We had just finished blending the Two Shades of Grey for Stephanie. Stone Grey was added to nails and create a beak. More Purple had been added widening the portion along the top of the body last week. I reworked the blending of the Two Shades of Grey a little more especially in the mid-body…
Tag: Dinosaur Story Time
Stephanie’s Painting & Stegosaurus Facts
We left off with Stephanie receiving a few coats of Rust Reformer. As always, turning the dinosaur on its side makes it easier to reach the underbody and inside the legs. After a couple of coats of Rusty Metal Primer, it was time for Stephanie to get back on her feet for finishing the priming…
Kevin Visits the Museum
Kevin has been to many Libraries some a few times for “Family Story Time” and helping me complete research. Wednesday was his first trip to the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County. It was Great! As soon as we arrived, we were met by my “Fellows Membership” Coordinator, Cristina Rosales. Cristina had made it…
Introducing Stephanie the Stegosaurus!
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…
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…
Dinosaurs in the Camarillo Library for “Family Story Time”!
Kevin & I arrived about ½ hour early to get setup for the reading. It didn’t take long for the first to arrive. Daniel & his sister posed for a picture with Kevin. Shortly after it was like a herd of Dinosaurs as 72 parents & kids found their places in the Pirate Ship in…
Pamela and Green Diamonds
After a great deal of additional practice drawing spikes on paper, I was ready to improve upon my first attempt at creating the 3D appearance of spikes on Pamela’s neck, back and tail. The Drawing Course I’m taking is from The Great Courses “How to Draw”. It is a series of 36 lectures on 6…
Creating a Special Place for Your Dinosaur to Perch part 2
There are many choices for concrete paint. I found a number of possibilities at the Sherwin-Williams Store in Camarillo. Cecilia the store manager was very helpful with matching the chip cards to items I brought from home. I collected some small stones and bark from the yard to assist in color choices for the new…
Pamela the Pachycephalosaurus gets a Makeover
It’s always a good idea to select a site before adopting a Metal Dinosaur. Depending on the size you don’t want to be moving them around frequently. Mine are involved in many of my projects so they tend to travel the yard and inside the house from time to time. I have platform trucks and…