James gurney art

Cross post from Almanac Weekly James Gurney’s exquisite paintings have brought to life ancient and fantastic worlds, including the Earth populated by dinosaurs in his famous Dinotopia series of ill…

Brachiosaurus is the one of many of the biggest dinosaurs in history and are used in the community as the base and movement of the firefighter truck for the fireman. They are also commonly use as a bus type of serves to transport people. (Brachs to dinotopians). This is the one of their alone means of movement of the people and supplies across Dinotopia. Like all sauropod dinosaurs, Brachiosaurus was a quadrupedal animal with a small skull, a long neck, a large trunk with a high-ellipsoid…

What do you REALLY need to become a top artist? Start young? Go to Art School? None of the above? James Gurney shares his journey with us...

Summer is fast approaching—in the Northern Hemisphere, ahem—and that means lots of great booklists to browse. What are Nat Geo staffers reading this summer? Let them tell you! Two books that I retu…

Enchanted: A History of Fantasy Illustration June 12 through October 31, 2021 Fictional worlds of magic and adventure come to life through fantasy illustration. Myths, legends, fables, romance, and epic battles involving swords and sorcery occur in a world unfamiliar

This week I’m reviewing James Gurney’s book “Color and Light- A Guide for the Realist Painter”- available on his website , as well as on Amazon . I picked this book up a number of years ago when I was painting murals, and it’s one of the very few instructional art books I’ve come back to

Inspired by archaeology, lost civilizations, and the art of illustration, James Gurney’s children book Dinotopia creates an extraordinary place where humans and