Artistic Rose

Synopsis

Painting with Watercolor, Pen & Ink

By Claudia Nice

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.