Imagine your children in his scenario: You meet some younger strangers that become so close to you it is as if they were a part of you until they eventually are.
As weird as this technique looked originally, It actually makes a lot of sense, everything falls into place when you estimate the underlying form, Im going to have to try this out. :)
I’ve become acutely aware of the temporal aspect of our lives. It’s been making me more aware that I have only so many paintings in me on this earth, so many books to read, so many places to see and so many friends to love. It’s been making me feel like I don’t want to waste or lose any time!
james, watching you paint and hearing you talk is so good for my soul thank you for inspiring a young artist and thank you for being you ❤️ i live in germany but i still hope to meet you one day and thank you in person :)
Interesting concept. I imagine this. My idealism rising from the ashes of my hard lessons and disappointment. My heart unbreaking. Waking up as a creature of hope? But also becoming vulnerable, fearful, losing abilities, power, self-control, wisdom. And then suffering through my childhood horrors, losing the lens of survival and looking again through the eyes of the helpless? I don’t think I’d take that trade. As I age, my facilities and faculties diminish, but I have the wisdom to know that I’m not alone in this journey, that this is part of the human experience. Or at least I know this until my tired brain loses the script. Thanks for the mental exercise, James.
I like so much this philosophical bend that your painting has taken ... You are a really intelligent person, besides being an extremely skillful painter and great teacher ... My respect and high esteem 🙏🙏🙏 This video is a masterpiece, thank you
I originally found your videos through watercolor -- but recently acquired my first beginner's gouache set after watching some of your paintings! I am very interested in trying this technique. Thank you for sharing :)
I learned that in watercolour you have one chance to get it correct, one small wrong stroke with two heavy a pigment and it’s gone. There is some leeway but few to cover or lift something going awry. Not a whole lot of wiggle-room to make errors that aren’t later apparent, I found there was too much to master. Whereas with oils and gouache there are no errors that can’t be fixed or improved later, I went from a mediocre watercolourist to a great gouache & oil artist almost overnight (pleasantly surprised). I repaint and repaint and repaint and cover with layer upon layer upon layer. (Hint: don’t buy cheap canvases)
Your videos would be extraordinary if they were simply art instruction, but the added layers of philosophy and wisdom make them something else entirely
The concept reminds me of the book Times Arrow, in which a doppelganger conciousness emerges into a man's death and experiences his life backwards. As an extra twist: he's an assasin.
We may start our life completely dependent on another and close our life as we started. One of the most difficult aspects of life is our temporal existence. For this reason the seasons of life make a wonderful theme for artists. Mr. Gurney has deftly posed a possibility, overlapping those seasons. Very well done. A photographer, I experimented with double exposures of a subject and a generic skull and the results were disturbing and heavy handed. I feel synthetic media are more appropriate.
What fun it was to listen to your thoughts - I have similar lines of thoughts when I'm painting or daydreaming, so I relate! I really love your expansion of this idea of grave to cradle - discarding wisdom and embracing foolishness. Imagine that reverse loss for a moment... hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm. Losses become brilliant reunions. Since I was in my 30's I've had the experience of awaking and for a nanosecond I wonder what part of my life I'm in right now. I'm so glad that I was able to watch your video and I delight in your presence. Warmest regards Jennie
I use this technique in layers (tracing paper traditionally, or separate layer groups digitally) I mostly do this when working on Paleoart reconstructions or when studying animal anatomy. Sometimes I do a full skeletal-muscular- fleshed of mythical creatures I am making art of so that I can use imaginative realism more fully and understand comparative anatomy more over time. I enjoy art and studying nature so combining the two is fantastic! I have never done this with gouache however, interesting stuff. Cool concept, freaky stuff.
What an interesting concept. The smoke is coming out of my ears pondering this. All I can think of is, if only I had the knowledge gained with age and could apply it to my youthful decisions. I sure would have done things differently. BTW, a very interesting approach to a portrait here. Tim's Vermeer documentary was fascinating and I do see the comparison technique here.
There’s a terrifying novel that really challenges quite a lot of our thinking based on this premise, Time’s Arrow. I prefer it this way round! But as painters method it seems to work wonderfully. Nice thoughtful video, and great touché work.
