Creating textured landscapes with pen, ink, and watercolour

Upon opening this book the first thing that strikes you is the styling and layout, it feels like a journal from some unknown artist and you're reading through their handwritten notes. This works wonderfully as the pieces displayed and examples given to work through are easy to understand and even easier to reproduce. I have experience with watercolours from years ago and recently ventured back into the medium for some commissions. I found this book to be very instructive and helped me greatly to remember some of the techniques I had used in years past, I also discovered plenty of new methods to incorporate into my work.


Claudia covers such things as clouds, and water effects, to textures on rocks, and tree bark, and in such a way that even beginners would be able to pick up a brush and produce decent results. She encourages the user to explore their own technique while experimenting with whatever they can lay their hands on to give different results on the paper. You might almost think you could have fun doing this...


The pen and ink examples took me back to my years as a student and reminded me how useful it could be and I'm very glad it was included in this book. She also goes over colour theory and how to use perspective as well as covering such topics as masking fluid, and spatter screens for textures.


I found this book invaluable in kickstarting me back into watercolour and now I've dusted off my brushes, palette, and paints I'll certainly be using it more and more as reference for a long time to come.

This book can be found on Amazon