Simple, Concise and Packed with information
Pen, Ink and Watercolor is a very interesting medium. It fuses the bright and brilliant watercolors with the direct and detail oriented pen and ink, to create some of the stunning illustrations.
This book provides all the information, tools and methods to get one started on a wonderful journey of exploring this medium.
The author is obviously an accomplished artist, showcasing elegant art work, at the same time maintaining a certain simplicity, that is essential to follow the book.
5 stars simply for sticking with Crow quill through out. Nothing can come close to this versatile tool, which is more like a feather made out of metal.
Book deals systematically with drawing, pen and ink and color.
For pen and ink, it talks about the various nibs, holders, practical tips, warm up exercises, strokes, building tones etc. Though these are specialized topics more extensive covered in few other books, this is very nicely presented in a crisp and essential manner.
Drawing is a vast subject, but well covered composition, proportions, perspective etc. along with capturing the detailed textures.etc.
Colored inks and watercolor wash are taken up next, presented with a lot of variety and application.
Plenty of examples, all made using the tools and methods mentioned in this book, and a very systematic concise approach makes this a great book!
This is an extract from my review at Amazon.com, You can find more of my reviews here.
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