Drawing in Pen and Ink

Liked the quality of the book. Liked the Author. Liked her presentation of information.

One good book for pen and ink for all students and artist.

Caludia Nice is an outstanding teacher, and the book design and concept is a little jewel. Very clear and easy to follow. Love it!The quality of print is not exceptional, but it's overall good.

The book to have if you are at all interested in drawing with pen and ink. Claudia works hard to provide you with the skills and techniques to achieve good results and succeeds very successfully. She spends little time, but enough, discussing materials but quickly gets on with the task of helping to learn. Follow her advice and work the demonstration exercises provided and you shouldn't fail to make progress. it is a lovely book to have anywayjust for the sheer pleasure of looking at the drawings within. Whatever your level of skil ro aspiration you will benefit from owning this book. Buy it, you will have no regrets.

for overall pen and ink learning from beginning to mastery. I've been drawing a lot lately, using various instruction books, and this is the best general pen and ink art book I've found. It is a substantial, well-written book and worth the price.I like pen-and-ink because of the look of the definite lines, and interesting textures that can be achieved, and the wonderful way it combines with color washes (this topic is covered in other books). I also like drawing with ink because it avoids the draw, erase-redo, repeat habits that I was getting, and forces one to think and look carefully before starting to draw. Claudia Nice demonstrates seven basic pen strokes and then expands on them, and gives some projects utilizing these strokes, and, eventually, demonstrates several very detailed finished compositions, using a variety of subjects. She does a great job teaching how to make textures using the seven stroking techniques--crosshatch, stippling, wavy lines, etc.By way of introduction to this medium she discusses materials needed, including the "technical pen". I am currently drawing with Pitt artist pens in three widths, but am looking forward to getting a some of technical pens--most likely a set of seven Rapidograph ones, which you can get here on Amazon--for even better results.With this book in hand, as well as pens and paper, one can learn a lot and have success. Also, I would like to suggest a couple of other books to round out the experience, if you wish. For a more thorough background and understanding, "Drawing for the Absolute and Utter Beginner" is best. The author, Clair Watson Garcia, is a great teacher for someone starting out, or going back--she spends a lot of time teaching you how to "see as an artist" and do line drawings in ink of things around you, rather than copying everything from a book, and before going into values, techniques, etc. Lastly, I have ordered "Keys to Drawing with Imagination..." by Bert Dodson, after looking through it in a bookstore. He does a lot with pen-and-ink, too, and I'm looking at this book as a way to expand my originality after learning techniques and practicing examples in books.Happy Drawing!