This is the 4000th post on this blog. What started as a simple journal of a book tour in 2007 has grown into a daily habit of learning that I enjoy sharing with all of you. For those of you who are relatively new to the blog, or who want to go back to visit some highlights, here are some of the most popular posts and series.
Lively discussions about the life of the artist
Thoughts on Doing Live Demos (21 comments)
Pet Peeves about Art Videos (81 comments)
Using Photo Reference (33 comments)
Fine Art and Illustration (17 comments)
The Muse and The Marriage (31 comments)
Your experiences with curious spectators (110 stories)
Top ten ways to deal with curious spectators (24 comments)
Gorilla Portraits (46 comments and #1 on Reddit)
Unexpected Visitors (The day I sketched Jehovah's Witnesses—44 comments)
Mythbusting the Golden Mean
Part 1: Debunking claims about The Parthenon
Part 2: The golden mean and LeonardoPart 3: How the golden mean caught on with artists
Part 4: The golden mean and the human body
Part 5: Last question about the golden rectangle
Media and Materials
Watercolor Materials
Gouache Materials List
Your Casein Questions
| Painting in Wyoming with separate camera tripod |
Part 1: Camera Guide
Part 2: Microphones and Recorders
Water Reflections Series
Water Reflections, Part 1
Water Reflections, Part 2
Water Reflections, Part 3
Color and Light
Part 1: Wrapping the SpectrumColor and Light
Part 2: Primaries and Secondaries
Part 3: Complements, Afterimages, and Chroma
Part 4: Problems with the Traditional Wheel
Part 5: The Munsell System
Part 6: Cyan, Magenta, and Yellow
Part 7: The "Yurmby Wheel"
Gamut Masking Method Series
Gamut Masking, Part 1
Gamut Masking, Part 2
Gamut Masking Method Series
Gamut Masking, Part 1
Gamut Masking, Part 2
Gamut Masking, Part 3
"Origins of Dinotopia" Series
Part 2: College Obsessions
Part 3: Lost Empires
Part 4: Dinosaurs
Part 5: Treetown
Part 6: The Illustrated Book
Part 7: Utopias
Part 8: Building a World
Part 9: Words and Pictures
Part 10: Canyon Worlds
Part 11: Putting it Together
Part 12: Book Launch
Fire and Ice Series
Part 1: Fire and Ice: Rekindled
Part 2: Fire and Ice: Frazetta
Part 3: Fire and Ice -- Tom Kinkade
Part 4: Fire and Ice -- Ralph Bakshi
Part 5: Fire and Ice -- Living inside paintings
Eyetracking and Composition
Eyetracking and Composition, part 1
Eyetracking and Composition, part 2
Eyetracking and Composition part 3
Part 1: Fire and Ice: Rekindled
Part 2: Fire and Ice: Frazetta
Part 3: Fire and Ice -- Tom Kinkade
Part 4: Fire and Ice -- Ralph Bakshi
Part 5: Fire and Ice -- Living inside paintings
Eyetracking and Composition
Eyetracking and Composition, part 1
Eyetracking and Composition, part 2
Eyetracking and Composition part 3
Studio Lighting Series
Studio Lighting, Part 1: Equipment
Studio Lighting, Part 2: Key and Fill
Studio Lighting, Part 3: Edge Lighting
Studio Lighting, Part 1: Equipment
Studio Lighting, Part 2: Key and Fill
Studio Lighting, Part 3: Edge Lighting
GurneyJourney is a daily blog that covers a variety of art-related topics: color, light, sketching, visual perception, portrait painting—and the making of my fantasy book series Dinotopia. There are also over 300 posts on Academic painting in the 19th century and more than 200 posts about the Golden Age of illustration.
The art instruction books grew directly from the blog posts, and from the comments that follow after them. To learn about a specific topic or artist, try the search box in the upper left.
If you have a specific question or something you'd like to add to the discussion, the best place to do that is in a comment string after a related post. I do read comments on older posts, and if I don't get around to answering your question, most likely one of other blog followers will.
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