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: https://gumroad.com/l/zltj
How I Paint Dinosaurs: https://gumroad.com/l/tyrannosaur
The Mammal That Ate Dinosaurs: https://gumroad.com/l/mammal
Australia's Age of Dinosaurs: https://gumroad.com/l/ausdinos

MATERIALS:
Sculpey (Polymer clay: Sculpey): https://amzn.to/3rnS3FG
Magic Sculpt (Two-part epoxy clay): https://amzn.to/39g10KO
Model Magic (air dry sculpting material): https://amzn.to/39hP4Z6
Liquid Acrylic (transparent red oxide): https://amzn.to/39eAhOD
Hot glue gun: https://amzn.to/3clSvjo
Illustration board: https://amzn.to/3dbTEsP

CAMERAS and AUDIO:
Canon M6 (time lapse, video, and stills): https://amzn.to/2J4RTgX
Zoom H2N digital audio recorder: https://amzn.to/2XXAOfP
Rode Video Mic GO (microphone): https://amzn.to/2UQGTc9

BOOKS BY JAMES GURNEY:
Color and Light: A Guide for Realist Painters: https://amzn.to/2JhWtfc
Imaginative Realism: How to Paint What Doesn’t Exist: https://amzn.to/2LbVHhc
Dinotopia: A Land Apart from Time: https://amzn.to/2xyamRM

OTHER OFFICIAL SITES
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jamesgurneyart/
Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/GurneyJourney/
GurneyJourney Blog: http://gurneyjourney.blogspot.com/
JamesGurney Website: http://jamesgurney.com/site/shop

THANKS TO:
Ranger Rick: John Gallagher, Kathy Kranking, Susan McElhinney
Paleo consultant: Stephen L. Brusatte
Music by Kevin MacLeod, Incompetech.com
Additional Sculpts by David Krentz https://www.facebook.com/davidkrentzart and Mike Trcic https://www.trcicstudio.com/

More info about Ranger Rick magazine at their website: https://bit.ly/2QsRIEG