| One of my favorite ways to make art is by using | | | | - Watercolor paints, watercolor sticks, or watercolor |
| pen, ink and watercolor. I learned about this method | | | | pencils |
| from Claudia Nice, who holds workshops at her studio | | | | - A small paint brush and some water |
| in Oregon. Claudia has a lot of animals at her place, | | | | - Ink pens -- the ink must be waterproof, smudge |
| and workshop participants are able to see exactly | | | | proof and archival |
| how a horse's fur should be drawn by looking right at | | | | - Watercolor paper - 130 lb is a good choice |
| the horse! | | | | - A picture or an idea of what you'd like to draw |
| When starting your drawing, you will first choose a | | | | After you've completed the pencils drawing, the next |
| subject or scene that you want to draw. If you're | | | | step is to add the ink work. You will do this by simply |
| new to drawing or to this form of art, choose | | | | tracing over the pencil lines with the ink pen. To add |
| something simple, such as a flower. The first step is | | | | depth and dimension to your work, add extra ink in |
| to work up a pencil drawing sketch. You can use art | | | | areas to darken. If your subject is an animal, add lines |
| pencils or just a regular pencil to do this. | | | | or strokes of ink to darken the fur around the eyes |
| If you are saying to yourself, "I can't draw so I'm | | | | and other places. |
| not going to try this," please read on. Everyone can | | | | Next, you will choose areas to add watercolor to. |
| draw. You can put a piece of paper on top of a | | | | Use the watercolor pencils, sticks or paint with the |
| picture or photo and trace it; you can look at a | | | | brush and a little water. Be careful not to over |
| photo or picture in a book and sketch it while you're | | | | saturate your paper by adding too much water as |
| looking at it; or you can create abstract art by | | | | you don't want all the colors to run together -- or |
| making shapes on your paper using whatever comes | | | | maybe you do! There's no such thing as bad art and |
| to mind. | | | | you don't have to show your work to anyone if you |
| Supplies you will need include: | | | | don't want to! So have fun and experiment. |
| - A pencil | | | | |