Palette Knife-Versatile Painting Tool

[@Arbind-jt2tn]

Absolutely love the efforts you put in to produce these quality academic videos. Thank you so much sir you're a good teacher.

[@JamesGurney]

Thanks, Arbind. It's fun to share these tips, and I'm grateful for the response.

[@elevenade]

Agreed! Always wondered how you've been doing those amazingly smooth gradations in the sky. Got the Gumroad. Thank you!

[@vermis8344]

Painting tutorials are always better with dinosaurs; and painting tutorials with James Gurney dinosaurs are among the best of all...

[@dream.fiiend]

Man, you have no idea how long I've been looking for a video on this! Thank you so much!

[@kylehmu]

James, you are such a patient kind guy. Thank you for sharing your knowledge with the world c:

[@skullfullofbooks7398]

I had to keep watching after seeing your dinosaur paintings. Wow, just fantastic!

[@TheRealRealHousewife]

I found you through suggested videos. First your videos are very informative. I have a fairly new you tube channel so I’m definitely doing my research. Thanks for all your help. Please keep it up! Just subbed!

[@ArtbyMarciaFurman]

You are so inspiring!

[@angrytreespainting]

New sub because this channel is great!

[@TediI47]

oh shit i need a palette knife to dab on my jabronies

[@davincitemple4948]

Hey Sir. Do you print the photoreferance yourselve or do you print it at a photo printer company?

[@JamesGurney]

I usually don't print my photo reference at all, and look at it on a computer screen. I also have a scrap file of magazine clippings.

[@davincitemple4948]

@@JamesGurney Thanks Sir. Your work is really inspiring.

[@RobertF-]

A veritable treasure trove of information. Outstanding work sir.

[@pastpalm]

9:50 I GASPED! SO GOOD

[@jalopy2222]

I bought the Unconventional Oil Techniques video and it's awesome! I'm learning a lot. Highly recommend everyone. It's packed with great info.

[@amiroarrr]

Painting ASMR on point. Thank you Sir Gurney!

[@cmanheman09]

I love watching your videos James, it always enlightens and opens my eyes to items of every day use, that you could use for enhancing your painting. Thank you for your helpful insight! You are a scholar and a gentleman!

[@zaitakar1762]

Sır James your teknik very usefull thank you

[@EddyfyingArt]

Thank you so much for your videos, a wealth of information here. Would these techniques work with heavy body acrylics as well? I may try this over acrylic washes.

[@katherinebronk1984]

Thank you for this great instructional video. I am a beginner in acrylics and having the worst time trying to get skies to look realistic. I can't wait to try this method with my palette knife!

[@fernandovaldes1589]

This is such a high quality video. Something you’d see on a tv channel I’m very impressed

[@DabblebagTheArtofAnnaBarnhart]

Thank you! I love working with palette knifes and this is one of the best technique videos I've seen!

[@apexkilla]

Why do so many artists not clean their pallet knives and allow so many different paint colors to dry on the knives??

[@communistjesus]

+James Gurney :48 U call that a "knife"????...!!!That is not a knife!!!....This is a 🔪....

[@chocolateknife7]

what a good way to release some of the pain :^)

[@mariannekuhn1439]

Thank you for this video!!! My difficulty with the palette knife is the touch and angle of the knife to get certain effects. I need more experimentations as you suggest.

[@CyrilAcquah]

Very nice, teaching method, easy to follow, sense stress and modulation makes it dynamic👍👌

[@ushadilip3039]

Thank you James gurney for sharing wonderful pallet knife techniques.

[@AliRadicali]

I don't think it very likely that most large theropods were fluffy. Towards the poles or in high mountainous regions a penguin coat would have been a beneficial adaptation for Tyrannosaurs and such, but in a (sub)-tropical climate, on an animal that size, it would increase the risk of overheating more than it would provide benefits in heat retention. The greater the volume/surface ratio, the better an an organism is at retaining heat, so the less need there is to provide further insulation, unless there's an ice age on. Consider modern-day elephants and rhinos, both bulky, large-bodied mammals that have lost most of their fur because it would be a detriment to them on the scorching Serengeti. Insofar as these large theropods may have had feathers, I would expect them to be ornamental crests on the head and neck or wing-like display features on the arms to attract mates and/or threaten rivals.

