Claudia Nice shows you how to turn ink and watercolours 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, colour 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, coloured inks to liquid acrylics. You’ll discover ways to blot, spatter, stamp and otherwise alter and combine ink and watercolour for exciting texturing effects. 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.