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Dinosaurs and other prehistoric animals have always fascinated people but they pose vast problems for the artist. How do you go about recreating the anatomy and behaviour of a creature we've never seen? How can we restore landscapes long lost to time? And where does the boundary between palaeontology - the science of understanding fossils- and artistic licence lie? In this outstanding book, Mark Witton shares his detailed paintings and great experience of drawing and painting extinct species. The approaches used in rendering these impressive creatures are discussed and demonstrate the problems, as well as the unexpected freedoms, that palaeontological artists are faced with. AUTHOR: Dr Mark P Witton is an author, palaeontological artist and researcher who hs wokred with major museums and universities around the world to understand and reconstruct extinct animals. He has acted as consultant to numerous dinosaur documentaries and folms including the Walking with Dinosaurs franchise and the BBC's Planet Dinosaur. SELLING POINTS: . An outstanding book with over ninety paintings of dinosaurs and other creatures of the Mesozoic Era brought to life with habitats and likely behavioural traits. . Of great interest to palaeontological artists, researchers, museum curators, dinosaur enthusiasts and fossil hunters. . Explains how each image was created with details of the artistic process. . Discusses where the boundary between palaeontology and artistic licence lie. . Superbly illustrated with 90 paintings. . Dr Mark Witton is an author, palaeontological artist, researcher and has acted as consultant to many dinosaur documentaries and films. 90 colour paintings

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This really is the ultimate guide to pterosaurs, providing us with a richer view of pterosaur diversity and behaviour . . . and containing a substantial amount of review and analysis of pterosaur ecology and functional morphology. --Scientific American on Pterosaurs Witton's new tribute to pterosaurs gives these fantastic fossil creatures a much-needed makeover in two crucial ways. Not only does the book bring the science of pterosaurs up to date . . . but Witton is a highly-skilled and imaginative artist who ably reconstructs the bones of the animals and brings them back to life in startling poses. --National Geographic.com on Pterosaurs The joy of Pterosaurs is how it brings long extinct animals to life. --New Scientist on Pterosaurs

This really is the ultimate guide to pterosaurs, providing us with a richer view of pterosaur diversity and behaviour . . . and containing a substantial amount of review and analysis of pterosaur ecology and functional morphology. --Scientific American on Pterosaurs The joy of Pterosaurs is how it brings long extinct animals to life. --New Scientist on Pterosaurs Witton's new tribute to pterosaurs gives these fantastic fossil creatures a much-needed makeover in two crucial ways. Not only does the book bring the science of pterosaurs up to date . . . but Witton is a highly-skilled and imaginative artist who ably reconstructs the bones of the animals and brings them back to life in startling poses. --National Geographic.com on Pterosaurs

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Mark P Witton is a leading palaeontological artist, author and researcher at the University of Portsmouth, UK. He has produced artwork for museums and universities worldwide, including the Natural History Museum and The London, and American Museum's of Natural History. He has also acted as a consultant for documentaries and films, including the Walking with Dinosaurs franchise, the BBC, National Geographic and research institutes around the world. His palaeoart works have also been featured in numerous research papers, news reports, books, television shows, museums and art galleries, and he has consulted on the appearance of fossil animals for numerous television shows and films. He has written numerous books on palaeontology and palaeoart, including three books for Crowood.

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