Barbara Nechis
Nationally acclaimed watercolor artist, teacher, art show juror, and
author, Barbara Nechis, has a distinguished
style. She shares her approach and methods, in the art instructional
video Watercolor with Barbara Nechis and in her two books, Watercolor From the Heart (1993) and Watercolor: the Creative Experience (1979).
Barbara Nechis invites her students to question
traditional instruction, to be self-guiding, and to rely upon inner resources
for a well-spring of artistic ideas. Barbara explains specific methods and
watercolor techniques step-by-step, guiding students to discover their creative
source and to achieve fresh new effects in the watercolor painting. [more].
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Watch watercolor artist Barbara Nechis work in
her studio and learn details of her technique, composition and philosophy.
Her unique watercolor painting process produces distinctive, innovative,
and lyrical paintings. In her watercolor instruction
DVD, Watercolor
with Barbara Nechis, she inspires her students to rely upon their inner
artistic vision and demonstrates techniques to push their art in fresh new
directions.
Barbara's book Watercolor from the Heart offers
something different from the usual exhortations to follow the well-trodden
paths that many teachers pass along in the form of rules and formulas. Instead
it builds on the understanding that paint and water behave unpredictably.
The artist needs to take a flexible and risk-taking approach to painting,
to have fun, and to be intuitive and inventive.
Barbara Nechis
Barbara Nechis is the author of Watercolor From the Heart (Watson-Guptill Publications,
1993) and Watercolor the Creative Experience
(North
Light Books, 1979). Her work appears in many publications and collections,
among them the Butler Institute of American Art, IBM and Citicorp.
A graduate of the University of Rochester with a B.A. in History and Fine
Arts and an MS from Alfred University, Barbara was a faculty member of Parsons
School of Design for many years and has taught seminars at Pratt Institute,
throughout North America and abroad. She has served as a juror and director
of the American Watercolor Society. She maintained a studio in New Rochelle,
NY for many years before relocating to the Napa Valley in northern California.
For information about Barbara's awards, honors, features,
jury experience, publications and more, see the Barbara
Nechis Web Site.
Barbara Nechis Workshops
My objective in teaching a workshop is to introduce the participants to
my thought process in constructing a painting. By learning how I think as
I demonstrate various watercolor techniques, students receive tools to stimulate
their creative imagination to produce original design in their own personal
statements.
I will present and demonstrate a different method or idea each day. You
may work with either abstract or realistic forms. I will present a wide range
of subject matter but my emphasis will be on concept, color and design. I
will use various techniques to show you how to construct original paintings
from both source material and your imagination.
Topics to be covered will include wet-into-wet (floral and landscape), under-painting
and layering, designing with shapes (using realistic or abstract forms) and
foolproof methods for producing clean washes without mud. My daily demonstrations
and critiques will each last about an hour so that time for painting and
individual assistance will be ample. Critiques will approach problem solving
upon the premise that there is always a solution that can turn an unsuccessful
painting into a successful one.
Workshop Schedule
2008 Schedule
Jan 13-18 Sarasota
Jan 26-Feb 1 Puerto Vallarta
March 28-30 The Art Box, Upland CA. Sylvia Megerdichian 909-981-4508
April
7-11 Nechis Napa Valley Studio
April 14-18 Nechis Napa Valley Studio (waitlist)
June 4-17 Greek Islands: Paros and Santorini
Sept 8-12 Port Clyde, Maine
Nov 2-8 Springmaid Beach, SC
2009 Schedule
June 6-19 France
For more workshop information:
nechis@earthlink.net
www.barbaranechis.com
1085 Dunaweal Lane Calistoga CA 94515
Barbara Nechis
Creative Catalyst Productions Inc.