I am always learning from and enjoying the great videos you share. Can’t help but make a comment on this one. Definitely the most bizarre and fascinating painting demo I have ever seen. Your narration was so thought provoking and sentimental. Thank you.
Amazing video! I love seeing the process behind the paintings. Sometimes I think the social media apps reduce the amount of work, love and thinking there is behind a piece of art. The little concept/story of starting the life by the death is really interesting! I’ll definitely think about that concept and develop a story. It could make an interesting comics. Thanks for sharing and hello from Portugal!
ohmygod your thought patterns regarding life is so expectational, I really enjoyed the whole painting session with your commentary. I just really really liked the idea of being born from skull to skeleton to skin and to a whole human body! I might use this in making a story. Thank you
Quite the plot twist! It's thanks to your enormous experience that you didn't lose yourself to details and contouring. I would think this is not a tool for a beginner. Even though you started from a flat image, you clearly were sculpting the head as if in clay.
Actually Mr. Georgeson has had success in schools with complete novice painters, but you’re right : it’s a tool that experienced painters might use differently.
This is the technique claimed by many, including David Hockney, that was used to create a lot of the Dutch masters and other works. It's a pretty divisive subject to be sure. As for the rebirth/aging topic. I love all that stuff. I'm always pondering on aspects of life and death and can't grasp why others are not ! :)
Great video! Your philosophy is as interesting as your visual artistry. I've been watching your videos for years. Of course, I come for the art and art technique, but I often am overcome with other aspects in your videos. Here that "other aspect" is your philosophy as related to the artwork. In many other cases it is your photography and the "aura" of the scenes when you paint on location--for instance, that painting trip to the Hudson Valley in winter that was on one of your videos some years ago. The art instruction and description was great, but it was also as interesting to me just because of your narrative and the lovely setting. It was like watching a very interesting movie and almost like being there watching over your shoulder. And that mirror was FASCINATING! I want one!
As usual your work is amazing Thank you for sharing. I love your narrative. And the timetravel through art. This reminded me of sculptors techniques with metal armature then a modeled skeleton over that, then muscle added, then skin. Layer over layer of anatomical knowledge.
Hi James... half way through the video I was going to comment and ask if you were using reference or working directly out of your head, fortunately I waited to see the device you were using. This is similar to the "Lucy" device I've seen advertised. I'm not sure if that can be scaled or not or whether it is identical to this device. I did like your approach here starting from the end of life traversing to the beginning.... interesting viewpoint. Thanks again for another great video, I always enjoy watching them.
That was a very surprising, interesting and fascinating method of building up a picture, also a very weird, yet fascinating thought and idea of a story of ageing backwards (very scary thought for me). I was so drawn into your process from skull to face and your always so impressive light and shadow methods. I mean, I am always drawn into every single of your videos, but this was so different from the idea behind it. Quiet unusual and I just can't get it out of my mind now. Thank you for sharing and for all the work you do.
Very cool! I think that there are apps that focus an image from a phone onto paper and one uses a bendable clamp attachment for the phone. I have never used it but have seen the advertisement. Your photo was very interesting as well as your comments. There really are some among us of faith that believe the promises of one that can not lie and look very much to a beautiful future, not the movie version though. Take care.
Came for a great tutorial, left with existential questioning about the meaning of life and time 10/10
Imagine your children in his scenario: You meet some younger strangers that become so close to you it is as if they were a part of you until they eventually are.
That’s what I love about James’ videos, there is always something you take away other than just a painting demonstration.
I was taking a break from writing a history in a loop
Then i get this.
Great vídeo by the way
Same, this was awesome!
@@nerfherder4284😂😂😂😂😂😂❤❤
Wish I could-my husband died last week and I would give anything to go back to when we were young and healthy.
I am sorry for your loss 🙏❤️
I’m so sorry for your loss. . The love you have for your husband will never die. ❤️
Thank you.
My heart to you today. May the memory of those times strengthen and lift you in your sorrow.
@@nancypalmer6729 Thank you.
