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Lunch Prep in Casein

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="253" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/F-ERI12oj8c" width="450"></iframe></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">For the two hour <a href="http://county10.com/2014/09/17/susan-kathleen-black-foundation-assembled-top-nature-artists-show-dubois-week/">Quick-Draw event</a> in Dubois, Wyoming, I painted the action in the commercial kitchen where the food crew was prepping lunch. While I painted, I had a <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00F3F0GLU/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=B00F3F0GLU&linkCode=as2&tag=gurnjour-20&linkId=3GBKK6JATN3BC4HW">GoPro</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com/e/ir?t=gurnjour-20&l=as2&o=1&a=B00F3F0GLU" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" /> time lapse camera set up in the midst of the scene. (<a href="http://youtu.be/F-ERI12oj8c">Direct link to video</a>).</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhv_m_ywWXLMgT8oVpR57Bp2YasAPRRJd_4K1vPhBfp-DmXBjP1W9wm7SW6VS3QKJYLBG70H7HF1L92s5TAsZ7d9Lv5lfMBbDf93WrzUtJBx7h1cDEOSuUBnGXOHEmLNngFO1YLFTm5jZl9/s1600/Lunch+Prep.sm.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="292" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhv_m_ywWXLMgT8oVpR57Bp2YasAPRRJd_4K1vPhBfp-DmXBjP1W9wm7SW6VS3QKJYLBG70H7HF1L92s5TAsZ7d9Lv5lfMBbDf93WrzUtJBx7h1cDEOSuUBnGXOHEmLNngFO1YLFTm5jZl9/s1600/Lunch+Prep.sm.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">What attracted me was the cool light coming from the window and bouncing off the stainless steel surfaces of the stove, in contrast with the relatively warm light of the indoor fluorescents. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I painted it in <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B005RDFCOO/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=B005RDFCOO&linkCode=as2&tag=gurnjour-20&linkId=7FCPKQEBYUU43YJY">casein</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com/e/ir?t=gurnjour-20&l=as2&o=1&a=B005RDFCOO" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" /> on an 8x10 acrylic-primed masonite panel. I used half-inch and 3/4 inch flat synthetic <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00FN6PT0W/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=B00FN6PT0W&linkCode=as2&tag=gurnjour-20&linkId=2JMY3YRPCC7T7WX5">travel brushes</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com/e/ir?t=gurnjour-20&l=as2&o=1&a=B00FN6PT0W" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" />, with just a few touches with the smaller rounds.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKWQ3sfqmJI0DcGBx7Sbqj3Uab4RnlvoUJkznopERwl8DPn6GLHm9ZItsgqWFUQdENF0xzwkeugzEHMWGQreSxZ7gCL1pTpXehNhZRi2mVpVlmMUt4GI3_uRwFgfEgCfDgWytmWwEJGPNP/s1600/Lunch+Prep.det.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKWQ3sfqmJI0DcGBx7Sbqj3Uab4RnlvoUJkznopERwl8DPn6GLHm9ZItsgqWFUQdENF0xzwkeugzEHMWGQreSxZ7gCL1pTpXehNhZRi2mVpVlmMUt4GI3_uRwFgfEgCfDgWytmWwEJGPNP/s1600/Lunch+Prep.det.JPG" width="586" /></a></div>This is how the casein looks when it's handled with thicker impastos than I would normally use on a sketchbook page. On a panel you don't have to worry about the emulsion cracking.<br /><br />Casein is the most like oil painting of all the water media. The difference is that with the fast drying time, detail can be added to detail without previous layers picking up, so the medium is perfect for a subject like a kitchen counter with loads of overlapping details, and it's ideal for a plein-air quick-draw, because it encourages faster and more direct handling than oil painting.<br />-----<br /><a href="http://www.skbworkshop.com/">Susan Kathleen Black Foundation Workshop</a>

Lunch Prep in Casein

For the two hour Quick-Draw event in Dubois, Wyoming, I painted the action in the commercial kitchen where the food crew was prepping lunch...

