Claudia Nice

Got a yearning to pick up a pen and see what you can do? Go for it! But don't sketch alone—let popular artist and teacher Claudia Nice be your guide. She'll make your first steps fun and successful!
In her trademark style—friendly and encouraging—Claudia will show you how to do a sketch of a subject that actually ends up looking like the subject. And she shares her secrets for turning simple lines and dots into all kinds of lifelike...

This book begins with learning how to observe- to see what's really there, not what you want to see. Observation is a skill thats learned and practiced, and one of the hallmarks of successful artists is that they know how to look at a subject with clear vision unfettered by preconceived notions or old habits. Using reference photos, diagrams, sketches and comparative examples, the author shows you first how to observe an object, and second how to...

Describes the materials, preparation, and techniques needed to begin a sketchbook journal, and describes how to create such theme sketchbooks as travel, garden, reference, study, discovery, and imagination.

The author, an artist and teacher, shares her techniques using pen, ink and watercolor for creating landscapes with textual detail.

Pen and ink adds a whole new dimension to the loose, lovely look of watercolor. In this book, popular artists and bestselling author Claudia Nice shows you how to combine the best of both mediums, using pen and ink to turn up the texture and resonance in your paintings. Using straightforward techniques like bruising, spatter, stippling and pen blending, you'll discover an easy, expressive approach to painting. Learn how to add age to a quaint cottage....

Shows how to create a realistic landscape with trees in watercolor, pen, and ink, demonstrating both up-close realistic detail and distant tree characteristics with emphasis on composition, color mixing, application, and texture.