Son of a mechanical engineer, James Gurney taught himself to draw by reading books about the illustrators Norman Rockwell and Howard Pyle. He is also a dedicated plein air (outdoor) painter and sketcher, believing that making studies directly from observation fuels his imagination. He specializes in painting realistic images of scenes that can’t be photographed, from dinosaurs to ancient civilizations. James Gurney (b.1958) is the artist and author best known for his illustrated book series Dinotopia. Very instructive illustrated chapters include: tradition, studio setup, preliminary sketches, history & archaeology, people, dinosaurs, creatures, aliens, architecture, vehicles, plein air studies, composition, and careers. SOFTCOVER only-no hardcover was published. Item #2628 ISBN: 9780740785504 EMBELLISHED AMUSINGLY & SIGNED BOLDLY on the half-title by the splendidly-gifted artist-author. SIGNED & EXTRA-ILLUSTRATED by the ARTIST-AUTHOR with a dinosaur painting at an easel, small 4to (10 1/2" x 9"), lavishly illustrated with 400 illustrations by Gurney-the creator of DINOTOPIA-most in full color with a few B&W glossies, pictorial full color cover with green grimlin holding a paintbrush laden with paint, 223, pages. Kansas City Sydney London: Andrews McMeel Publishing, LLC, 2009.
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