Gouache in the Wild by James Gurney

New York Times bestselling author James Gurney takes the viewer on six outdoor painting adventures using opaque watercolor or gouache. Each episode demonstrates a different approach to the versatile medium. The artist documents each plein-air study from start to finish, sharing closeup “driver’s seat” views of the painting, palette, and motif.

Through location commentary and recorded voiceover, Gurney carefully explains the thinking behind the technique. Gurney walks the viewer through his complete sketching kit and demonstrates the unique properties of gouache, plus ways to combine it with other media.

Gouache was Gurney’s first painting medium and has remained a favorite. James Gurney is the author and illustrator of Dinotopia: A Land Apart from Time and The Artist’s Guide to Sketching. He wrote Imaginative Realism: How to Paint What Doesn’t Exist and Color and Light: A Guide for the Realist Painter, which grew from his popular daily art blog GurneyJourney.

“I enjoyed my copy of James Gurney’s Gouache in the Wild! The practical painting knowledge is intensely useful, and the insight he offers about his subjects makes you feel that you haven’t lived until you’ve captured your experiences in paint!”

—Nathan Fowkes, concept artist and professor at LAAFA

“James Gurney has assembled another incredible video for beginning students and seasoned professionals, packed with information and insights. This time, he takes on the rarely discussed medium of gouache, handling it with precision and abandon, taking the mystery and apprehension out of it. As always, he offers helpful tips with humor and excitement, sharing his experiences with the medium, pitfalls, and enjoyment of painting outdoors. This video may bring an entirely new audience to the medium. Now, we will have to learn how to spell gouache.