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Constructing with the Brush

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8AaCAq2PyyzaaHxQ5jB2NgfsItX-zzXt_M3HhUV1SL_FvIanw_updxjjmy6vqWCU62ugsjt4GW7aOUSqHcILwzWKMvOBEnfM_qxNIAI_jSTJw6XNHs9v6ilXY6YZthZ4GVSkIsyzfODo4/s1600/Wyoming+Ranch.SM.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="246" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8AaCAq2PyyzaaHxQ5jB2NgfsItX-zzXt_M3HhUV1SL_FvIanw_updxjjmy6vqWCU62ugsjt4GW7aOUSqHcILwzWKMvOBEnfM_qxNIAI_jSTJw6XNHs9v6ilXY6YZthZ4GVSkIsyzfODo4/s1600/Wyoming+Ranch.SM.jpg" width="400" /></a></div>Here's a little sketchbook study I did yesterday at the CM Ranch in Wyoming. It's about 5x8 inches, painted in casein.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0pupm0eF6APoPoPTBGDhgljThf0gW5TBSKyYqocUCOklF0_gFopqeJvMRfE_qF0bqCX5tNpIVlM9WZ_d954H_3b9MaN9SjfuG93wt0vLu-Sbb_ihyKscplp8LvfyYugmx37CPTw0g3U3h/s1600/Wyoming+Ranch.det.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="310" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0pupm0eF6APoPoPTBGDhgljThf0gW5TBSKyYqocUCOklF0_gFopqeJvMRfE_qF0bqCX5tNpIVlM9WZ_d954H_3b9MaN9SjfuG93wt0vLu-Sbb_ihyKscplp8LvfyYugmx37CPTw0g3U3h/s1600/Wyoming+Ranch.det.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br />This detail is about the size of a credit card. I knew when I started that the horses would be moving around. None of them were going to pose for me. Groups of them came and went from the corrals as the cowboys did their daily rounds.<br /><br />Given those dynamics, and given the many layers of detail in the middle ground, I constructed the entire scene with the brush, without a detailed preliminary drawing. I worked from background to foreground, overlapping detail. Below is how the painting looked partway along.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqd0Omnw6pKdxXL8TPQT81oKcfHppltjccaOy9a0hJP9VPYSOZsqqRg_mf_-unyAYqz7esfvuNsOLfs-HvcIYyVJizYJmR0uyHalgp4wQgvvWo_GZw0JrjuLS1_doVXfZWH_xDSu5MpDQK/s1600/Wyoming+Ranch+In+Prog.sm.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="261" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqd0Omnw6pKdxXL8TPQT81oKcfHppltjccaOy9a0hJP9VPYSOZsqqRg_mf_-unyAYqz7esfvuNsOLfs-HvcIYyVJizYJmR0uyHalgp4wQgvvWo_GZw0JrjuLS1_doVXfZWH_xDSu5MpDQK/s1600/Wyoming+Ranch+In+Prog.sm.jpg" width="400" /></a><br />At this stage there are no horses or fences yet.<br /><br />Because of its opacity and quick drying qualities, casein is very well suited to this sort of approach, but it wouldn't work so well in watercolor or oil. Watercolor demands more careful preliminary drawing, and oil can get messy if you try overlapping too many wet areas.<br /><br />I fully documented the process for my upcoming video "Casein in the Wild," which I'll start editing in a month or two. So please ask me any questions you might have about this way of painting, and I'll be sure to address them when I record the voiceover.<br />------<br />LINKS<br />I'm at the  <a href="http://www.skbworkshop.com/">SKB Foundation</a> Workshop in Dubois, Wyoming.<br />Previous video <a href="https://sellfy.com/p/Pvxb/">Watercolor in the Wild</a><br /><a href="http://www.cmranch.com/">CM Family Ranch in Dubois, Wyoming</a>

Constructing with the Brush

Here's a little sketchbook study I did yesterday at the CM Ranch in Wyoming. It's about 5x8 inches, painted in casein. This detail i...

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Painting a Mountaintop View

Painting a Mountaintop View

High above Salida, Colorado is a lookout tower with a grand view of the town below, so I went up there to try to cram four square blocks int...

