Creating Textures in Pen & Ink With Watercolor

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.