Creating Textures in Pen & Ink with Watercolor - Softcover

Nice, Claudia

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1581807252 ISBN 13: 9781581807257

Publisher: North Light Books, 2005

Synopsis

Claudia Nice shows you how to turn ink and watercolors into the coarse-barked trunk of an oak, or the burnished smoothness of brass, or the verdant velvet of moss. Or any of many other things. She shows you how to use dots, fine lines, brushstrokes, black and white, color—a mixture of mediums and techniques—to suggest:

• glass
• cast iron
• adobe and brick
• sunrise and sunset
• driftwood
• leaf textures
• basketry
• surf and ocean waves
• enamelware
• rainbows
• wood grain
• distant trees
• eggs and onions
• animal hair
• and dozens of other textures!

You'll learn how to use materials, from technical pens to paint brushes, colored inks to liquid acrylics. You'll discover ways to blot, spatter, stamp and otherwise alter and combine ink and watercolor for exciting texturing effects.

About this title

From the Publisher:

Highly recommended by Booklist.
"Nice is adept at creating fine detail and an exciting and beautiful range of surfaces. She describes various pens and their maintenance as well as the qualities of specific inks and water-base paints, then offers hundreds of examples of her polished technique. Nice contrasts the use of watercolor alone with the combination of watercolor and pen and ink, demonstrating how texture greatly enhances a painting's dimension and richness." (Booklist, September 1995)

About the Author:

Claudia Nice is the author of 12 successful North Light books including Creating Textures in Pen and Ink with Watercolor, How to Keep a Sketchbook Journal, and Watercolor Made Simple with Claudia Nice. Well-known by both fine artists and decorative painters, her friendly voice and clear instruction reach many artists.

About this edition

• Publisher: North Light Books
• Publication date: 2005
• ISBN 10: 1581807252
• ISBN 13: 9781581807257
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 144