TY  - GEN
AU  - Gurney, James
TI  - Imaginative realism : how to paint what doesn't exist 
SN  - 9780740785504
U1  - 709.03 
PY  - 2009///
CY  - Missouri
PB  - Andrews McMeel Publishing
N1  - Contents
Introduction       6
Chapter 1 Tradition     9
Tradition of imaginative painting 10
Art in the twentieth century          12
Copies from the masters         14
Chapter 2 Studio   17
Tables, easels, and lights  18
Helpful equipment              20
Drawing media               22
Painting media          24
Chapter 3 Preliminary sketches             27
Games to loosen up      28
Thumbnail sketches      30
Storyboards          32
Color experiments      34
Charcoal comprehensive   36 
Corrections and tracings     38
Eye level          40
Perspective grid      42 
Sticking with it        44
Chapter 4 History and archeology               47
Telling a story             48
Early humans        50
Close or far view          52
Information and atmosphere     54
Chapter 5 People              57
Mirror studies              58
Tone paper studies    60
Acting in character  62
Photographing models         64
Professional models         66
Head maquettes             68
Costumes              70
Characters in settings         72 
Managing detail                74
Chapter 6 Dinosaurs                      77
Digging dinosaurs                  78
Dinosaurs in their environment                 80 
Unusual behaviors           82
Multiple maquettes             84
Setting up a tableau          86
Homemade miniatures            88
Wings and capes          90
2D-to-3D maquette       92
Coloration        94
Chapter 7 Creatures and aliens           97
Creature maquettes          98
Skeleton model        100
Animal characters          102
Half-human        104
From model to mermaid      106 
Cyborgs           108
Chapter 8 Architecture             111
Four steps to build a city            112
Visualizing waterfall city       114
Architectural maquettes            116
Lighting the maquette                  118
Clay and stone             120
Chapter 9 Vehicles                  122
Start with the familiar           124
Exaggeration         126
Sketchbook as springboard      128
Insect vehicles        130
Walking vehicles      132
Alternate history       134
A lived-in future     136
Engineering        138
Scrap file          140
Chapter 10 Plein-air studies              143
On-location drawing           144
Weird and wonderful             146
Fact into fantasy         148
Museums and zoos      150
Orientalism        152
Chapter 11 Composition             155
Two values        156
Silhouette          158
Chiaroscuro              160
Shapewelding        162
Counterchange             164
Windmill principle       166
Eye tracking          168
Heatmaps                170
Spokewheeling       172
Clustering             174
Flagging the head    178
Vignetting          180
Repose and action            182 
Repoussoir           184
Cutaway views    186
Aerial views184
Maps        186
Chapter 12 Procedure                   189
Step by step              190
Grounds, mediums, and techniques        192
Texture and impasto        194
Combining the elements     196
Chapter 13 Careers      199
Paperback covers             200
Movie design          202
Video game design         204
Toy design          206
Theme park design     208       
Afterword            210
Glossary       212
Recommended Reading      216
Works by and about James Gurney      219
Image Credits         220
About the Author            220
Index           221


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