Painting Forsythia Flowers

James Gurney paints the flowers of a forsythia shrub using a limited palette of watercolor and gouache. He starts by capturing the overall gesture and silhouette of the whole plant and then subdivides the mass into smaller flower shapes. ART SUPPLIES: White gouache: https://amzn.to/2O2fCUk (gouache) Cadmium yellow (watercolor): https://amzn.to/3bHbwdQ Cerulean blue (gouache): https://amzn.to/2NtFH0E Scarlet pyrrol (watercolor): https://amzn.to/2WBHi68 Burnt sienna (watercolor): https://amzn.to/3sgXJlk Water cup: https://amzn.to/2soTw2L Watercolor sketchbook: https://amzn.to/2Ru1Cq5 Short-handled travel brush set: https://amzn.to/2Ym56cB OTHER OFFICIAL SITES Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jamesgurneyart/ Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/GurneyJourney/ GurneyJourney Blog: http://gurneyjourney.blogspot.com/ JamesGurney Website: https://jamesgurney.com/ Facebook group "Sketch Easel Builders": https://www.facebook.com/groups/403006076777641/?source_id=121255121263267 VIDEO TUTORIALS: “Watercolor in the Wild” (Download) https://gumroad.com/l/watercolor "Flower Painting in the Wild" (Download on Gumroad): https://gumroad.com/l/flowerpainting "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 “How to Make a Sketch Easel” (DVD): http://kunaki.com/Sales.asp?PID=PX00Z4M3XY “Watercolor in the Wild” (Download) https://gumroad.com/l/watercolor BLOG POSTS ABOUT GOUACHE MATERIALS http://gurneyjourney.blogspot.com/2014/08/watercolor-in-wild-materials.html BOOKS: Color and Light: A Guide for Realist Painters: https://amzn.to/2JhWtfc Imaginative Realism How to Paint What Doesn't Exist: https://jamesgurney.com/ Music by Kevin Macleod, Incompetech.com