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Camarasaurus_dino

Species: Camarasaurus

Pronunciation: kah-mah-row-saw-rus

Personality: This friendly giant loves to sing.  Loudly.

Care Level: Intermediate

Bella’s Critter of the Week Pages…

Bella COW page #1 Falling behind…

Bella COW page #2 Dippy vs. Ball sketches.

Bella COW page #3 He captures the life and beauty of prehistoric animals…

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Another preview of the illustration I’m working on. Steggy the Stegosaurus enjoying a few of the more tender cycad fronds. ☺️ . A little boy will soon be joining Steggy, and he’ll be at the top of the rock trying to reach over to pet her. She seems eager for the attention...but she might be a bit bigger than the small, quiet dinosaur they’re looking for at Pete’s Paleo Petshop. ☺️ . In case you’re new, I’m working on a children’s picture book about a family who goes to a pet shop full of prehistoric animals to find a small, quiet dinosaur. This is the first in the series, featuring the Jurassic Period, the “golden age” of dinosaurs 🦕 🦖 . . . . . #dinosaur #dinosaurs #steggy #stegosaurus #wip #workinprogress #paleoart #environment #jurassic #jurassicdino #pencil #pencildrawing
I’ve been hard at work the past week or two, and here is a tiny sneak peek ☺️ . This is my first attempt at a true environment, and I’m finding it a fun challenge to imply depth and a rich ecosystem without muddying everything up in details. . One way I’m doing this is by drawing shapes to suggest the many small rocks that make the dry river bed, with a few hardy plants eking a living between a few larger rocks. . Life finds a way in surprising places. 😁 . If Steggy the Stegosaurus was seeing the amount of rain we’ve been getting in Texas lately, this dry river bed would be flowing with water! ☺️ . . . . #dryriverbed #riverbed #rocky #tough #toughplants #sketch #sketchy #wip #workinprogress #pencildrawing #sneekpeak #preview #environment
Not what I usually post, but if you’ve been following my Instagram for a long while you might recognize her. . This is Sister, and she goes to Pete’s Paleo Petshop with her family to find a little, quiet dinosaur- which is hard to find in the Jurassic Period. . I’m practicing on this pose before trying to add her in the illustration I’m working on. She’s wearing a pretty dress, but that doesn’t stop a 3 year-old from climbing on some rocks. 😁 . . . . #girl #littlegirl #drawing #sketch #wip #workinprogress #pencil #pencildrawing #sketchbook #paleopetshop #patriciabujard #art #toddler #3yearsold
Meet Rosie the Dryosaurus! She’s a timid herbivore from Jurassic North America, about the size of a deer 🦌 . What happens when Mr. Diggle is gone for the day, and his assistant is in charge of taking care of Rosie’s hurt foot? Head on over to Paleopetshop.com and check out the latest blog post to find out! ☺️ . . . . #dinosaur #dryosaurus #jurassic #jurassicperiod #jurassicdino #cute #cutedinosaur #petdinosaur #prehistoricpet #digital #digitalart #patriciabujard #dinosaurart #paleopetshop
A bit of a preview on what I’m working on ☺️ Those plants are cycads, which are based off of some modern species in Australia, but a similar species in Jurassic North America was very plentiful. . I’m trying to avoid the trope prehistoric landscapes so often have. It’s like someone planted a bunch of conifers and ferns in a flower bed, and there’s too much dirt and empty space in between. Nature fills in every nook and cranny possible, so this little corner of the dry river bank will have all sorts of vegetation taking advantage of the groundwater. ☺️ . . . . #wip #workinprogress #workinprogress #sketch #sketchy #drawing #pencil #pencildrawing #cycad #ferns #foliage #vegetation #prehistoric #prehistoricplants #plants #sneakpeak
I’m doing a lot of research on plants recently, especially those of the Jurassic Morrison Formation. . This one is a giant sequoia tree, very similar to modern redwoods. You would probably see these in the open woodlands in low-lying areas of the flood plains- places that would get water during the rainy season. And thicker forests closer to permanent bodies of water. . I’ll be posting more plants as I do more research. ☺️ . In case you’d new here, the research is for a picture book I’m working on, set in a world where you can go to Pete’s Paleo Petshop and find a prehistoric friend from anytime in Earth’s history. At the moment I’m working on the Jurassic period, but overtime I’ll expand the series to explore all of Earth’s interesting prehistoric critters- even the earliest creatures of the Cambrian. . You can read more about my progress and all the behind-the-scenes research over at paleopetshop.com ☺️ . . . . #paleopetshop #prehistoric #ancient #prehistorictree #tree #sequoia #bigtree #jurassictree #jurassic #jurassicplant #website #picturebook #research #pencil #sketch #drawing #pencildrawing #pencilsketch #sketchbook

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