James, you're nothing if not generous with your demonstrations. Thank you for sharing💕
As weird as this technique looked originally, It actually makes a lot of sense, everything falls into place when you estimate the underlying form, Im going to have to try this out. :)
You would say that being a skull yourself.
You pro-skull people make me sick hahaa!
@@MillywiggZ lol
Come on over and take a look.
I’ve become acutely aware of the temporal aspect of our lives. It’s been making me more aware that I have only so many paintings in me on this earth, so many books to read, so many places to see and so many friends to love. It’s been making me feel like I don’t want to waste or lose any time!
Or waste time in poor company! ❤️
@@_inflection3209 very true
I love your statement that Gouache rewards efficient handling.
james, watching you paint and hearing you talk is so good for my soul
thank you for inspiring a young artist and thank you for being you ❤️
i live in germany but i still hope to meet you one day and thank you in person :)
Interesting concept. I imagine this. My idealism rising from the ashes of my hard lessons and disappointment. My heart unbreaking. Waking up as a creature of hope? But also becoming vulnerable, fearful, losing abilities, power, self-control, wisdom. And then suffering through my childhood horrors, losing the lens of survival and looking again through the eyes of the helpless? I don’t think I’d take that trade. As I age, my facilities and faculties diminish, but I have the wisdom to know that I’m not alone in this journey, that this is part of the human experience. Or at least I know this until my tired brain loses the script. Thanks for the mental exercise, James.
James, I absolutely spit up my oatmeal in laughter at the beginning of this video 😂.
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The commentary is exceptional.. made me look at life from a different angle.. kudos!
When I was little my parents got me Dinotopia, Now I'm in my 10th year, 29 working as a professional artist and still learning from the master.
This is one hell of a tutorial. Brilliant. 👍❤️👍
Wow! Shes beautiful. For painting so loosely, she looks exact. Beautifully done.
This was both a delightfully weird narrative and an instructive video.
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This video is a work of art. Just beautiful.
I like so much this philosophical bend that your painting has taken ... You are a really intelligent person, besides being an extremely skillful painter and great teacher ... My respect and high esteem 🙏🙏🙏 This video is a masterpiece, thank you
I originally found your videos through watercolor -- but recently acquired my first beginner's gouache set after watching some of your paintings! I am very interested in trying this technique. Thank you for sharing :)
Liked the imaginative narrative, and the technique was interesting.
James meditating on death as he ages. Your essence will ripple through time long after you're gone, James, you're a modern master and an amazing man.
James Gurney is always giving us the good stuff.
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right on the day when I have so many existential doubts, and so much melancholy😔❤️you are my favorite person on all of UA-cam
very nice concept! very helpful and inspiring artist's comments. thank you Mr. Gurney
I learned that in watercolour you have one chance to get it correct, one small wrong stroke with two heavy a pigment and it’s gone. There is some leeway but few to cover or lift something going awry. Not a whole lot of wiggle-room to make errors that aren’t later apparent, I found there was too much to master. Whereas with oils and gouache there are no errors that can’t be fixed or improved later, I went from a mediocre watercolourist to a great gouache & oil artist almost overnight (pleasantly surprised). I repaint and repaint and repaint and cover with layer upon layer upon layer. (Hint: don’t buy cheap canvases)
Amazingly beautiful painting💫💫💫 Thanks a lot for the video🙏💞💞💞
Incredibly interesting. I love your narrative and ideas. Glad I found this
Your videos would be extraordinary if they were simply art instruction, but the added layers of philosophy and wisdom make them something else entirely
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Very profound words from a modern master. Thank you for another art and life lesson Mr. Gurney.
Always giving us the good stuff.
James all the unusual aspects of your video made it a very compelling one to watch
That's so awesome. Such a great concept
Excellent demonstration and great food for thought. Thanks you!
The concept reminds me of the book Times Arrow, in which a doppelganger conciousness emerges into a man's death and experiences his life backwards. As an extra twist: he's an assasin.
Your poetry in this cometary made me cry.
We may start our life completely dependent on another and close our life as we started. One of the most difficult aspects of life is our temporal existence. For this reason the seasons of life make a wonderful theme for artists. Mr. Gurney has deftly posed a possibility, overlapping those seasons. Very well done. A photographer, I experimented with double exposures of a subject and a generic skull and the results were disturbing and heavy handed. I feel synthetic media are more appropriate.
