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Lionfish Contest Results 26 Aug 2013 | 10:50 pm
I recently announced a contest: "How would an Art Nouveau designer (such as Alphonse Mucha or Henri Privat-Livemont) design a label for an imaginary product called "Lionfish Shampoo?" You came throug...
How I did a webcast on Concert Window Open 25 Aug 2013 | 11:23 pm
Last night I did a live streaming webcast via Concert Window Open. In this blog post I'll share how I approached the opportunity. I'll offer suggestions for how you can do your own CWO webcast from th...
Logo Animation from Mud and Cardboard 24 Aug 2013 | 04:24 pm
If you ever need to animate your logo for video, you have two choices: spend thousands of dollars on a high-tech digital motion graphics that will look fake and dated in five years, or make it yoursel...
Painting a Donkey and a Horse from Life 24 Aug 2013 | 12:48 am
YouTube week continues as I bring you along to the farm to paint a donkey and a horse. (Direct link to YouTube). Good news on the "How I Paint Dinosaurs" video. At the suggestion of some internationa...
Sketching Birds and Dinosaurs 23 Aug 2013 | 01:25 am
At the county fair I had some wonderful encounters with avian dinosaurs. (Link to YouTube Video) Here's the drawing that you saw me make in the video. By the standards of most animal drawing, I was p...
Painting Kirkside Park 21 Aug 2013 | 08:59 pm
Here's a quick video showing you a casein painting of a couple of old willows in a park. (Direct link to video) I'm using a fuller palette here than usual: titanium white, ivory black, cobalt blue, c...
Release of "How I Paint Dinosaurs" 20 Aug 2013 | 12:59 pm
Today I'm proud to announce the release of my first art instruction video. Here's a trailer to tell you about it. (Direct link to YouTube trailer) How This Video Came to Be Over the last few years, ...
Deluge ends painting day 19 Aug 2013 | 04:50 pm
Water media and a rainstorm don't mix, as I learned on a recent painting excursion. (Direct link to video) Here's the painting, which is a mixture of casein and watercolor. The fun of this subject f...
YouTube week starts tomorrow 18 Aug 2013 | 05:09 pm
I am excited to announce that "YouTube Week" begins tomorrow here at GurneyJourney. A new video will be released each day, starting Monday morning with a short film about how an unexpected downpour ....
Plein Air Tip: Go Vertical 17 Aug 2013 | 06:13 pm
Here's a helpful tip when you're painting outdoors. Try to arrange the angle of the painting surface to be: 1. Vertical (or perpendicular to your line of sight) 2. Adjacent to the view you want to ....
