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James Gunter's Studio: January 2015
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Saturday, January 31, 2015. Demonstration - Charcoal Drawing on Grey Paper. 14" x 11" Charcoal on Paper. This is another drawing made from a live model at the drawing sessions I attend. It's charcoal and "white charcoal" on grey paper. During this session I took progress photos of the drawing. Later I combined those photos into a video showing how the drawing. You can find links to the video below. It's a short video, roughly a minute and a half long. I hope you enjoy it and find it useful! 8" x 10" Oil ...
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James Gunter's Studio: April 2015
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Wednesday, April 29, 2015. 12" x 9" Graphite pencil on Paper. This is a pencil sketch from one of last week's live portrait sessions. Any sketches I make using dry mediums - graphite, charcoal and sometimes pastel - are sprayed with something to make them smudge resistant. That something is workable fixative. A light coating of fixative helps protect the drawing, and allows you to work on the drawing more if you want. Wednesday, April 22, 2015. Cascade Mountain and Spring Greens. 12" x 16" Oil on Panel.
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James Gunter's Studio: August 2015
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Tuesday, August 25, 2015. Painting Big Again, and a New Video. Most of the paintings I've made this year have been on the small side, mostly. 9" x 12"s or 8" x 10"s. A few 12" x 16"s have been as big as I've done all year. Because of that, I was wondering if I should "ease" into making much bigger (24" x 36") paintings this year. But then I thought, "Nah - just do it! He put the video up on a website called "Springcreek Conservation." Here's a link to the video on their site:. Tuesday, August 18, 2015.
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James Gunter's Studio: Lavender Locks
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Monday, July 20, 2015. 12" x 9" Charcoal on Paper. Here's a charcoal portrait sketch made last Thursday at a drawing session. The session was at an artist's studio in a town about fifteen miles north of where I live. I took my charcoal drawing supplies with me to this session, but wish I had taken my bigger sketch box with the colors in it. That's because - her hair was purple! For more about drawing sessions, go to "Labels" on the side bar and click on "sketching" or "drawing.". View my complete profile.
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James Gunter's Studio: Wasatch Plein Air Paradise 2015 Part Deux
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Monday, June 29, 2015. Wasatch Plein Air Paradise 2015 Part Deux. 11" x 14" Oil on Panel. 11" x 14" Oil on Panel. The second painting shown here is also my second plein air for the competition, painted Saturday. It looks like it was painted somewhere in Southern Utah, but I found this redrock formation a few miles east of Heber City. Http:/ www.midwayartassociation.org/. June 29, 2015 at 8:48 PM. Bummer. Maybe well see you at the show. June 29, 2015 at 9:36 PM. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). The com...
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James Gunter's Studio: WPAP 2015 - Third and Final Instalment
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Monday, July 6, 2015. WPAP 2015 - Third and Final Instalment. 9" x 12" Oil on Panel. Maybe I should explain a little about what a paint out is. For the main competition, painters are allowed to paint anywhere in the county over the period of a few days. Paint outs are one day affairs, or even just half a day, and painters must work within a limited area in the town hosting the event. Friday was the Midway paint out, and I made sure I was there. I set up. 11" x 14" Oil on Panel. July 6, 2015 at 9:58 PM.
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James Gunter's Studio: November 2014
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Tuesday, November 25, 2014. The color palette I use is a basic split primary. Of course it's arguable what "primary" colors are, but for all practical purposes here, I mean yellow, red and blue. Primaries I mean a "warm" and a "cool" version of yellow, red, and blue - with an extra color or two thrown on the palette. A generous pile of white is always a part of my color palette. Aren't likely to find their way into my paintbox, either. Below is a diagram of the colors I use for plein air painting. Mixed ...
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James Gunter's Studio: Haying Season
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Tuesday, July 14, 2015. 8" x 10" Oil on Panel. Summer's heat. The sun's rays seem to have real weight this time of year. It's radiance presses down upon everything in it's broad path. Though the morning sky may begin clear, throughout the day hot air builds and gathers clouds into towering shapes of domes and anvils. Clouds can grow to crowd out blue sky, bringing scattered thunderstorms by late afternoon. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Photo Courtesy Plein Air Moab. Drawing and painting landscapes ...
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James Gunter's Studio: June 2015
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Monday, June 29, 2015. Wasatch Plein Air Paradise 2015 Part Deux. 11" x 14" Oil on Panel. 11" x 14" Oil on Panel. The second painting shown here is also my second plein air for the competition, painted Saturday. It looks like it was painted somewhere in Southern Utah, but I found this redrock formation a few miles east of Heber City. Http:/ www.midwayartassociation.org/. Friday, June 26, 2015. Wasatch Plein Air Paradise 2015 is ON! 12" x 16" Oil on Panel. Friday, June 19, 2015. Friday, June 12, 2015.
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James Gunter's Studio: October 2014
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Thursday, October 30, 2014. Pastel and charcoal on gray paper. This is an old sketch, done from life. It has some drawing problems, but her hair really was like that. I wonder how she got in and out of a car? What did she do in a stiff crosswind? If she rode a longboard, could she use that mohawk like a sail? Also, this is the only even remotely. Image I have to post right now. Happy Halloween, if you're into that sort of thing! Tuesday, October 21, 2014. 12" x 16" Oil on Panel. As I painted, someone str...
