James Gurney paints a pile of firewood in watercolor and gouache. As he progresses, he describes the strategies of seeing that help him concentrate on what's important at each stage.
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This leads to the question about whether artists really see the world differently from non-artists and how they're trained to focus their attention in selective ways.
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Gurney introduces the current scientific idea that visual perception being driven at least as much by top-down processing as by bottom-up processing, and he refers to the work of two cognitive scientists in this area:
Donald Hoffman: (TED Talk "Do We Really See Reality as it Is?") [ Ссылка ]
Robin Carhart-Harris (Mindscape Podcast --start at 33:00)
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Website: "What is Top-Down Processing?"
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Richard Feynman on fire as stored sunlight:
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Related blog post: "Do artists see differently? [ Ссылка ]
ART SUPPLIES
Titanium white (gouache): [ Ссылка ]
Scarlet Pyrrol (watercolor): [ Ссылка ]
Cerulean blue (gouache): [ Ссылка ]
Yellow ochre (watercolor): [ Ссылка ]
Terre Rosa (watercolor): [ Ссылка ]
Ultramarine Blue: [ Ссылка ]
Azo Yellow: [ Ссылка ]
Watercolor sketchbook: [ Ссылка ]
Travel brush set: [ Ссылка ]
Brush set: [ Ссылка ]
Water cup: [ Ссылка ]
Water-soluble colored pencils set: [ Ссылка ]
OTHER OFFICIAL SITES
Instagram: [ Ссылка ]
Pinterest: [ Ссылка ]
GurneyJourney Blog: [ Ссылка ]
JamesGurney Website: [ Ссылка ]
Facebook group "Sketch Easel Builders": [ Ссылка ]
VIDEO TUTORIALS:
“Watercolor in the Wild” (Download) [ Ссылка ]
"Flower Painting in the Wild" (Download on Gumroad): [ Ссылка ]
"Gouache in the Wild" (Download on Gumroad): [ Ссылка ]
"Gouache in the Wild" on (DVD): [ Ссылка ]
“How to Make a Sketch Easel” (DVD): [ Ссылка ]
“Watercolor in the Wild” (Download) [ Ссылка ]
BLOG POSTS ABOUT GOUACHE MATERIALS
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BOOKS:
Color and Light: A Guide for Realist Painters: [ Ссылка ]
Imaginative Realism How to Paint What Doesn't Exist: [ Ссылка ]
Music by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
Do Artists See Differently?
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