A guide for amateur painters to using pen and ink watercolour techniques to produce detailed, textured results. Materials are examined, from technical pens to liquid acrylics, and different techniques are shown, such as blotting and spattering, together with various mixtures for special effects.

Watercolour Techniques With Pen and Ink

Nice, Claudia

Batsford Ltd.

Painting Country Gardens in Watercolour, Pen and Ink

Arts & Photography

Drawing

DAVID CHARLES PLC

Discusses the materials and techniques of pen and ink drawing and offers examples and advice for sketching plants, animals, faces and figures, landscape elements, water, and buildings

Sketching Your Favorite Subjects in Pen and Ink

North Light Books

Shows how to use fine lines, brushstrokes, dots, and a mixture of techniques and mediums to create such textures as ocean waves, wood grain, animal hair, driftwood, and glass.

Creating Textures in Pen & Ink With Watercolor

Got a yearning to pick up a pen and see what you can do? Go for it! But don't sketch alone—let popular artist and teacher Claudia Nice be your guide. She'll make your first steps fun and successful! In her trademark style—friendly and encouraging—Claudia will show you how to do a sketch of a subject that actually ends up looking like the subject. And she shares her secrets for turning simple lines and dots into all kinds of lifelike textures, including leaves, glass, hair, fruit, water, clouds, wood grain, grass, fur and feathers. Easy (and fun!) exercises get you started. Step-by-step projects teach techniques as you draw trees, flowers, barns, animals and other subjects—even people! And demonstrations show you how to put all that you've learned together to create a finished picture. So go ahead—grab that pen and have fun! Just follow along with Claudia to get the hang of it, and before you know it you'll be making your own, original pen-and-ink drawings!

Drawing in Pen & Ink (First Steps)

History & Criticism

A renowned artist shares her special techniques for capturing nature's boundless beauty in this new book that offers step-by-step instructions for painting a range of subjects. 116 illustrations, 100 in color.

Painting Nature in Pen & Ink With Watercolor

Provides instructions for portraying weathered wood, cracked windowpanes, and other facets of old buildings in drawings and paintings.

Painting Weathered Buildings in Pen, Ink & Watercolor

Nobody captures seascapes quite like Claudia Nice. In this guide, she shares her approach to creating dynamic watercolor compositions textured with pen &amp; ink, acrylics and gouache. More than 60 step-by-step demos, simple enough for beginners, teach how to create all sorts of beach scenery, from waves crashing, to people relaxing while the sun slowly sets, and more.

Down By the Sea: Draw and Paint with Watercolor, Acrylic, Pen & Ink

Comics & Graphic Novels

How To Create Comics & Manga

Draw &amp; Paint Realistic Trees in All Four Seaons Bestselling author and naturalist Claudia Nice is back with another studio essential for every landscape artist. Drawing &amp; Painting Trees in the Landscape features Claudia's best tips and techniques for painting trees of all kinds in their natural settings—from the majesty of mountain evergreens to the delicate pink blossoms of cherry trees in spring. With her inspiring artistic style and in-depth visual instruction, Claudia starts with the basics, showing you how to break down reference photos and open-air vistas into simple shapes, colors and textures. Follow along as she skillfully guides you through every step of creating vibrant compositions anchored by glorious trees and foliage, including: Drawing and sketching techniques for mapping out successful compositions A variety of basic tree shapes you can reference and copy; featuring more than 40 conifers, hardwoods and deciduous trees

Drawing & Painting Trees in the Landscape

Claudia shows you how to see animals with an artist's eye so you can draw them with ease. Through a series of mini step-by-step demonstrations and one complete step-by-step demonstration, Claudia uses visual comparisons to accurately draw animals that are both realistic and expressive.

Keys to Drawing Realistic Animals With Claudia Nice

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