Painting Country Gardens in Watercolor, Pen & Ink [Hardcover]

Claudia Nice (Author), International Artist (Editor)

Book Description

Publication Date: July 2002

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.

Editorial Reviews

From Library Journal

Though there are many books on the painting of flowers, whether in still lifes or natural settings, this is the best recent book on painting the garden itself. Thus, in addition to good chapters on floral painting, the book treats the painting of soils, climbing vines, weathered wood, fountains, statuary, benches, mossy stones, ferns, and even the small animals sometimes found in the garden. Having authored five other art instruction books for this publisher, Nice is well suited to the task, and her choice of watercolor with pen and ink is ideal for the subject. Highly recommended.
Copyright 2002 Reed Business Information, Inc.

About the Author

Claudia Nice is one of this country's foremost pen & ink artists and teachers, and is well known among decorative painters and fine artists everywhere.She also teaches students from throughout the world at her private studio in Oregon.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 144 pages
• Publisher: North Light Books (July 2002)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1581801424
• ISBN-13: 978-1581801422
• Product Dimensions: 11.3 x 8.9 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.9 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #671,841 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #73 in Books > Arts & Photography > Drawing > Pen & Ink

More About the Author

Claudia Nice is a successful and well-known pen & ink artist, teacher and author in the US. She teaches students from all over the world at her studio in Oregon. Claudia lives with her husband in the Columbia River Gorge on the Oregon border.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

39 of 39 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The most recent in my collection!, May 11, 2003

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Graymalkin "uilleann piper" (Roanoke, VA United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Painting Country Gardens in Watercolor, Pen & Ink (Hardcover)

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.

11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Gorgeous, beautiful!!, September 22, 2002

By A Customer

This review is from: Painting Country Gardens in Watercolor, Pen & Ink (Hardcover)

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.

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Country Gardens in Watercolor,Pen & Ink., July 4, 2006

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Ian Gibbard (Nelson,New Zealand.) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Painting Country Gardens in Watercolor, Pen & Ink (Hardcover)

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.