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/W... "Gouache in the Wild": https://gurneyjourney.gumroad.com/l/g... “How to Make a Sketch Easel”: https://jamesgurney.com/products/how-... "Flower Painting”: https://jamesgurney.com/products/flow... 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/colo... Imaginative Realism: https://jamesgurney.com/products/imag... Dinotopia: A Land Apart from Time: https://jamesgurney.com/products/dino... OTHER OFFICIAL SITES Instagram:   / jamesgurneyart   Pinterest:   / gurneyjourney   GurneyJourney Blog: http://gurneyjourney.blogspot.com/ JamesGurney Website: http://jamesgurney.com/ Facebook group "Sketch Easel Builders":   / 403006076777641   Facebook group "Color in Practice":   / 160510955315435   MUSIC The brief piece at the beginning with the time lapse is Baila Mi Cumbia by Jimmy Fontanez --    • Baila Mi Cumbia – Jimmy Fontanez, Media Ri...   The longer piece at the end is "Magic Forest" by Kevin MacLeod --    • Magic Forest - Kevin MacLeod   Some of the links above are affiliate links, for which I make a small commission at no cost to you.