James Gurney’s Self-Education Journey - Draftsmen S3E04
James Gurney’s Self-Education Journey - Draftsmen S3E04
James Gurney is our podcast guest this week! He’s the creator behind Dinotopia and the author of “Color and Light” and “Imaginative Realism”. James talks with us about how he was able to succeed with his own art education and how it deviated from traditional art schools. We also take a look at popular art books that you can study from, try to imagine what the future of art education looks like, and talk about the struggles of using animals as live models.
Where You Can Find James’s Stuff
Website
Gurney Journey blog
Youtube
Gumroad
His Books (affiliate links)
Imaginative Realism by James Gurney
Color and Light by James Gurney
Dinotopia by James Gurney
Books and Resources
(some contain affiliate links)
Composing Pictures by Donald W. Graham
The Artist’s Guide to Sketching by James Gurney
Howard Pyle Weekly Drawing Sessions (Blog Post)
Perspective Drawing by Ernest Norling
Drawing Made Easy by Edwin Lutz
How to Draw Animals by Jack Hamm
Cartooning the Head and Figure by Jack Hamm
Norman Rockwell Illustrator by Arthur Guptill
Art Alphabets, Monograms, and Lettering by J.M. Bergling
Drawn to Life by Walt Stanchfield
Figure Drawing For All It’s Worth by Andrew Loomis
Creative Illustration by Andrew Loomis
Gurney Journey Best Art Instruction Poll
Norwegian Wood by Haruki Murakami
The Human Figure by John Vanderpoel
The Practice of Oil Painting and Drawing by Solomon J. Solomon
The Practice and Science of Drawing by Harold Speed
Negotiating a Book Contract by Mark Levine
Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators
Animal Painting and Anatomy by Frank Calderon
Animator’s Survival Kit by Richard Williams
Robert Rodriquez 10 minute Film School
Referenced Artists:
James Gurney

Rico Lebrun

Norman Rockwell

N.C. Wyeth

Los Angeles Natural History Museum

Rhode Island School of Design Nature Lab

Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts - Cast Hall

Thomas Kinkade

Andrew Wyeth

Adolph Menzel

Beatrix Potter

James Montgomery Flagg

Mort Drucker

Frank Brangwyn

John Singer Sargent

Bob Ross

Jon Gnagy

Alphonse Mucha

Jean-Léon Gérôme

William-Adolphe Bouguereau

J.C. Leyendecker

Dean Cornwell

Howard Pyle

John Berkey

Tom Lovell

Harry Anderson

Mark English

Bernie Fuchs

Bob Peake

Fire and Ice movie

John Ruskin

Asher Durand

W. Heath Robinson

T.S. Sullivant

James Gurney cartoons

Norman Rockwell cartoons

Ian McCaig

Anders Zorn

Kim Jung Gi

Paul Chadwick

Ron Harris

Jeanette Gurney

Bryn Barnard

Glenn Wessels

Joe DeMers

Coby Whitmore

Frank Schoonover

Steve Doherty

SKB Workshop in Dubois, WY

Bruno Liljefors

Bob Kuhn

Guild of Natural Science Illustrators
