Painting Trees in Watercolor, Pen & Ink with Claudia Nice

Claudia Nice, a native of the Pacific Northwest, attended the University of Kansas, but gained her realistic pen, ink, and watercolor techniques from sketching nature.

In this 91-minute artistsnetwork.tv video workshop, Claudia shows you how to create a realistic landscape, demonstrating both up-close realistic detail and distant tree characteristics with emphasis on composition, color mixing, application and texture. From pen blending to bruising, you'll have a slew of new techniques to try after watching this exciting video!

In this preview from Painting Trees in Watercolor, Pen & Ink, Claudia shares her pen blending technique--learn how to use pen & ink with water to add bark, knotholes and textured effects to your watercolor trees.

In this 89-minute artistsnetwork.tv video workshop, Claudia Nice starts out with the basics of shape, form and proportion using quick exercises to help you create a variety of animals. She then puts together everything you've learned to complete a drawing of a cat from start to finish—concentrating on capturing the pose and characteristics accurately so that the end result is a realistic, elegant (and most-likely mischievous) cat. The video finishes with a review of several different animal drawings (shown step by step) for you to use as inspiration to draw your own favorite animals.

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