[@JamesGurney]

True, but keep in mind that feathers can protect the skin even in large bodied dinosaurs hot, sunny climates (think ostriches).

[@AliRadicali]

​@@JamesGurney I think ostriches and cassowaries are more analogous to Dromaeosaurids and Ornithomimids in terms of body plan and overall size. The smaller basal tyrannosaurids likely started off with more fluff and lost it as the species gradually grew in size and bulk. It's interesting the speculate what sort of adaptations may have evolved to deal with extreme climates, I would guess that a hot and dry climate with little tree covering would favour smaller, gracile predators and thus perhaps dwarfism. Then again, with less foliage there might not be enough large herbivores to sustain larger predators.

[@littlemelodyland3546]

Halo I'm newbie to painting especially using palette knife which is super interesting, and these are really some great guides, thanks! 😃😍👍👏

[@AliRadicali]

I will be forever grateful to Bob Ross for showing me how easy it is to make all sorts of patterns and textures with a few quick strokes of a palette knife that would be almost impossible to recreate using just brushes. My favourite trick is scraping a small roll of thick paint to create a rough, broken pattern for EG snow on a rocky slope, bark on a tree or cliffs in the distance. Also, using the edge of the knife to scrape out lines in a fresh layer of paint can be incredibly effective to suggest grass, twigs, hair, etc. In my experience it's easier to draw a clean, narrow long line (like a cat's whisker) by removing paint in this way than it is by adding paint with the side of the knife.

[@phenomenal14U]

I always thought color paintings are hard but you prove that it is not So much hard if you like it

[@bigworm3446]

Wow! You really did bring them dinosaurs back to life👌

[@jennymay4720]

Brilliant instruction and v interesting. Thank you James. Love you videos!

[@jeffhreid]

Fantastic video. Wonderful technique.

[@isaaccherry2671]

I just found this channel. I love his teaching style.

[@jonathantaylor9881]

Wonderful Video James:)

[@augustwest01]

ASMR painting tutorial :)

[@charlesking6476]

Thank u - very helpful

[@CovarrubiasRocio]

Great! Thanks for sharing!

[@vermis8344]

Seriously impressed by the versatility and control of painting knives, that I hadn't anticipated. I have a few questions that are perhaps best answered by watching the full video or trying things for myself; but one other comes up - can I ask why you switched caps on the bottle of cobalt drier?

[@JamesGurney]

The child proof safety cap didn't work anymore, and I discovered that I could just replace it with a cap from a seltzer bottle.

[@noyi9495]

You are amazing！！！！ ❤️❤️❤️

[@sujanithtottempudi2991]

Excellent......Thank you

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Hi James Gurney 👋👋👋

[@carolinafernandezoro733]

Awesome!!!!!!!

[@cristianblanaru9341]

You are the best !!

[@tobiasmuller8601]

Great video!!

[@adildraws]

Helpful.

[@pedrokaco]

Cool stuff:)

[@VeeraBun]

Cool dinos 🤗

[@FaunoDufaux]

Two questions: 1. How much paint are you supposed to put out for mixing? 2. How can you realistically paint the whole water surface with such little mixed paint?

[@JamesGurney]

I use synthetic flats, which can distribute the paint thinly, so I didn't need to mix up too much for the water.

[@FaunoDufaux]

@@JamesGurney Thank you so much.

[@M.r..R.i.c.e.]

Second

[@poneyfeathersart1442]

Love the use of banners in the video editing! Always something new. Im thinking this tool could be used with acryllics too. Thanks James! Good tips as always. 😁

[@JamesGurney]

It's a home-made effect, using adding machine paper over green screen.

[@kimmduncan]

This is an excellent video on the use of the palette knife. Many of the uses were new to me, since I typically only uses brushes. I have learned so much from you over the years through your books, blog, and videos.. Thank you for sharing your knowledge and skills with us.