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: https://jamesgurney.com/ 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