Pen Over Watercolor | A Strategy for Sketching for Complex Subjects

Artist James Gurney combines watercolor and pen for a super-detailed sketch of a friend’s woodpile. He draws the lines last with a fountain pen. WATERCOLOR AND GOUACHE PAINTS Cadmium yellow light: Titanium white: Burnt sienna: Ultramarine blue: Naphthol red: Liquitex Acrylic White: Fountain Pen: Waterman Phileas: Platinum brown fountain pen ink: Pentalic watercolor sketchbook: Richeson travel brush set: 1⁄2 inch watercolor synthetic: Water cup: easel: Brush Set VIDEO TUTORIALS: Gouache in the Wild (Download on Gumroad): Casein Painting in the Wild (Download on Gumroad): Watercolor in the Wild Animal Painting: Flower Painting in the Wild: Portraits in the Wild BLOG POSTS WITH MORE GEAR INFO: Gouache Materials List: Watercolor Materials: BOOKS BY JAMES GURNEY: Dinotopia: A Land Apart from Time: Dinotopia: The World Beneath: Dinotopia: First Flight: Dinotopia: Journey to Chandara: Color and Light: Imaginative Realism: Gurney’s official website: OTHER OFFICIAL SITES Instagram: Pinterest: GurneyJourney Blog: JamesGurney Website: Facebook group “Sketch Easel Builders“: