“There's a lot of things that we can learn about the past by just looking at the present.”Įvery artist has a style, too. “In terms of trying to draw something that doesn't even exist or can't be observed, you need to kind of make analogues with what exists in the world, what we do have, and what comparisons can be made there, both anatomically and ecologically,” Dufault said. So how do you draw a dinosaur? Working in the lab, Dufault makes first-hand observations of fossil specimens, generates ideas with the paleontologists she works with, and makes sure everything is anatomically accurate. She even found a Triceratops skull a couple of summers ago learn more about in the video below.) (Part of working in that lab, by the way, involves going out on digs.

Because she works in a lab that studies dinosaurs from the Late Cretaceous period, those animals are most often the subject of her art.

“I remember catching bugs and keeping them in little containers and trying to draw them, and I guess it sort of grew into a bigger love for both the art and the biology,” Dufault said.īut today, the subjects of Dufault’s illustrations are a little more, well, dead. Photo: Julie Florioĭufault, who is also the host of a popular YouTube channel about animals, said she has always been fascinated by the natural world and has been drawing creatures since she was a kid. She also participates in digs with paleontologists and once discovered the skull of a Triceratops.

How do you draw a dinosaur