Favorite Series on GurneyJourney

This week the GurneyJourney blog passes 2,000 posts. For nearly the last five years, I've been doing a new blog post every day.

To commemorate the occasion, I’d like to present you with some of the most popular series of posts. These are big topics that I couldn't cover in a single day. Even if you're a regular visitor, maybe some of these will be new to you. 

Water Reflections Series

Water Reflections, Part 1

Water Reflections, Part 2

Water Reflections, Part 3

Color Wheel Series

Part 1: Wrapping the Spectrum
Part 2: Primaries and Secondaries
Part 3: Complements, Afterimages, and Chroma
Part 4: Problems with the Traditional Wheel
Part 5: The Munsell System
Part 6: Cyan, Magenta, and Yellow
Part 7: The Yurmby Wheel

Fire and Ice Series
Part 1: Fire and Ice: Rekindled
Part 2: Fire and Ice: Frazetta
Part 3: Fire and Ice -- Tom Kinkade
Part 4: Fire and Ice -- Ralph Bakshi
Part 5: Fire and Ice -- Living inside paintings



Utopiales Painting Series

Part 1: Initial Sketches

Part 2: Researching Insect Flight
Part 3: Maquette
Part 4: Lighting
Part 5: Pencil Drawing
Part 6: Washin

Animal Characters Series
Part 1: Antropomorphic Absurdities
Part 2: Humanization
Part 3: Near Relations
Part 4: Animalmorphism




Lines and the Brain Series
Lines and the Brain, Part 1
Lines and the Brain, Part 2
Lines and the Brain, Part 3
Lines and the Brain, Part 4



Artists' Lay Figures
Part 1: Artists' Lay Figures
Part 2: Artists' Lay Figures
Part 3: Artists' Lay Figures
Part 4: Artists' Lay Figures



Eyetracking and Composition
Eyetracking and Composition, part 1
Eyetracking and Composition, part 2
Eyetracking and Composition part 3


Borrowing
Borrowing, part 1
Borrowing, part 2





Dinotopian Fire Engine

Fire Engine, Part 1
Fire Engine, Part 2
Fire Engine, Part 3
Fire Engine, Part 4
Fire Engine, Part 5


Paint Texture

Paint Texture, Part 1
Paint Texture, Part 2
Paint Texture, Part 3





Origins of Dinotopia Series
Part 1: Childhood Dreams
Part 2: College Obsessions 
Part 3: Lost Empires
Part 4:  Dinosaurs
Part 5: Treetown
Part 6: The Illustrated Book
Part 7: Utopias 
Part 8: Building a World 
Part 9: Words and Pictures 
Part 10: Canyon Worlds 
Part 11: Putting it Together
Part 12: Book Launch


Gamut Masking Method Series

Gamut Masking, Part 1
Gamut Masking, Part 2

Gamut Masking, Part 3

Studio Lighting Series
Studio Lighting, Part 1: Equipment
Studio Lighting, Part 2: Key and Fill
Studio Lighting, Part 3: Edge Lighting
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I'd to express my thanks to you for giving me such interesting feedback and support all the way along. Your comments have made this more of a learning experience than a teaching experience.
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Get a lot of this information in book form in Color and Light and Imaginative Realism