Painting This Botanical Study Nearly Broke My Brain

I show how I paint a hosta plant at the New York Botanical Garden. Topic covered: 1. Setting up the sketch easel, 2. Preliminary drawing in pencil. 3. Watercolor and gouache rendering, 3. Big brushes and bold moves at the end. WATERCOLOR and GOUACHE Quinacridone Red : https://tinyurl.com/2p8acp2x Burnt Sienna https://amzn.to/2TEoC4D Raw umber (gouache): https://amzn.to/2pgvHMg Yellow Ochre https://amzn.to/3eSC5AE Titanium white: https://amzn.to/2XSOld4 Cadmium yellow light: https://amzn.to/2CuUtig Permanent Green Pale https://amzn.to/2UN9nr0 Viridian https://amzn.to/2SD3Xfw Cerulean blue: https://amzn.to/2IBRtAc Ultramarine blue: https://amzn.to/2Sm4FyB Dioxazine Violet https://amzn.to/2z9WdLQ OTHER TOOLS Blackwing pencil: https://tinyurl.com/2p8u9s5e Fountain pen: https://amzn.to/2J7eWum Koval PRO Sketchbook 25x17cm: https://tinyurl.com/2p8btscn VIDEO TUTORIALS "Watercolor in the Wild": https://gurneyjourney.gumroad.com/l/Watercolor "Gouache in the Wild": https://gurneyjourney.gumroad.com/l/gouache “How to Make a Sketch Easel”: https://jamesgurney.com/products/how-to-make-a-sketch-easel "Flower Painting”: https://jamesgurney.com/products/flower-painting-in-the-wild ART MATERIALS Pentalic watercolor sketchbook: https://amzn.to/2L989y2 Water cup: https://amzn.to/2soTw2L Rigger brush (synthetic #3) https://amzn.to/3AJoW4i Richeson travel brush set: https://amzn.to/2xwq1Rr BOOKS BY JAMES GURNEY: Color and Light: https://jamesgurney.com/products/color-and-light-a-guide-for-the-realist-painter-signed-by-james-gurney Imaginative Realism: https://jamesgurney.com/products/imaginative-realism-how-to-paint-what-doesnt-exist Dinotopia: A Land Apart from Time: https://jamesgurney.com/products/dinotopia-a-land-apart-from-time-signed 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/ Facebook group "Color in Practice": https://www.facebook.com/groups/160510955315435/ MUSIC The brief piece at the beginning with the time lapse is Baila Mi Cumbia by Jimmy Fontanez -- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gbR5_d8uLa0 The longer piece at the end is "Magic Forest" by Kevin MacLeod -- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gHPXoAxXuwQ Some of the links above are affiliate links, for which I make a small commission at no cost to you.