I don’t recommend them for fast sketches as they retain the water for more complicated techniques so it makes it tough to just get an idea down fast. Then aqua journal from pentalic is also nice and blick has them in larger sizes. The spiral on this is nice so you ca flip it over.

[@rodrigocasarez1810]

@@JaredCullum thanks for the feedback you rock man!!!

[@nekologie9520]

Lovely video and sketch of course. I found it funny how you struggled to paint that tiger's head and instead drew more of a dog's skull. For me it's the other way around. You should watch aaron blaise' video when he sketching from life in the zoo with Proko. He explains why dog and cat skulls are so different and what makes them different. It really helped me out realizing what is the difference. Anyway, keep creating and best wishes for your chanel! :)

[@JaredCullum]

Claudia Peschl I love that video! All of their videos are super helpful. Yea- I have sketches skulls of both but sometimes the drawing gets away from me and I have to figure out how to wrangle it back in haha

[@nekologie9520]

Jared Cullum Haha, relatable. I've benn to the Zoo last weekend trying to draw from life and out of 10 sketches I got one that made the animal recognizable. Still, you make me wanna paint more from and improve.

[@JaredCullum]

Claudia Peschl it’s like fishing, isn’t it haha of course I only use footage of what worked. I’ve had many an animal just walk off completely mod sketch or sometimes you just can’t find the angles. Haha

[@nekologie9520]

Jared Cullum Right 😄 🐠 just gotta have patience... So, thank you for the inspo and the advice!

[@lavernadecay3616]

I absolutely love this video. What paper did you use in this video? I'm trying to find a good watercolor paper and what you used seems to work extremely well.

[@JaredCullum]

H' Nuh hi! This is a bee paper super deluxe sketchbook. It does work really well for sketching. It’s thick enough for a decent sketch but wouldn’t attempt anything final with it. :) your best paper would probably be arches cold press or Saunders Waterford. But if you just want to sketch these sketchbooks are great. Heard good things about stillman birn zeta books also.

[@lavernadecay3616]

@@JaredCullum Wonderful! Thank you!

[@juanbarrera8542]

Is that gouache or watercolor?

[@JaredCullum]

Juan Barrera it’s watercolor - thanks for watching