# James Gurney: Latest YouTube Videos & Shorts

Markdown version of https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@jamesgurney/videos/ from vidIQ YouTube Stats. Link to that page, not to this file.

As of 2026-10-29, James Gurney has 580,000 subscribers, 42,412,122 total views, and 385 videos. It ranks #131,260 by subscribers among channels tracked by vidIQ.

The most recent uploads from [James Gurney](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@jamesgurney/). Each video links to its own stats page. The page lists the rest of the channel's videos to signed-in vidIQ users.

## About this sample

- The latest upload vidIQ has for James Gurney is “Jimothy the Raccoon”, a Short published Aug 19, 2026.
- These are James Gurney’s 48 most recent public uploads vidIQ has data for, published between Mar 10, 2023 and Aug 19, 2026 (26 long-form videos and 22 Shorts).
- Median views across these 48 uploads: 26,260. 24 videos are above that median and 24 below.
- Most viewed in the sample: “Hand-Drawn QR Code” (11,327,800 views, Sep 17, 2024). Least viewed: “1985 Audio Letter / Art Talk / HURRICANE GLORIA / Small Town Life” (7,171 views, Mar 12, 2025).
- Median length: 6:18 for 26 long-form videos; 0:37 for 22 Shorts.
- In this sample, James Gurney’s consecutive uploads were a median of 20 days apart (shortest gap 0 days, longest 124 days).
- Views are lifetime totals as of Oct 29, 2026, so newer uploads have had less time to collect them. These figures describe only the videos listed here, not the whole channel, and do not show why any video performed as it did. Dates are UTC.

