Claws, horns, spikes and scales! Whether it's the towering Diplodocus or the mini Microraptor, dinosaurs are magnificent creatures. Discover how you can capture them on paper in just a few easy steps! Drawing made easy!

 

This book features in the following series: Smithsonian Drawing, Smithsonian Drawing Books .

There are 64 pages in this book. This book was published 2014 by Capstone Global Library Ltd .

Kristen McCurry is a writer and editor for Capstone Press. She has written several books for children and volunteers in children's reading and literacy programs. Kristen lives in Minnesota with her husband, book-loving twin children, and an elderly Boston terrier. Dr. Margaret A. Weitekamp earned a B. A. from the University of Pittsburgh and an M. A. and Ph. D. in history from Cornell University. During her graduate work, she was a Mellon fellow in the humanities and spent a year in residence at the NASA Headquarters History Office in Washington, D. C. as the American Historical Association / NASA Aerospace History Fellow. Weitekamp curates the Air and Space Museum's social and cultural dimensions of spaceflight collection. Diane Kidd is the award winning illustrator of numerous children's books. She has a degree in art education from the Pratt Institute and a master's degree in early childhood education from Bank Street College. Abby Colich is a writer and editor living in Chicago. She has been working in the book publishing industry for more than a decade. Juan is a former biologist turned science illustrator, trained on the Science Illustration program at UC Monterrey Bay. He worked early on his illustrator career for field guides of plants and animals of his country of origin, Colombia, and now owns and works in his art studio, LIBERUM DONUM in Bogota Columbia, creating concept art, storyboarding and his passion: comic books. Juan Calle co-wrote and illustrated children's picture book Good Dream, Bad Dream. He is the art director at LIBERUM DONUM Studios, based in Bogota, Colombia. As a team of illustrators and animators, they have worked for the book industry clients like WELDON OWEN publishing and Capstone Press, on titles for young audiences such as SHOW ME HOW series, PAPERMANIA!, HOW TO BE A WEREWOLF, HOW TO BE A ZOMBIE, and HOW TO DRAW INCREDIBLE DINOSAURS. The team works for the advertising and entertainment industry, and creates 2D and 3D animation for movies and TV, and visual development and concept art for video games.