Painting This Botanical Study Nearly Broke My Brain

I show how I paint a hosta plant at the New York Botanical Garden.
Topic covered: 1. Setting up the sketch easel, 2. Preliminary drawing in pencil. 3. Watercolor and gouache rendering, 3. Big brushes and bold moves at the end.

WATERCOLOR and GOUACHE
Quinacridone Red : https://tinyurl.com/2p8acp2x
Burnt Sienna https://amzn.to/2TEoC4D
Raw umber (gouache): https://amzn.to/2pgvHMg
Yellow Ochre https://amzn.to/3eSC5AE
Titanium white: https://amzn.to/2XSOld4
Cadmium yellow light: https://amzn.to/2CuUtig
Permanent Green Pale https://amzn.to/2UN9nr0
Viridian https://amzn.to/2SD3Xfw
Cerulean blue: https://amzn.to/2IBRtAc
Ultramarine blue: https://amzn.to/2Sm4FyB
Dioxazine Violet https://amzn.to/2z9WdLQ

OTHER TOOLS
Blackwing pencil: https://tinyurl.com/2p8u9s5e
Fountain pen: https://amzn.to/2J7eWum
Koval PRO Sketchbook 25x17cm: https://tinyurl.com/2p8btscn

VIDEO TUTORIALS
"Watercolor in the Wild": https://gurneyjourney.gumroad.com/l/W...
"Gouache in the Wild": https://gurneyjourney.gumroad.com/l/g...
“How to Make a Sketch Easel”: https://jamesgurney.com/products/how-...
"Flower Painting”: https://jamesgurney.com/products/flow...

ART MATERIALS
Pentalic watercolor sketchbook: https://amzn.to/2L989y2
Water cup: https://amzn.to/2soTw2L
Rigger brush (synthetic #3) https://amzn.to/3AJoW4i
Richeson travel brush set: https://amzn.to/2xwq1Rr

BOOKS BY JAMES GURNEY:
Color and Light: https://jamesgurney.com/products/colo...
Imaginative Realism: https://jamesgurney.com/products/imag...
Dinotopia: A Land Apart from Time: https://jamesgurney.com/products/dino...

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

MUSIC
The brief piece at the beginning with the time lapse is Baila Mi Cumbia by Jimmy Fontanez --    • Baila Mi Cumbia – Jimmy Fontanez, Media Ri...  
The longer piece at the end is "Magic Forest" by Kevin MacLeod --    • Magic Forest - Kevin MacLeod  

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