Art Demonstrations

James Gurney Art Demo: Secrets of Imaginative Painting

How do you turn an imaginary subject into a realistic picture? James Gurneyartist, illustrator, and author of the four-novel series Dinotopiashares his secrets in this step-by-step art demo.

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Step-by-Step Art Demo: Garden of Hope

In the 1990s and 2000s, I wrote and illustrated the four-novel series Dinotopia, in which humans and sapient dinosaurs enjoy a peaceful, shared society. The illustration Garden of Hope (below) appears in the second book in the series, Dinotopia: The World Beneath.

Garden of Hope (oil on canvas mounted to panel, 36x24)

Ill take you through the step-by-step creative process behind this painting. Artists…