How to Light a Landscape

James Gurney demonstrates an essential principle of landscape painting: how to selectively illuminate a landscape. Instead of lighting a scene evenly, you can put the spotlight on the foreground, middle ground or background. As he paints a plein-air landscape he answers questions from followers. CASEIN AND OTHER MATERIALS Casein basic set of 6 colors: https://bit.ly/3EF4o11 Casein underpainting set of 6: https://bit.ly/3PDNcQ0 Titanium white: https://tinyurl.com/4n24p7vb Cadmium yellow light: https://tinyurl.com/yc2rax4e Cadmium orange: https://tinyurl.com/ys77jj6e Golden ochre: https://tinyurl.com/y7edc4v4 Cadmium green: https://tinyurl.com/45zp62a4 Cerulean blue: https://tinyurl.com/2b6tm9y3 Ultramarine blue: https://tinyurl.com/2x9afht9 Cadmium red scarlet: https://tinyurl.com/mr2dw4cz Venetian red: https://tinyurl.com/kxwd4kf6 Casein emulsion: bit.ly/3RoP4gz Winsor and Newton gloss varnish: https://tinyurl.com/2jd4fv8m Travel brush set: https://bit.ly/46fkdXY Plein-air tripod: https://tinyurl.com/mryzzfx7 BOOK I MENTIONED Carlson's Guide to Landscape Painting: https://amzn.to/3k1zAOw VIDEO TUTORIALS: Sample from the new video tutorial "Gradients": https://gurneyjourney.gumroad.com/l/ElCti/ “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 BLOG POSTS WITH MORE GEAR INFO: Gouache Materials List: http://gurneyjourney.blogspot.com/2016/07/gouache-materials-list.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/ Facebook group "Sketch Easel Builders": https://www.facebook.com/groups/403006076777641/?source_id=121255121263267 Facebook group "Color in Practice": https://www.facebook.com/groups/160510955315435/ Music by Kevin MacLeod, incompetech.com