Well James, you old philosopher, another sweet half hour with you and your brilliance. Thank you. I’ll sleep well tonight.
Thanks for this James, this is a great lesson
What fun it was to listen to your thoughts - I have similar lines of thoughts when I'm painting or daydreaming, so I relate! I really love your expansion of this idea of grave to cradle - discarding wisdom and embracing foolishness. Imagine that reverse loss for a moment... hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm. Losses become brilliant reunions.
Since I was in my 30's I've had the experience of awaking and for a nanosecond I wonder what part of my life I'm in right now.
I'm so glad that I was able to watch your video and I delight in your presence.
Warmest regards
Jennie
the reference photo is so wonderful !!!! loved watching this !!
Wonderful B&W photo. Miss shooting B&W film. Interesting technique for sure! Thank you👍
I actually really enjoy listening to this in the background while doing work or some other activity. :D
Thank you so much for this wonderful video.
Beautiful work, Mr. Gurney. I was thrilled to see the face appear as you began to place the nose shape over the skull. Incredible detail !
I love your philosophical approach to your art . It’s beautiful and you’re a wonderful teacher. Thank you for sharing!
Funny how I end up here and get to find exactly what I needed with out even knowing I needed it.
James Gurney... the philosophical artist. I love it.
Weird and wonderful. I like the metaphysical approach. ❤️
I use this technique in layers (tracing paper traditionally, or separate layer groups digitally) I mostly do this when working on Paleoart reconstructions or when studying animal anatomy. Sometimes I do a full skeletal-muscular- fleshed of mythical creatures I am making art of so that I can use imaginative realism more fully and understand comparative anatomy more over time.
I enjoy art and studying nature so combining the two is fantastic!
I have never done this with gouache however, interesting stuff.
Cool concept, freaky stuff.
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🔸Disfruto enormemente sus videos - tutoriales. Mi ideal es pintar como usted! Gracias James 👏🏻♥️👏🏻
Interesting painting and thoughts about it and life too. Thanks.
James that snow out your window looks amazing! Are we going to get a snowscape painting any time soon?
Always very interesting and informative! Thanks.
You make it look so easy!
What an interesting concept. The smoke is coming out of my ears pondering this. All I can think of is, if only I had the knowledge gained with age and could apply it to my youthful decisions. I sure would have done things differently. BTW, a very interesting approach to a portrait here. Tim's Vermeer documentary was fascinating and I do see the comparison technique here.
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There’s a terrifying novel that really challenges quite a lot of our thinking based on this premise, Time’s Arrow. I prefer it this way round! But as painters method it seems to work wonderfully. Nice thoughtful video, and great touché work.
@@lindyashford7744 Well, if I get up enough nerve I'll have to check it out, LOL. Thanks!
Una vez mas James Gurney eres un genio.💗👍👍👍👍
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Excellent technique - along with an excellent narrative and intent (story).
I am always learning from and enjoying the great videos you share. Can’t help but make a comment on this one. Definitely the most bizarre and fascinating painting demo I have ever seen. Your narration was so thought provoking and sentimental. Thank you.
This inspired me to pic my gouache and paint so bad❤️❤️ great art
Amazing video! I love seeing the process behind the paintings. Sometimes I think the social media apps reduce the amount of work, love and thinking there is behind a piece of art. The little concept/story of starting the life by the death is really interesting! I’ll definitely think about that concept and develop a story. It could make an interesting comics. Thanks for sharing and hello from Portugal!
Would love another video similar to this but also focusing on your mixing palette 🎨 one area of painting that still illudes me...
This was super fun to watch! I liked the pace and length
ohmygod your thought patterns regarding life is so expectational, I really enjoyed the whole painting session with your commentary. I just really really liked the idea of being born from skull to skeleton to skin and to a whole human body! I might use this in making a story. Thank you
Thanks a ton, James. Great video. Happy Holidays!💕
Love you and your works... I wish you were my grandpa.
I love the way you edit it's so unique and all your art is so wonderful it's a blessing to my eyes 😭❤️
Well, that wasn't only a great painting lesson! ❤️ 👌
brilliant as always..!
