Painting Realistic Dinosaurs: 10 Top Tips

James Gurney shares ten strategies that he used to create dinosaur illustrations for Ranger Rick Magazine. Tips include planning with sketches, choosing a viewpoint, and making and photographing maquettes. DINOSAURS include: Thanatotheristes, Borealopelta, Hatchling Titanosaur, Patagotitan, and Spinosaurus. GUMROAD VIDEOS about dinosaur art: Tyrannosaurs: Behind the Art: How I Paint Dinosaurs: The Mammal That Ate Dinosaurs: Australia’s Age of Dinosaurs: MATERIALS: Sculpey (Polymer clay: Sculpey): Magic Sculpt (Two-part epoxy clay): Model Magic (air dry sculpting material): Liquid Acrylic (transparent red oxide): Hot glue gun: Illustration board: CAMERAS and AUDIO: Canon M6 (time lapse, video, and stills): Zoom H2N digital audio recorder: Rode Video Mic GO (microphone): BOOKS BY JAMES GURNEY: Color and Light: A Guide for Realist Painters: Imaginative Realism: How to Paint What Doesn’t Exist: Dinotopia: A Land Apart from Time: OTHER OFFICIAL SITES Instagram: Pinterest: GurneyJourney Blog: JamesGurney Website: THANKS TO: Ranger Rick: John Gallagher, Kathy Kranking, Susan McElhinney Paleo consultant: Stephen L. Brusatte Music by Kevin MacLeod, Additional Sculpts by David Krentz and Mike Trcic More info about Ranger Rick magazine at their website: