Creating Textures in Pen & Ink With Watercolor

Creating Textures in Pen & Ink With Watercolor 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.