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| Painting Country Gardens in Watercolor, Pen & Ink | 
 enlarge | Author: Claudia Nice
Publisher: North Light Books
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  (5 reviews)
Sales Rank: 191321
Languages: English (Original Language), English (Unknown), English (Published)
Media: Hardcover
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 131
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.9
Dimensions (in): 11.3 x 8.9 x 0.7
ISBN: 1581801424
Dewey Decimal Number: 751.422346
UPC: 035313318870
EAN: 9781581801422
ASIN: 1581801424
Publication Date: July 2002
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Product Description
Best-selling author Claudia Nice provides all the information artists need to create gorgeous country garden art. She reviews basic watercolor techniques, including glazing and texturing, along with basic pen and ink techniques for producing a variety of line textures. Readers will find valuable step-by-step demonstrations utilizing a variety of media. They'll begin by drawing in pencil, then add watercolor and/or pen and ink. In addition to flowers, Claudia shows how to illustrate a variety of leaves, vines, moss, ferns and other country scene details, including rabbits, dogs, statues, birdbaths, wagon wheels, weathered wood arbors, fences and more.
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Pen and ink painting August 23, 2007
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I love pen and ink painting as it looks delicate. It takes the same amount of time to do as an oil painting but has a different look. This book gives me more choices to pick from and adds more depth with the texture lessons.
Watercolor August 24, 2006
5 out of 5 found this review helpful
Claudia Nice not only tells you how to use watercolor, but what colors she uses in the examples.
Country Gardens in Watercolor,Pen & Ink. July 4, 2006
5 out of 5 found this review helpful
I find that this book explains procedures excellently and items are illustrated with good follow through steps making it very easy to follow. I have learnt some real shortcuts to problem areas I had.
The most recent in my collection! May 12, 2003
34 out of 34 found this review helpful
I admit it: I am hooked on books by Claudia Nice. Pen & ink can be quite an intense media. Claudia Nice simplifies the techniques and conveys the instruction as only as master can, and does it in her trademark informal, friendly manner. Another aspect I love is her use of watercolor to bring her works to life. The reader gets the treat of two complimentary media in one book: pen & ink and watercolor.
For the beginner, I might recommend starting with her other books before attempting the more advanced exercises and techniques in Painting Country Gardens. The perfect introduction is Sketching Your Favorite Subjects in Pen & Ink, followed by Painting with Watercolor, Pen & Ink, and then perhaps Creating Textures in Pen & Ink with Watercolor.
There are more technical books on pen & ink technique for advanced students, some intimidatingly so; but for the beginning to intermediate artist, no series of books is as valuable for developing sound technique. And certainly no other books are as intimate, casual, and just plain fun as those by Claudia Nice.
Gorgeous, beautiful!! September 22, 2002
9 out of 9 found this review helpful
This book is beautiful and gorgeous! If you enjoy nature and taking field trips to pretty gardens, fields or just plain nature, you'll love this book! It has gushing pictures just delicately drawn. You'll fantasize this book your own personal treasure.
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