Station Points 33ABOUT JAMES GURNEY @jamesgurneyart
The Finest Quality Handmade Artists’ BrushesJames Gurney is the artist and author of
Dinotopia: A Land Apart from Time, which has
been published in over 18 languages in 32
countries. He also wrote the Amazon bestseller
Color and Light: A Guide for the Realist Painter.
For regular updates about painting, illustration,
sketching, comics and animation, subscribe to
his YouTube and Instagram channels. You can
fi nd his in-depth video tutorials as downloads
on Gumroad or as DVDs on Amazon. He lives in
the Hudson Valley with his wife—and sketching
buddy—Jeanette.
The Regular, gouache, 5 x 8" (13 x 20 cm)
Jim is a regular in the diner. He sits at the counter, the second stool over from the salad bar. When I show
him the sketch, he tells me he has been taking painting classes. He had one art teacher who made him buy
a bunch of supplies and just lectured the whole time. He likes his new art teacher better because the class
paints the same image all together. He says he’s learning a lot that way.
Behind the Diner, casein,
5 x 8" (13 x 20 cm)
The sun settles down behind
the stainless roof ventilators,
which keep pumping out the
smell of bacon and the roast
beef special. People fi nish
their suppers and pay their
bills (cash only). The screen
door slams as they head for the
parking lot. Above the drone of
the extraction fan is a note of
faraway laughter.