Painting With Watercolor, Pen & Ink

by Nice, Claudia

• ISBN13: 9781581802658
• ISBN10: 158180265X
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2002-07-01
• Publisher: North Light Books

Summary

Best-selling author and artist Claudia Nice shows readers how to create incredible art in watercolor, pen and ink. She makes it easy by covering all the drawing and painting basics from materials and texture techniques to color theory and special effects. It's a one-of-a-kind course in making extraordinary art. Nice provides guidelines, advice and techniques for rendering hundreds of favorite places, environments and animals with incredible detail, including: -- Transparent images such as glass, eyes and water -- Silver, brass, gold, copper, bronze and rusted metal -- Earth and stone textures, including soil, sand and gravel -- Skies and weather -- Fields, flowers, trees, forests and wood grain patterns -- Tide pools, tropical reefs, fish and animals -- Deserts, ponds, swamps, marshes and mountains It's no exaggeration to say that this incredible volume-a compilation collecting some of the finest instruction from Nice's other best-selling books-contains enough instruction, inspiration and gorgeous art to keep readers drawing, painting and enjoying the outdoors for years to come. Claudia Nice is a multi-media artist, but prefers pen, ink and watercolor when working in the field. She has been an art consultant and instructor, has authored 15 art instruction books and travels across North America conducting workshops, seminars and demonstrations at schools, clubs, shops and trade shows. She has recently opened her own teaching studio near Mt. Hood, Oregon.

Table of Contents

Introduction	p. 6
Materials	p. 8
Basic Texturing Techniques	p. 14
The Look of Transparency	p. 30
Metallic Impressions	p. 44
Earth and Stone Textures	p. 54
Skies and Weather	p. 68
Wood Grain Patterns	p. 78
Trees and Forests	p. 90
Tide Pools and Tropical Reefs	p. 122
Fields of Flowers	p. 142
Desert Drylands	p. 160
Ponds, Swamps and Marshes	p. 178
Mountains, Crags and Crevices	p. 196
Still Life Strategies	p. 212
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