They leave the wire gate open when the horse is out of the back pasture.
Monday, December 6, 2021
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Life Lessons from Dinosaurs
Art from Dinotopia plus whimsical wisdom
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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December
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- Inside the Dinotopia Pop-Up Book
- Designing the Dinotopia Pop-Up Book
- Dinotopia Pop-up Book
- WPAP Style
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- Should An Artist Pursue a Single Style?
- New Magazines in our Online Store
- Concept Art for "Missing Link"
- Waldmüller's Nature Studies
- Composing with a Keyhole View
- A.I. Animates a Cartoony Drawing
- Therianthropy
- Giant Phantom Jellyfish
- Jason and the Argonauts on Lemnos
- Book Review: 100 Flying Birds
- Tempera as an Underpainting Medium
- Eden Musée
- Sophus Jacobsen and Moody Moonlight
- Repin Exhibition in Paris
- Painting an Abandoned House -- in CGI
- Considering an Art Career?
- Wire Gate
- Annigoni on Photographic Reference
- Why Bother Copying a Photo?
- Grisaille Portrait Video Now on YouTube
- How much data does the eye transmit?
- Unraveling Color Pigment Terms
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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.
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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.
3 comments:
I notice cracks and texture showing under the painting, is this painted over another painting? Or did you add the texture for fun?
Yes, there's a ghosted rectangle with lighter edges inside the page. That's from an experiment with textural priming in casein. Just experimenting. The priming is not as absorbent as the raw paper, so the same washes end up darker outside the primed rectangle.
The ghosted rectangle is fascinating - almost like a focusing device. And the gate, slightly open, is so encouraging.
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