Draftsmen Podcast
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
