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# Imaginative Realism: How to Paint What Doesn't Exist (James Gurney Art)

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Review: やっぱり、日本語版にしておけば良かったかなと思ってます。もう一冊買おうかな〜！ とても魅力的な絵の数々。恐竜と鳥好きな私の好みにぴったりだわと見ていたらSFな世界のリアリスティックな？空想世界 が広がっていて、英語がほとんどわからなくてもとても感動します！ 恐竜の模型を作製してから、スケッチするという手の込んだ作者のこだわりにびっくりしました。 是非手にとって鑑賞して頂きたいジェームス・ガーニーさんの傑作本です！
Review: ファンタジーからＳＦまで手広く描かれている海外イラストレーターの方の本です いかにして実際に存在しない光景やモンスター、メカをデザイン、 描画するかについて詳しく書かれています。 粘土でモデルを作ったり、場合によってはジオラマまで作ったりするこだわりはさすがプロと思わせ られます。 またかっこいい構図のとりかたなどの解説はかなり実践的でありあまり類書がないものです 筆者は油彩を主に使ったリアルな画風ですが漫画的なイラストにも十分応用できると思われます。 洋書ではありますが文章は平易でかなり絵も多いのである程度英語が読める人なら十分理解できると思います、絵のレベルもジャンルを問わずかなり高く眺めているだけでも面白いです。 絵描きの人はもちろんこの手のイラスト（フラゼッタ、パイル、ＮＣワイエス等）が好きな人にもお勧めっです。

## Technical Specifications

| Specification | Value |
|---------------|-------|
| Amazon Bestseller | #142,248 in Foreign Language Books ( See Top 100 in Foreign Language Books ) #122 in Arts & Photography Study & Teaching (Foreign Language Books) #555 in Painting (Foreign Language Books) #1,680 in Art History (Foreign Language Books) |
| Book 1 of 2  | James Gurney Art |
| Customer Reviews | 4.8 4.8 out of 5 stars (2,037) |
| Dimensions  | 9 x 0.6 x 10.5 inches |
| Edition  | 1st |
| ISBN-10  | 0740785508 |
| ISBN-13  | 978-0740785504 |
| Item Weight  | 1.05 Kilograms |
| Language  | English |
| Print length  | 224 pages |
| Publication date  | October 20, 2009 |
| Publisher  | Andrews McMeel Publishing |

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## Customer Reviews

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Review
*by 黄***緑 on October 6, 2012*

やっぱり、日本語版にしておけば良かったかなと思ってます。もう一冊買おうかな〜！ とても魅力的な絵の数々。恐竜と鳥好きな私の好みにぴったりだわと見ていたらSFな世界のリアリスティックな？空想世界 が広がっていて、英語がほとんどわからなくてもとても感動します！ 恐竜の模型を作製してから、スケッチするという手の込んだ作者のこだわりにびっくりしました。 是非手にとって鑑賞して頂きたいジェームス・ガーニーさんの傑作本です！

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Review
*by タ***ソ on September 13, 2010*

ファンタジーからＳＦまで手広く描かれている海外イラストレーターの方の本です いかにして実際に存在しない光景やモンスター、メカをデザイン、 描画するかについて詳しく書かれています。 粘土でモデルを作ったり、場合によってはジオラマまで作ったりするこだわりはさすがプロと思わせ られます。 またかっこいい構図のとりかたなどの解説はかなり実践的でありあまり類書がないものです 筆者は油彩を主に使ったリアルな画風ですが漫画的なイラストにも十分応用できると思われます。 洋書ではありますが文章は平易でかなり絵も多いのである程度英語が読める人なら十分理解できると思います、絵のレベルもジャンルを問わずかなり高く眺めているだけでも面白いです。 絵描きの人はもちろんこの手のイラスト（フラゼッタ、パイル、ＮＣワイエス等）が好きな人にもお勧めっです。

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Review
*by L***R on April 5, 2019*

I am afraid I judged this book by its cover and really didn't think that this was the kind of book that would be suitable for me or that I would enjoy. But having encountered James Gurney online and discovered that, rather than just painting dinosaurs, he was a far more traditional painter than I had imagined and decided to give it a try. I am delighted that I did. This is an excellent book written by a painter for other painters and full of interesting insights. It is definitely not for beginners since it assumes that you can already paint and draw well and are willing to work devotedly to conjure up a realistic depiction of an imaginary scene. He is consciously drawing on the heritage of the golden age of American illustration (which I like too) and takes you through all the steps he takes from thumbnail sketches to finished pieces, which is fascinating. There are a couple of drawbacks : his studio setup, kit and workshop facilities are way beyond what most of us can aspire to so I wish he could be a little more aware about these limitations most of us face. ( Plasticine and cardboard maquettes lit by an Anglepoise work fine for us lesser mortals.) This could be daunting or reduce one to paroxysms of envy. There is very little about any other medium except oil paint and you also have to have a high tolerance for dinosaurs . However these are minor quibbles. There is not only the enjoyment of being taken through his process of work but a lot of useful information to be gleaned en route. In fact I was so impressed that I immediately ordered his other book - "Colour and Light". So I can unhesitatingly recommend this to any other realist painter who wants some insight into Gurney's way of working and how to depict an imaginary world.

## Frequently Bought Together

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