I Paint a Frog and Wonder What He Sees

James Gurney paints a green frog from life as it rests on a lily pad for over an hour. Gurney uses watercolor and gouache over a casein underpainting.
He considers the question of the frog’s umwelt or its particular viewpoint of its environment and poses the philosophical question of whether we can ever know the subjective experience of any animal, given that each one lives in a very different perceptual environment.

WATERCOLOR PIGMENTS
Scarlet Pyrrol (tube watercolor): https://amzn.to/2WBHi68
Yellow Ochre: https://amzn.to/2XYzvSB
Cadmium Yellow Light: https://amzn.to/2CuUtig
Permanent Green Light: https://amzn.to/2UN9nr0
Cobalt Teal: https://amzn.to/2OJbqI8
Sepia https://amzn.to/2X7Ulgs
Titanium white (gouache): https://amzn.to/2XSOld4
M. Graham gouache primary set: https://amzn.to/2Zwd6rt
Richeson casein set: https://amzn.to/2L02U6R

OTHER SUPPLIES
Pentalic watercolor sketchbook: https://amzn.to/2L989y2
Richeson travel brush set: https://amzn.to/2xwq1Rr
Water cup: https://amzn.to/2soTw2L
Homemade easel: https://sellfy.com/p/LnZ8/
Tripod: https://amzn.to/2xrRaFc
Water-soluble colored pencils set: https://amzn.to/2DKmT5o

VIDEO TUTORIALS:
"Gouache in the Wild" (Download on Gumroad): https://gumroad.com/l/gouache
"Gouache in the Wild" on (DVD): http://kunaki.com/Sales.asp?PID=PX004NVKHN
“Casein Painting in the Wild” (Download on Gumroad): https://gumroad.com/l/casein
“How to Make a Sketch Easel” (DVD): http://kunaki.com/Sales.asp?PID=PX00Z4M3XY
“Watercolor in the Wild” (Download) https://gumroad.com/l/watercolor
Casein in the Wild: https://gumroad.com/l/casein

BLOG POSTS WITH MORE GEAR INFO:
Gouache Materials List: http://gurneyjourney.blogspot.com/2016/07/gouache-materials-list.html
Watercolor Materials: http://gurneyjourney.blogspot.com/2014/08/watercolor-in-wild-materials.html

MORE:
Jakob von Uexküll and Umwelt: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Umwelt
Green frog (Lithobates clamitans)
Henry Beston, "The Outermost House" https://amzn.to/3homiYb

SIGNED BOOKS BY JAMES GURNEY:
Color and Light: A Guide for Realist Painters: https://amzn.to/2JhWtfc
Imaginative Realism: How to Paint What Doesn’t Exist: https://amzn.to/2LbVHhc
Dinotopia: A Land Apart from Time: https://amzn.to/2xyamRM

OTHER OFFICIAL SITES
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jamesgurneyart/
Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/GurneyJourney/
GurneyJourney Blog: http://gurneyjourney.blogspot.com/
JamesGurney Website: http://jamesgurney.com/site/shop
Facebook group "Sketch Easel Builders": https://www.facebook.com/groups/403006076777641/?source_id=121255121263267

“LIVING SKETCHBOOK” APP
Experience one of James Gurney's sketchbooks on your smartphone or tablet.
For iOS at iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/living-sketchbook-vol-1-boyhood-home/id1209783393?ls=1&mt=8
For Android at Google Play: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.livingsketchbook1

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