## Recent uploads

| Video | Published (UTC) | Format | Views | Duration | Outlier score |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Jimothy the Raccoon](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@jamesgurney/videos/RWwxRr9Yr9w/) | 2026-08-19 | Short | 12,880 | 0:38 | - |
| [I like this magazine because it's written 100% by artists](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@jamesgurney/videos/uaQZQJUE62A/) | 2026-06-18 | Short | 24,358 | 0:20 | - |
| [Split Personality](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@jamesgurney/videos/kqtx-1X41MM/) | 2026-02-14 | Short | 14,966 | 0:57 | - |
| ["Chowder Technique" for Capturing Misty Weather in Gouache / Watercolor](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@jamesgurney/videos/5QAtN27XNEE/) | 2026-02-12 | Short | 22,713 | 0:44 | 1.34x |
| [Sketching a Sacred Harp Singer](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@jamesgurney/videos/6QG9Gs-6PU0/) | 2025-12-29 | Short | 21,567 | 1:18 | 1.68x |
| [Caught Between Analog and Digital](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@jamesgurney/videos/bIjH8garQ1I/) | 2025-11-26 | Long-form | 17,140 | 0:15 | - |
| [Painting a White Rose in Gouache](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@jamesgurney/videos/1auB6SP-KDM/) | 2025-10-03 | Short | 27,383 | 0:56 | - |
| [The Book That Sparked My Calligraphy Journey](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@jamesgurney/videos/IlV6bkWBjjQ/) | 2025-09-10 | Long-form | 13,072 | 1:01 | - |
| [Time Lapse + Real Time](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@jamesgurney/videos/gvzPMiXoGA8/) | 2025-09-07 | Short | 19,471 | 0:15 | - |
| [My Inner Critic](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@jamesgurney/videos/wXqDgefO1OM/) | 2025-08-21 | Short | 15,872 | 0:20 | - |
| [The Secret of the Junked Sailboat](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@jamesgurney/videos/59grWsitghE/) | 2025-08-14 | Short | 13,195 | 1:08 | - |
| [Finding the Story in a Landscape Painting](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@jamesgurney/videos/3tQPp_QEryc/) | 2025-08-09 | Long-form | 33,203 | 13:55 | 1.29x |
| [Sketching a Monkey Skull](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@jamesgurney/videos/WitoQzyauCo/) | 2025-06-09 | Short | 17,570 | 0:39 | - |
| [Sketching Fedoras](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@jamesgurney/videos/hQ9aqytOTKE/) | 2025-06-05 | Short | 23,380 | 0:46 | - |
| [Painting a Dog Portrait in Gouache](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@jamesgurney/videos/-AuuNF6JSlI/) | 2025-05-20 | Short | 38,681 | 0:34 | - |
| [Finding Our Happy Place](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@jamesgurney/videos/UjOOOa9EbxQ/) | 2025-05-04 | Short | 25,136 | 0:34 | - |
| [How I Paint in Gouache \| Sunlit Woodshed](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@jamesgurney/videos/MuiHLx7gHKM/) | 2025-04-23 | Long-form | 40,014 | 1:13 | - |
| [The Secret to Capturing Sunlight](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@jamesgurney/videos/Atrg1RVhLOI/) | 2025-04-23 | Short | 82,619 | 0:37 | 4.07x |
| [1985 Audio Letter / Art Talk / HURRICANE GLORIA / Small Town Life](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@jamesgurney/videos/YQ8Z9pLY3nw/) | 2025-03-12 | Long-form | 7,171 | 1:03:34 | - |
| [Sketching Gang Members from the 17th Street Locos](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@jamesgurney/videos/OTuopjDxvk8/) | 2025-03-02 | Short | 10,826 | 0:34 | - |
| [Sketching Sam's Weird Laboratory](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@jamesgurney/videos/6WOeumwS6t0/) | 2025-01-03 | Short | 13,874 | 0:47 | - |
| [Hotspot Priming in Casein](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@jamesgurney/videos/9m5rOKiU_ic/) | 2024-12-27 | Short | 15,932 | 0:49 | - |
| [Painting a 'Glitter Path' \| Basic Gouache Techniques for Capturing a Bar of Light](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@jamesgurney/videos/tHYEpJL2e5M/) | 2024-12-17 | Long-form | 51,477 | 10:27 | 2x |
| [Zoom Sketch](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@jamesgurney/videos/8-iiMtYzAIk/) | 2024-12-12 | Short | 22,044 | 0:45 | - |
| [Life Lessons from Dinosaurs \| Book Trailer](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@jamesgurney/videos/s04ZIh5rp-Q/) | 2024-10-27 | Short | 9,683 | 0:26 | - |
| [Paint a Car in a Film-Noir Style](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@jamesgurney/videos/dLLrr5aGj7g/) | 2024-10-07 | Short | 21,232 | 0:36 | - |
| [Hand-Drawn QR Code](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@jamesgurney/videos/ggAjbElxEwg/) | 2024-09-17 | Short | 11,327,800 | 0:34 | 0x |
| [Painting Calm Water from a Chaotic Roadside](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@jamesgurney/videos/IqiZBUCG1Ms/) | 2024-08-19 | Long-form | 43,060 | 5:40 | 1.68x |
| [Painting Daisies by NOT Painting Daisies \| Art, Botany, and Zen](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@jamesgurney/videos/MWUvMHoBcs4/) | 2024-06-19 | Long-form | 44,536 | 9:50 | 1.73x |
| [Gumball Machines in a Laundromat = ART?](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@jamesgurney/videos/x9x3etYTafM/) | 2024-05-20 | Long-form | 15,033 | 2:15 | - |
| [Painting a Parking Lot , Trash and Weeds](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@jamesgurney/videos/Pl4ziOZM3h4/) | 2024-05-08 | Long-form | 22,321 | 1:00 | - |
| [Painting a View of Bray, Ireland](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@jamesgurney/videos/baJoIc-Uo5Y/) | 2024-04-20 | Long-form | 28,493 | 1:00 | - |
| [I Paint an Old Van While I Talk About the Online Art Businesss](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@jamesgurney/videos/_S-8jDHvUs4/) | 2024-04-19 | Long-form | 54,005 | 38:43 | - |
| [How I Paint Roadside Weeds](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@jamesgurney/videos/Wcq2smXWkvc/) | 2024-02-10 | Long-form | 67,566 | 13:40 | 2.63x |
| [What's Coming](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@jamesgurney/videos/h-U2IRl2kwA/) | 2024-01-18 | Long-form | 41,264 | 6:22 | 1.61x |
| [SuperZoom](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@jamesgurney/videos/56g-rRlL23c/) | 2023-12-29 | Short | 18,971 | 0:29 | - |
| [Super Mario In Pasadena](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@jamesgurney/videos/rjdwEig5SP4/) | 2023-11-04 | Long-form | 34,273 | 5:29 | 1.33x |
| [See Into My Brain As I Paint a Flower](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@jamesgurney/videos/U43xAXtTExA/) | 2023-09-30 | Long-form | 39,498 | 5:32 | 1.54x |
| [Why Casein Paint? Lots of Advantages Over Oils for Plein Air](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@jamesgurney/videos/UlGwpt_7X1k/) | 2023-09-15 | Long-form | 94,951 | 18:37 | 3.69x |
| [Spinosaurus at Water's Edge \| Behind the Art](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@jamesgurney/videos/nSnew0iOQYw/) | 2023-09-10 | Long-form | 49,774 | 6:15 | 1.94x |
| [PHOTO vs PAINTING \| How They're Different and Why It Matters to Artists](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@jamesgurney/videos/4WpqmQTmnxs/) | 2023-08-19 | Long-form | 204,688 | 14:02 | 1.95x |
| [How to Simplify a Complex Subject](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@jamesgurney/videos/ykNsr4ITgL4/) | 2023-07-12 | Long-form | 54,755 | 5:04 | 2.13x |
| [Wienermobile: Sketching The Hot Dog on Wheels](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@jamesgurney/videos/YdIk5ftYph8/) | 2023-07-04 | Long-form | 47,372 | 17:44 | 1.84x |
| [Golden Hour Streetscape Painted in Gouache](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@jamesgurney/videos/zO_NTUllfIo/) | 2023-06-14 | Long-form | 49,956 | 2:06 | - |
| [I'll Be At Lightbox Expo 2023](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@jamesgurney/videos/Ba1CGkE0BAk/) | 2023-05-22 | Long-form | 15,846 | 0:54 | - |
| [Paint First, Then Draw — Quirky Gouache Technique](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@jamesgurney/videos/eMysxppY9D0/) | 2023-05-03 | Long-form | 78,237 | 10:48 | 3.04x |
| [How to Paint Light and Shadow](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@jamesgurney/videos/cuAogFEFI3s/) | 2023-03-27 | Long-form | 182,573 | 11:19 | 1.87x |
| [Pen Over Watercolor \| A Strategy for Sketching for Complex Subjects](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@jamesgurney/videos/HU6_VSjvzrY/) | 2023-03-10 | Long-form | 127,926 | 9:17 | 2.18x |

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