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The Artist's Guide to Sketching
"This is the book that started it all" —Patrick O'Brien, MICA
James Gurney
This weblog by Dinotopia creator James Gurney is for illustrators, plein-air painters, sketchers, comic artists, animators, art students, and writers. You'll find practical studio tips, insights into the making of the Dinotopia books, and first-hand reports from art schools and museums.
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Blog Archive
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September
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- Icelandic Sheep in Casein
- Concert Window Open
- Links for tonight's webcast
- Stamp DVD now available
- Where to find eyes for maquettes
- Webcast this Sunday
- How to sculpt your maquettes to scale
- Peter Trusler and the Dead Wombat
- Evolution of Koolasuchus
- "Australia's Age of Dinosaurs" Stamp Issue
- Do women and men prefer different colors?
- Sketches from Old Sturbridge Village
- Dean Cornwell, Columnist
- Menzel's underdrawings
- Things to Come
- Punch Drunk Moustache
- CGI short about the life of a spider
- Postvisualization
- How to turn a laptop into a pochade easel
- Aaron Becker's "Journey"
- Submersible Maquette
- Hard and Soft Light
- Danish landscapes compared with photos taken from ...
- Extracting a 3D model from a 2D photo
- Brad Teare webcast tonight at 9:00
- Video of Danielle, showing the subtle aging proces...
- Do artists need to learn non-computer skills?
- Your DIY Watercolor Pochades
- Marcus Aurelius on Change
- Dinotopia coming to the Arkell Museum in October
- Eccentric taxidermist Walter Potter
- Stop Motion Principles
- World of Dinosaurs Stamps: Behind the Scenes
- Digital animation by Matthias Müller
- Profile on Alaska Public Media
- Focus on Nature exhibit accepting entries
- Animatronics of Gustav Hoegen
- Brand Name Pencils
- Meet eDavid, the robot painter
- Great prizes for our video contest
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You can write me at:
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PO Box 693
Rhinebeck, NY 12572
or by email:
gurneyjourney (at) gmail.com
Sorry, I can't give personal art advice or portfolio reviews. If you can, it's best to ask art questions in the blog comments.
James Gurney
PO Box 693
Rhinebeck, NY 12572
or by email:
gurneyjourney (at) gmail.com
Sorry, I can't give personal art advice or portfolio reviews. If you can, it's best to ask art questions in the blog comments.
Permissions
All images and text are copyright 2020 James Gurney and/or their respective owners. Dinotopia is a registered trademark of James Gurney. For use of text or images in traditional print media or for any commercial licensing rights, please email me for permission.
However, you can quote images or text without asking permission on your educational or non-commercial blog, website, or Facebook page as long as you give me credit and provide a link back. Students and teachers can also quote images or text for their non-commercial school activity. It's also OK to do an artistic copy of my paintings as a study exercise without asking permission.
However, you can quote images or text without asking permission on your educational or non-commercial blog, website, or Facebook page as long as you give me credit and provide a link back. Students and teachers can also quote images or text for their non-commercial school activity. It's also OK to do an artistic copy of my paintings as a study exercise without asking permission.
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