bFrom the award-winning artist, learn to see and shape the world in a way you never before imagined.b pAn award-winning fantasy artist and the creator of iDinotopiai, James Gurney instructs and inspires in iImaginative Realism How to Paint What Doesn't Existi. Renowned for his uncanny ability to incorporate amazing detail and imagination into stunningly realistic fantasy settings, James Gurney teaches budding artists and fans of fantasy art step-by-step the techniques that won him worldwide critical acclaim. This groundbreaking work examines the practical methods for creating believable pictures of imaginary subjects, such as dinosaurs, ancient Romans, alien creatures, and distant worlds. pBeginning with a survey of imaginative paintings from the Renaissance to the golden Age of American illustration, the book then goes on to explain not just techniques like sketching and composition, but also the fundamentals of believable world building including archaeology, architecture, anatomy fo