Beautiful😍❤️✌️so nice
Quite the plot twist! It's thanks to your enormous experience that you didn't lose yourself to details and contouring. I would think this is not a tool for a beginner. Even though you started from a flat image, you clearly were sculpting the head as if in clay.
Actually Mr. Georgeson has had success in schools with complete novice painters, but you’re right : it’s a tool that experienced painters might use differently.
I think this may be my favorite video you’ve done. Very interesting.
This is the technique claimed by many, including David Hockney, that was used to create a lot of the Dutch masters and other works. It's a pretty divisive subject to be sure.
As for the rebirth/aging topic. I love all that stuff. I'm always pondering on aspects of life and death and can't grasp why others are not ! :)
loved the tutorial. your skills are wonderful and thank you for sharing. had to turn down the volume bc I'm not interested in existential wanderings.
magnificent and philosophical and so much more...
wow great work and very enjoyable episode
Ahh Benjamin Button! This was really interesting to watch and to ponder! Thanks!
Amazing painting
Amazing!
Thanks 💟
You're a wise old owl! Like the philosophical element to this video, often go hand in hand with physical activity and perception.
Amazing as always bro thanks for sharing
Awesome👏👍💐
Fascinating stuff, going from underlying skull and living life backwards! I shall definitely try this one!
Great video!
Your philosophy is as interesting as your visual artistry. I've been watching your videos for years. Of course, I come for the art and art technique, but I often am overcome with other aspects in your videos. Here that "other aspect" is your philosophy as related to the artwork. In many other cases it is your photography and the "aura" of the scenes when you paint on location--for instance, that painting trip to the Hudson Valley in winter that was on one of your videos some years ago. The art instruction and description was great, but it was also as interesting to me just because of your narrative and the lovely setting. It was like watching a very interesting movie and almost like being there watching over your shoulder.
And that mirror was FASCINATING! I want one!
I am thoroughly spooked.
editing is so nice
came for the art, stayed for the philosophical storytelling.
As usual your work is amazing Thank you for sharing.
I love your narrative. And the timetravel through art.
This reminded me of sculptors techniques with metal armature then a modeled skeleton over that, then muscle added, then skin. Layer over layer of anatomical knowledge.
Well it impressed me. Well done as usual. Thanks for sharing 👍.
Great video! Love the philosophy applied…resonated in a big way for me. Thank you for sharing.
I quite liked the skull with the hat.
Would you consider oil painting tutorial?
Hi James... half way through the video I was going to comment and ask if you were using reference or working directly out of your head, fortunately I waited to see the device you were using. This is similar to the "Lucy" device I've seen advertised. I'm not sure if that can be scaled or not or whether it is identical to this device. I did like your approach here starting from the end of life traversing to the beginning.... interesting viewpoint. Thanks again for another great video, I always enjoy watching them.
Amazing work
Hahaha. These pencils again :)))) Thank you for the great tutorial James!!!
Thank for the video !!!
Very interesting James.
3:25 wow i feel relieved because i naturally starting painting the skull for my figures instead of lines.
Glad to see im not weird after all😄
Nice work.
Fascinating ideas.
Interesting thoughts. Thanks for the video. I need to practice skulls and anatomy.
That was a very surprising, interesting and fascinating method of building up a picture, also a very weird, yet fascinating thought and idea of a story of ageing backwards (very scary thought for me). I was so drawn into your process from skull to face and your always so impressive light and shadow methods. I mean, I am always drawn into every single of your videos, but this was so different from the idea behind it. Quiet unusual and I just can't get it out of my mind now. Thank you for sharing and for all the work you do.
Wow! That’s nice tutorial sir and I love the result. ☺️❤️
Keep safe.🙏🏻
Very cool! I think that there are apps that focus an image from a phone onto paper and one uses a bendable clamp attachment for the phone. I have never used it but have seen the advertisement. Your photo was very interesting as well as your comments. There really are some among us of faith that believe the promises of one that can not lie and look very much to a beautiful future, not the movie version though. Take care.
That's great. Keep our meeting! 👍
Watch the video to the end.