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Allen Williams, Painting

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I asked <a href="http://www.ijustdraw.com/">Allen Williams</a> if I could paint him while he worked at Illustration Master Class in Amherst, Massachusetts yesterday. He said yes, so I set up my little casein easel. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6mKIqNmX3VI1OI3ajMT1GYmI6oVHSmvA9hEFICcmlteihloUuL-kXNa2S_9Od4m1kz-sviToeGIBiWcMOYK9hTZonqayAApnmTTmF76Xu_hkAvPMi3UgWM8zL3zChOaXbWxalRSpNNdUF/s1600/Allen+Williams.sm.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="258" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6mKIqNmX3VI1OI3ajMT1GYmI6oVHSmvA9hEFICcmlteihloUuL-kXNa2S_9Od4m1kz-sviToeGIBiWcMOYK9hTZonqayAApnmTTmF76Xu_hkAvPMi3UgWM8zL3zChOaXbWxalRSpNNdUF/s1600/Allen+Williams.sm.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I love Allen's artwork, which has <a href="http://www.ijustdraw.com/image.php?lineid=7&bid=131">infinite depths</a> and the quiet rhythms of Nature. I was attracted to him as a subject because of the joyful, focused attention he brings to his work. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg76xua9qt7dHNClfoxBLk8JhRDVXJQoIrmHf79WokteX2n3UEB_iZpT_xhp7YOy2oBYfGXufg8pXf4sCr3EsruECKChvQOL25O9KCbhzmlKRpSPJGo5IaizkE7yhnTipvvZrbzSxLYwHV2/s1600/10360455_10203284323302364_2083758043153074725_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg76xua9qt7dHNClfoxBLk8JhRDVXJQoIrmHf79WokteX2n3UEB_iZpT_xhp7YOy2oBYfGXufg8pXf4sCr3EsruECKChvQOL25O9KCbhzmlKRpSPJGo5IaizkE7yhnTipvvZrbzSxLYwHV2/s1600/10360455_10203284323302364_2083758043153074725_n.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Allen Williams, painted by James Gurney. Photo by <a href="http://laurenpanepinto.com/">Lauren Panepinto.</a></td></tr></tbody></table>Cool window light flooded his work area from behind, and the room lights were relatively warm. I had to decide between framing his profile against the dark painting or the cool window, and I think it could have worked either way.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpwQvF9tuvFliINg6I6pGbOE4Qg5NnkFKhQTzQQYeQwRBdpGPwMefn2RNn82VzQP6OGw9sWET6zUF0jE24a9Obz69fedsLFCzsf7dJQLKpEj4k9XYIjuqpVCqc0Yyu-nmS5ibZRGnXSr2U/s1600/Allen_Williams_1sm.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="262" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpwQvF9tuvFliINg6I6pGbOE4Qg5NnkFKhQTzQQYeQwRBdpGPwMefn2RNn82VzQP6OGw9sWET6zUF0jE24a9Obz69fedsLFCzsf7dJQLKpEj4k9XYIjuqpVCqc0Yyu-nmS5ibZRGnXSr2U/s1600/Allen_Williams_1sm.jpg" width="400" /></a></div>Over a colored pencil lay-in, I washed in some warm and cool tones and started to establish the darks with a half-inch flat synthetic brush.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjXbfS5eadND43CH946kgHlok5cVzwqaEdK6J76TBUzKlloDjpDfwheMs3iGZRmCzV86mfjZYih-obvm7N6gBZ_cfgqeS2PAg4fhuXJZNLwrzufzNTA4XVRGL1lRA4Z96OhwG92Bul2aGw/s1600/Allen_Williams_2sm.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="253" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjXbfS5eadND43CH946kgHlok5cVzwqaEdK6J76TBUzKlloDjpDfwheMs3iGZRmCzV86mfjZYih-obvm7N6gBZ_cfgqeS2PAg4fhuXJZNLwrzufzNTA4XVRGL1lRA4Z96OhwG92Bul2aGw/s1600/Allen_Williams_2sm.jpg" width="400" /></a></div>Now I'm blocking in big areas. I want the profile silhouetted against the light, but that dark edge of the painting is too hard.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3LZfOUND9LZFGMbivW-WS3fXAyvpf9-Rp-iyB-pdYBanHzGClPrLPH8I5gkR02w97JH5cEwZbvsZpFf05IQ7oyGrFy5ofA1uJuWt0TfZFlDrUBJJ0ZprMwd4004jvVO2opA1x6Q84ki_g/s1600/Allen_Williams_3.sm.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="262" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3LZfOUND9LZFGMbivW-WS3fXAyvpf9-Rp-iyB-pdYBanHzGClPrLPH8I5gkR02w97JH5cEwZbvsZpFf05IQ7oyGrFy5ofA1uJuWt0TfZFlDrUBJJ0ZprMwd4004jvVO2opA1x6Q84ki_g/s1600/Allen_Williams_3.sm.jpg" width="400" /></a></div>I soften and cool that edge. I rub out and repaint the ear a couple of times, and sort out the big plane changes on his back. I switch to a smaller round as I paint details of his face.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXUa3vYCLzzlGDPfSM_ocOGhsdHQjsoA7-0KsszL806WDaW38Ov2dXnHk-__9i4g35rEo1iQe7i8XVW7vrQSHHGDxV-6AIzBp0i3aTGZIXt4OkUmI7-eBdlB2KyHpPc0ARHUgd3Cax7Xg0/s1600/Allen_Williams_4.sm.