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 sections. Purple accents have been used to highlight the details in the Metal on the Back Plates. Purple was also used to add some Stripes to the 4 Spikes at the end of the Tail. I lighten up the Beak a little too. All this was completed by spraying paint into the various paint caps and using different size artists brushes to apply the finishing details. Using a Jumbo Platform Truck elevates the dinosaur making it easier to add these details. One with a removable handle is a plus too!
Then a clear coat was applied to protect and add a final gloss finish. The Stone Grey had a Satin Finish the Clear Coating corrects for the difference in color finish. Stephanie now rests on her favorite perch in the Park.
Stegosaurus “Roofed Lizard” named by Othniel Charles Marsh in 1877. As mentioned previously the name was the result of the discovers belief that the back Plates laid flat like shingles on a roof. In the debate whether the Plates were in parallel or alternating rows, the latter is the most popular belief. Stephanie has both parallel and alternating to please those on both sides of the debate.
Stegosaurus made its major public debut as a papier mache model commissioned by the U.S. National Museum of Natural History for the 1904 Louisiana Purchased Exposition. About 2010, the model was moved to the Museum of the Earth in Ithaca, New York.
Check out Wikipedia for more details https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stegosaurus
The oldest and most primitive Stegosaur is Huayangosaurus from the middle Jurassic of China. Its head was larger, wider more like an Ankylosaur. The armor was sharper and more spike like than Stegosaurus and two large spikes projected from its trunk like its later cousin Kentrosaurus. Kentrosaurus from the late Jurassic of Africa about half the size of Stegosaurus. Much smaller plates that transitioned to flattened Spikes along the back. Kentrosaurus had two large Spikes at the end of the tail and two horizontal spikes projected from the trunk.
Mark Your Calendars:
7:00 pm September 18th at The City of Camarillo Library
4101 Las Posas Road, Camarillo, CA
805-388-5222
Join Alejandro the T-Rex and I for a Reading of Dinosaur Fun Facts & Fiction at “Family Story Time”
to be followed by
a “How to Draw Dinosaurs” Activity!
Join Angie the Augustynolophus & Me for Complementary Dinosaur Painting
at Natural History Museum’s 3rd Annual Everything Dinosaur “Dino Fest” Weekend
September 29th & 30th
Angie is looking forward to some New Splashes of Color
Plus learn what we know about the Color of Dinosaurs at Our Tent in the Garden!
“Encouraging the Appreciation of Art and Education through the Inspiration of Dinosaurs”
Paul & Prehistoric Pals
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