Stephanie joined the Park during Memorial Day Week. See post June 1, 2018 “Dinosaur Hunting – Trip to Templeton” for Stephanie’s Discovery. She arrived with two other friends Gary & Cindy also discovered in Atascadero, California. We have been talking about the Brontosaurs transformation the last five weeks. One more note on the Brontosaurs before…
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Alejandro’s First Visit to the Library
Kevin the T-Rex hatchling has made a number of visits to local Libraries and is schedule for August 30th at the Vernon Branch in Los Angeles, CA (see below for details). Alejandro has been looking forward to his first trip. He was excited about his first ride in the car as well. We reviewed a…
Brontosaurs Gary & Cindy Final Touch-Ups!
The following details were accomplished by spraying paint into the caps of the cans and dipping in the artists brushes to apply. Small spots of Maui Blue were added to Gary & Cindy. I applied them randomly to several of the small bumps that were part of the hammered metal. More Deep Blue was added…
Brontosaurus at the Park and more on Early Dinosaur Sculptures
As discussed in last week’s post “Brontosaurus at the Park and Sinclair’s Logo”, I wasn’t completely satisfied with the Purple accents on Gary. I tried a new concept with Cindy using the Deep Blue, which I liked very much. Gary received this treatment in Purple with an enhancement to allow for Deep Blue spots from…
Brontosaurus at the Park and Sinclair’s Logo
Berry Pink provided a nice color for the inside of the mouth on both Brontosaurus. After masking off the mouth area, plastic was used to protect the rest of the head and neck from overspray. I tried Hunter Green to add additional details to the legs, nose and around the eyes. I didn’t like it…
The Brontosaurus and Early Dinosaur Sculptures
Gary & Cindy Drying after rinsing the acid wash. In 1852 a number of Dinosaur sculptures were commissioned for the Crystal Palace. Benjamin Waterhouse Hawkins created these sculptures under the direction of Sir Richard Owen a 19th Century British Scientist. These were the first life size Dinosaur sculptures in the World. Sir Richard Owen invented…
The Brontosaurus at the Park
Brontosaurus Greek for “Thunder Lizard”. One of the most famous of the Dinosaurs is back! New research indicates Brontosaurus is a distinct genus from Apatosaurus that includes B. excelsus, B. yahnahpin and B. parvis. The 300 page study examines 477 different physical features of 81 specimens of sauropods including Diplodocus, Apatosaurus and now Brontosaurus. A…
Jurassic World: Kingdom of the Fallen Premiere with the NHMLA
Dinosaurs have been in movies since the 1920’s. The “The Lost World” in 1925 featured Clay dinosaurs that I preferred to the lizards with attachments in the 1960 version of the film. “The Lost World” sixties version attached horns to iguanas, alligators and tried passing a monitor lizard off as a dinosaur by attaching a…
Kevin Goes to the Dentist!
Today was my regular 6-month dental visit for cleaning. I decided it was time for Kevin to have his teeth checked. It’s never to early to visit the Dentist. Dr. David Tanner in Newhall, California has been my dentist since he started his practice over 30 years ago. I have known David since Junior High,…
Dinosaurs at Mountain Vista Elementary
Kevin & I were invited to Mountain Vista Elementary School – home of the “Wildcats” – to make a presentation to five Kindergarten Classes. We made two presentations. The first group gathered in Miss Rangel’s classroom along with teacher Ms. Vasquez – one Kindergarten Class and one Transitional Kindergarten Class. We started with “Dinosaurs” by…