Death Encroaches By amorousdino Watch

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"Death Encroaches"



Saichania chulsanensis. An acrylic painting I recently did of a family of Saichania who are about to be engulfed in an approaching sandstorm.



This was based on an idea Utah state paleontologist, Dr. James Kirkland, suggested when I interned under him a few years ago. Though I chose to depict Saichania here, the genus of ankylosaurid that died in this manner with its brood was Pinacosaurus. Seems there were smothered and buried by a sandstorm.



I had to spend a fair amount of time to figure out how to depict the sandstorm itself, settling on a reference photo of a sandstorm that looked like a huge wave.



With this out of the way, I can resume working on my sleeping Spinosaurus in a swamp painting.



Completed on the 19th of March 2018.



Done using acrylics and color pencils.

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Published : Mar 19, 2018