Watercolor Made Simple with Claudia Nice

by Claudia Nice

Expand your artistic horizons with watercolor! Watercolor is a fun, challenging medium that captures the magic of light and color. Now world-renowned artist and instructor Claudia Nice helps you get started in watercolor today. In Watercolor Made Simple with Claudia Nice , you'll start with the very basics, learning new techniques as you paint. Detailed instructions and step-by-step artwork show you how Throughout, you'll find helpful troubleshooting tips, practical exercises, and Claudia's encouraging advice - all so you, too, can become a watercolor pro.

Genres: Art, Nonfiction, Reference

Paperback

First published January 1, 2003

About the author

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.

She spent over 15 years traveling across North America for Koh-I-Noor/Rapidograph and more recently Grumbacher as an art consultant, conducting seminars, work shops, and demonstrations at various schools, clubs, shops, and trade shows. Her relaxed, informative method of instruction is geared to put the beginner at ease, and encourage the seasoned artist to new heights.

Claudia has authored over a dozen successful books, including "Creating Textures in Pen & Ink With Watercolor." This fully illustrated text book was not only a Northlight "Book of the Month," but a best seller for F & W Publications. Her art work has won numerous awards and is often found in leading art instruction magazines.

Reviews

[Maria Langer · Rating 5 out of 5]

best watercolor technique book I’ve seen so far

What a great resource for learning watercolor technique! From the basics of using watercolors, to watercolor theory, to applying watercolor for a variety of techniques, this book covers it all with plenty of illustrations and examples.

Be advised! I read the ebook version of this book from my library in Kindle format. I do NOT recommend this version. Get your hands on a printed copy — as I will soon do — and keep it as a reference for your watercolor journey.

[Amy · Rating 3 out of 5]

Meh! Lots of tool talk.

[Liz · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great learning book

Great to learn how to paint with watercolor paints. Concise and very useful. A beginner should read this book first, since it’s such a great reference book.

[T P · Rating 4 out of 5]

Love the book...

...hate the font. Great techniques! I learned a lot but the font in italics was very hard to read. It was wroth the effort, though.

[MystiqueLaLynx · Rating 1 out of 5]

can not easily read on kindle. just skimmed, there are alot of pages that you need to zoom in to read.

[Courtney · Rating 2 out of 5]

This has some really great information (specifically on brush, wash, and glaze techniques), but I couldn’t manage to comfortably read the handwritten-style font. Incredibly distracting for me.

[Melissa · Rating 4 out of 5]

A good book with helpful instructions and examples, both of good and bad (failed) attempts for comparison. I liked the textural techniques, including printing impressions with plants.
Good coverage on the basics, as well. Could have had more variety, perhaps, but I guess that's what her other books are for. ;) Thankfully, no immodest paintings, which bumps my rating up one star!

[Jamie · Rating 4 out of 5]

I ordered this from a vintage bookseller through Amazon. Not many left in print. I highly recommend buying it for future referencing. Her section on color theory has been very helpful and examples of when things go wrong. I've also started using M. Graham paint and LOVE its creamy texture.

[Jenn · Rating 3 out of 5]

This book is beautifully illustrated band hand-lettered by the author which unfortunately made me feel more intimidated than inspired!

[Lorraine · Rating 4 out of 5]

I wish that I owned this book, but unfortunately it seems to be out of print. My teacher has this book and I have found it valuable when painting with watercolours.