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.