Book · Book
Imaginative Realism: How to Paint What Doesn't Exist
By James Gurney
- Type
- Book
- Level
- Intermediate
- Length
- 224 pages
- Price
- Paid
- Published
- 2009
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About this lesson
James Gurney's method for painting convincing images of things that can't be observed directly — creatures, lost worlds, historical scenes — using research, reference photography, maquettes, models and composition planning.
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