Painting with Two Colors (Plus White)

James Gurney paints a snow pile using just ultramarine blue and burnt sienna, plus some white gouache. This limited-palette method is a popular painting method. Arthur Guptill said, "A rich effect can be obtained with only a limited palette. A warm and cool combination affords the student the best approach to his color problems, especially as they relate to outdoor sketching." E. Barnard Lintott said, "For a young student there cannot be a better way of entering upon the study of water colour than by rigorously banishing all but two colours from his palette. It is the best and surest way to the study of full colour. The colours should be a cold and warm one; cobalt blue and warm sienna—or Prussian blue and burnt sienna—are two combinations which lend themselves to a great variety of treatment." This is an extended sample from the video tutorial "Color in Practice: Black, White, and Complements" GET THE FULL VIDEO TUTORIAL GUMROAD (HD download or lifetime streaming): https://gum.co/color1 SELLFY (HD download): https://sellfy.com/p/pxj10r/ CUBEBRUSH (HD download): http://cbr.sh/mk6vg3 DVD: https://jamesgurney.com/products/color-in-practice ART SUPPLIES Titanium white: https://amzn.to/2XSOld4 Ultramarine blue: https://amzn.to/2X9GZ1k Burnt sienna: https://amzn.to/3il7wmL Alizarin crimson: https://amzn.to/35NFFa0. Watercolor sketchbook: https://amzn.to/2L989y2 Travel brush set: https://amzn.to/2xwq1Rr Brush set: https://amzn.to/2YeNO0P Water cup: https://amzn.to/2soTw2L Water-soluble colored pencils set: https://amzn.to/2DKmT5o OTHER VIDEO TUTORIALS: TRIADS: Color in Practice 2: https://jamesgurney.com/products/color-in-practice “Watercolor in the Wild” https://gumroad.com/l/watercolor "Gouache in the Wild" https://gumroad.com/l/gouache “How to Make a Sketch Easel” (DVD): http://kunaki.com/Sales.asp?PID=PX00Z... Animal Painting vid: https://gumroad.com/l/paintinganimals Casein in the Wild: https://gumroad.com/l/casein BLOG POSTS WITH MORE INFO: Gurney Journey blog: http://gurneyjourney.blogspot.com/ Gouache Materials List: http://gurneyjourney.blogspot.com/201... Watercolor Materials: http://gurneyjourney.blogspot.com/201... 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: https://jamesgurney.com/ Facebook group "Sketch Easel Builders": CAMERAS and AUDIO: Canon PowerShot Elph (point-and-shoot): https://amzn.to/2Ji1Vid Zoom H2N digital audio recorder: https://amzn.to/2XXAOfP Music by Kevin MacLeod, Incompetech.com