- Paperback: 128 pages
- Publisher: North Light Books; New edition edition (31 Aug 2001)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 1581802439
- ISBN-13: 978-1581802436
- Product Dimensions: 27.7 x 21.3 x 0.5 cm
- Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 666,106 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Anyone willing to learn can celebrate the wonder of nature with Claudia Nice's techniques for combining pen and ink with watercolor. Offering clear, step-by-step instruction for painting a range of subjects, she focuses on the little details first, from soil and leaves to wildflowers and birds. As artists are guided piece-by-piece through the wonders of different panoramic settings, they will learn to combine these elements into full-scale projects - quiet forest scenes, coral reefs teerning with color, prairies, deserts, ponds and mountains - all alive with the beauty and joy of nature.
About the Author
Claudia Nice is a self-taught artist who has developed her realistic style by sketching from nature. Throughout her career, she has won numerous awards for her work and has shared her masterful techniques through her workshops and bestselling books. These titles include Creating Textures in Pen & Ink with Watercolor, Sketching Your Favorite Subjects in Pen & Ink and How to Keep a Sketchbook Journal. She lives in Sandy, Oregon.
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23 of 23 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Another Excellent Book by Ms. Nice,
By hamsterdance (TX) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Painting Nature in Pen and Ink with Watercolour (Hardcover)
I bought this book based on the strength of Ms. Nice's previous book Creating Textures in Pen & Ink with Watercolor. I was equally pleased and delighted with this one as much as with her previous work.It first starts out with some very basic pen & ink strokes and techniques along with some watercolor texturing techniques (such as using crumpled plastic wrap which gives a surprisingly snow crystal-like texture). The next chapters move quickly on to using these techniques as applied to creating wildlife paintings and/or scenic landscapes. For example, in one chapter she starts out showing step by step details of a bird wildlife painting. One of the interesting things is that the bird pen & ink was done in sepia ink rather than the more typical black. The next page showed a step by step of the ferns in the painting along with moss and wood. The last page in the chapter showed all of these things pulled together into the final painting. Each painting gets the same "how-to" treatment. The result is that someone could easily duplicate each of the paintings in the book. There are also a wealth of mini-demonstrations such as leaves, frogs, birds, seashells, fish, starfish, flowers, grass, trees, etc. All of them most likely pulled from actual full paintings she has done but probably not included due to space and page-length considerations. Each one of the mini-pictures provides another step by step build-up so you can practice first without neccessarily committing to a big project. In short, it just looks like fun. I don't really see how anyone could be disappointed with this book. You're bound to learn something new to try with your own paintings. I certainly did. :)
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3.5 out of 5 stars (4 customer reviews) 34 of 35 people found the following review helpful:
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Nice, but material is duplicated in another of her books,
By a customer - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Painting Nature in Pen and Ink with Watercolour (Hardcover)
This is an excellent book... IF you don't already own "Painting with Watercolor, Pen and Ink" by Claudia Nice. The material in this book is entirely duplicated in the "Painting with...". Please do not buy this book if you already own a copy of "Painting with Watercolor, Pen and Ink". I did and was thoroughly disappointed that there was no new material in the "Painting Nature in Pen & Ink with Watercolor".Now, if you own the other book "Creating Textures with Watercolor, Pen and Ink" then I highly recommend this book as it has subject matter that was not covered in the "Creating Textures..." book. If you don't own any of her books, then buy the "Painting with Watercolor Pen and Ink" ISBN 158180265X because it completely combines the material in both "Creating Textures..." and "Painting Nature..." books. 6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
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Painting Nature in Pen & Ink with Watercolor,
By Nancy S. Gragg "All4U" - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Painting Nature in Pen and Ink with Watercolour (Hardcover)
I love Claudia Nice and buy her books. She is the real expert on pen and ink. That's why I bought this one. It is an excellent book but imagine my vast disappointment when I discovered I already had it. Except for a few overview pages, this entire book is in Painting With Watercolor, Pen and Ink.
0 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
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painting nature in pin and ink,
By Wilma F. Irwin - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Painting Nature in Pen and Ink with Watercolor (Paperback)
I love this book. If you love observing nature and painting about what you see, you will find this book very helpful. The book is easy to follow, and beautifully illustrated.
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