مارس 2021

On YouTube ,  creekkidart  asks: "I’d love to know how you quote for these kinds of projects. Do you include the time it takes to creat...

View this post on Instagram A post shared by James Gurney (@jamesgurneyart)   Eggshell is made with epoxy sculpting c...

Scientists found a skull of a baby sauropod dinosaur that was about to hatch out of its shell, and my job was to imagine the moment it was e...

Having an actual three dimensional maquette, even if it’s crudely sculpted, allows me to determine viewpoint angles, foreshortening, cast sh...

There's been a lot of talk lately about NFTs (non-fungible tokens) and the art world. In this post I'll share some preliminary thin...

This dinosaur is called  Thanatotheristes ,  which means “reaper of death.”  Before launching into the finished painting I try out various b...

Here are some sentient insect vehicles for a 1980s video game. I looked through lots of photos of insects, trying to dream up different ways...

Sylvia and Bix, the Protoceratops, transparent oil wash over pencil drawing on illustration board, from Dinotopia: A Land Apart from Time.

Janus La Cour (1837 - 1909) was a Danish painter who specialized in landscape. Janus la Cour , Summer day on the beach near Aarhus,  1901. ...

One puzzling characteristic of mushrooms is how they're able to pop up overnight, apparently fully formed.  Ivan Shishkin,  Amanita 187...

Cartoon by J.R. Williams  This gave me a chuckle. A farmer confronts an artist, who is painting at the edge of his field. “Git off this farm...

Here's a new video with some suggestions for painting snow.  I paint a campfire in the snow, some snow melting on a smooth rock (below),...

Banksy creates a painting on the theme of escaping from prison, with an oddly-appropriate voiceover from Bob Ross. It's audacious...and ...

Sarah, an art student at East Tennessee State University, asks: "How did you get inspiration for the costuming that the people in Dinot...

View this post on Instagram A post shared by James Gurney (@jamesgurneyart) My Arthur Denison maquette was animated by...

A maquette is a miniature or scale model of a building, creature, or character constructed as a reference tool to explore form and lighting....

What is the purpose of the bold black and white stripes on a zebra? They don't seem to function as a camouflage in the ordinary sense of...

Al Jaffee has made a lot of people happy with his "fold-in" illustrations for MAD Magazine. Let's wish him a happy 100th birt...

It's sad to hear about the passing of Dean Morrissey (1951-March 4, 2021). He was a kind man and a talented painter with wonderful dream...

After a financially challenging year, the Metropolitan Museum has announced that it is considering selling pieces from its collection to cov...

Jan Alojzy Matejko  (Polish 1838-1893) was a portrait artist who also painted historical scenes. Here is a painting of Copernicus, the Renai...

Walter Wick asks: "Why [do you put] impasto in the highlights and not in the shadows?" Light hitting the surface of the painting ...

In the new issue of International Artist Magazine I share details about how to create a "triad test," a chart for seeing the rang...