Colored Pastel on Gouache For Glowing Light Effects

I demonstrate two urban sketches in watercolor and gouache, and then add a bright light effect with pastel once the paint is fully dry. This technique is a simple way to achieve the feeling of objects against a bright sky. Also I answer a few of your questions and discuss whether it ‘breaks the rules’ to combine gouache, watercolor, pastels, and other mixed media, and how to use photography for inspiration for urban sketching.

RELATED BLOG POSTS
Should Watercolors Be Purely Transparent?: https://gurneyjourney.blogspot.com/2018/09/should-watercolor-be-purely-transparent.html
Contre Jour Lighting: https://gurneyjourney.blogspot.com/2007/10/contre-jour-lighting.html
Light Spill: https://gurneyjourney.blogspot.com/2012/06/light-spill.html
Video on painting in Newburgh (in transparent watercolor): https://youtu.be/3k-88T1Ylgc

COLORED PASTELS
Carb Othello 60-pencil set (by Stabilo): https://amzn.to/33LrBL7
NuPastel Color Sticks (by Prismacolor): https://amzn.to/33MOe1D

WATERCOLOR AND GOUACHE TUBE COLORS
Terra rosa (watercolor): https://amzn.to/2qRjCNN
Yellow ochre (watercolor): https://amzn.to/2XYzvSB
Transparent red oxide (watercolor): https://amzn.to/2Y6NhxD
Titanium white (gouache): https://amzn.to/2XSOld4
Cadmium yellow light (gouache): https://amzn.to/2qIw7LQ
Ultramarine blue (gouache): https://amzn.to/2X9GZ1k
Raw umber (gouache): https://amzn.to/2pgvHMg
Pyrrol red (gouache): https://amzn.to/2XdPcS7

PAINT SETS
Richeson casein set: https://amzn.to/2CEhZ92
M. Graham gouache primary set: https://amzn.to/2Zwd6rt
Winsor & Newton gouache primary set: https://amzn.to/2JiDMbo
Holbein gouache set: https://amzn.to/2KW4s1j
Royal Talens gouache set (8 colors): https://amzn.to/2MGftGf
Shinhan Pass watercolor/gouache hybrid set: https://amzn.to/2xw7EvV
Caran d'Ache pan gouache set: https://amzn.to/2PfQTxX
Holbein Acryla Gouache (matte acrylic): https://amzn.to/2L0g3MT
M. Graham watercolor landscape set: https://amzn.to/2JpBAyy

OTHER MATERIALS
Pentalic watercolor sketchbook: https://amzn.to/2L989y2
Richeson travel brush set: https://amzn.to/2xwq1Rr
Richeson “Grey Matters” brush set: https://amzn.to/2YeNO0P
Connoisseur "cat's tongue" brush: https://amzn.to/2UaBJJj
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
Water-soluble colored pencil: https://amzn.to/2J4QTJJ

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

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

CAMERAS and AUDIO:
Canon M6 (time lapse, video, and stills): https://amzn.to/2J4RTgX
Canon PowerShot Elph (point-and-shoot): https://amzn.to/2Ji1Vid
Zoom H2N digital audio recorder: https://amzn.to/2XXAOfP
Rode Video Mic GO (microphone): https://amzn.to/2UQGTc9

Music by Kevin MacLeod: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/search/

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