James Gurney's "Color and Light"

For those who don't know, James Gurney is the creator of the classic "Dinotopia" series. (Need I say more?) Well, for about two years now he's been dishing out amazing advice to artists on his blog Gurney Journey.
     As he got into it one had to wonder - is he writing a book about all this stuff? I HOPE he's writing a book about all this stuff!
     Indeed he was. And it comes out this November. I know, I have it on pre-order.
     James (Jim) is a master of both color and light - tricky things I tried to explain in my article for the SCBWI Bulletin "Illuminating Color." I've been a fan for a long time (and even interviewed Jim in the article), so was thrilled he posted a flip through of his new book on his blog the other day:

     Dang, I can't wait to read this puppy! :)