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="253" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXUa3vYCLzzlGDPfSM_ocOGhsdHQjsoA7-0KsszL806WDaW38Ov2dXnHk-__9i4g35rEo1iQe7i8XVW7vrQSHHGDxV-6AIzBp0i3aTGZIXt4OkUmI7-eBdlB2KyHpPc0ARHUgd3Cax7Xg0/s1600/Allen_Williams_4.sm.jpg" width="400" /></a><br /><br />Next I define the hand, add more detail in the hair, and a little more resolution in Allen's painting.<br /><br />Scroll back up to the top for the finish, where I add the glasses, the mahl stick and I rework the bottom edge of the vignette.<br /><br />I used the following colors of casein:<br /><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0007WC4YQ/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=B0007WC4YQ&linkCode=as2&tag=gurnjour-20">Titanium white</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com/e/ir?t=gurnjour-20&l=as2&o=1&a=B0007WC4YQ" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" /><br /><div><div><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0007WDOS6/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=B0007WDOS6&linkCode=as2&tag=gurnjour-20">Cadmium Yellow Light</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com/e/ir?t=gurnjour-20&l=as2&o=1&a=B0007WDOS6" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" /></div></div><div><div><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0007W6QG8/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=B0007W6QG8&linkCode=as2&tag=gurnjour-20">Raw sienna</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com/e/ir?t=gurnjour-20&l=as2&o=1&a=B0007W6QG8" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" /></div></div><div><div><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0009IR1IC/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=B0009IR1IC&linkCode=as2&tag=gurnjour-20">Light red</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com/e/ir?t=gurnjour-20&l=as2&o=1&a=B0009IR1IC" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" /></div></div><div><div><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B004BN8GNA/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=B004BN8GNA&linkCode=as2&tag=gurnjour-20">Burnt umber</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com/e/ir?t=gurnjour-20&l=as2&o=1&a=B004BN8GNA" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" /></div></div><div><div><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0007WC504/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=B0007WC504&linkCode=as2&tag=gurnjour-20">Cobalt blue</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com/e/ir?t=gurnjour-20&l=as2&o=1&a=B0007WC504" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" /></div></div><div><div><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0007WC4ZK/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=B0007WC4ZK&linkCode=as2&tag=gurnjour-20">Cadmium red</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com/e/ir?t=gurnjour-20&l=as2&o=1&a=B0007WC4ZK" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" /><br />Brushes:<br /><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B005R20OFM/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=B005R20OFM&linkCode=as2&tag=gurnjour-20">Synthetic half-inch flat</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com/e/ir?t=gurnjour-20&l=as2&o=1&a=B005R20OFM" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" /><br /><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0058OBY30/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=B0058OBY30&linkCode=as2&tag=gurnjour-20">Synthetic round #6</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com/e/ir?t=gurnjour-20&l=as2&o=1&a=B0058OBY30" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" /><br />Sketchbook:<br /><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/8883705629/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=8883705629&linkCode=as2&tag=gurnjour-20">Watercolor journal</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com/e/ir?t=gurnjour-20&l=as2&o=1&a=8883705629" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" /><br /><br /></div></div><a href="http://www.ijustdraw.com/">Allen Williams' website</a>

Allen Williams, Painting

I asked Allen Williams if I could paint him while he worked at Illustration Master Class in Amherst, Massachusetts yesterday. He said yes, ...