Painting Nature in Pen and Ink with Watercolor

Anyone willing to learn can celebrate the wonder of nature with Claudia Nice's techniques for combining pen and ink with watercolor. Offering clear, step-by-step instruction for painting a range of subjects, she focuses on the little details first, from soil and leaves to wildflowers and birds. As artists are guided piece-by-piece through the wonders of different panoramic settings, they will learn to combine these elements into full-scale projects - quiet forest scenes, coral reefs teerning with color, prairies, deserts, ponds and mountains - all alive with the beauty and joy of nature.