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…
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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…
Pamela and a Field Trip
Many Paleoartists add spikes along the top of the neck, back and tail on the Pachycephalosaurus. I decided to use paint to create the look of spikes in these areas. A few pieces of cardboard were helpful in creating a template for spikes for Pamela. I used the Hammered Gold for the triangular spikes sprayed…
Wishing You a Happy Valentine’s Day!
We hope you are having a Great Day! Valentine’s Day is a good excuse to treat yourself whether it’s with a special someone, your favorite food, dessert, flowers, music or the night out make this a special day for yourself! We are enjoying the day with special treats, music, flowers a movie and dinner at…
A Lunch at The Dinosaur Institute in the Natural History Museum LA
Last Monday I was invited to lunch at the Dinosaur Institute with Dr. Luis Chiappe, Senior Vice President Research & Collections and Cristina Rosales, Fellows Membership Coordinator. It was a great opportunity to learn about the museums expeditions, resource library and tour the renovated new lab. My first visit to the lab was April 20,…
Where are the little Dinosaurs?
World renowned paleontologist, Jack Horner has a great video on YouTube that provides an explanation. Pachycephalosaurus is featured as one of the dinosaur examples demonstrating his theory. Dinosaurs are believed to have grown like birds. Dinosaurs skulls could change significantly even after reaching 80% of adult size. Therefore, smaller dinosaurs with different names could just…
Pachycephalosaurus at the Park!
The name Pachycephalosaurus comes from Greek – meaning thick headed lizard. They lived in the Cretaceous Period in Europe and North America – Montana, South Dakota & Wyoming and now one at the Park! Pamela is the Pachycephalosaurus that joined the Park in November. Pachycephalosaurus were herbivorous or omnivorous animals eating leaves, fruit, seeds and…
Start the New Year Off Right with Dinosaurs
I met a few new friends before the New Year. On the way to Christmas Dinner with my Sister in Stevenson Ranch I met a couple of Dinosaurs on the Old Road (an alternate to interstate 5 north) before the Balboa intersection. A Very Large Carnivore and a Triceratops with it’s Christmas Cone. On the…
Have a Very Merry Christmas!
Wishing You All a Very Happy Christmas & Wonderful New Year! At the Park We will be Singing a Special Version of the Typical Holiday Carols and Reading Dinosaur Tales. We hope you enjoy them too! Rudolph the Red Nose Raptor Rudolph the red nose Raptor had a very shiny nose. And if you ever…
What Do Dinosaurs Want for Christmas?
Everyone helped out with the Holiday decorations. Some got a little tangled in them. Alejandro decides to setup the Winter Village. It’s always a great display. Although with Alejandro alongside it could be mistaken for a scene from Godzilla. We have a couple of new arrivals, Pamela the Pachycephalosaurus and Teresa a larger Triceratops. There…