Learn to watercolor with Barbara Nechis

Watch watercolor artist Barbara Nechis work up close in the CCP Studio to learn details of her technique, composition and philosophy. Author-artist-teacher Barbara Nechis demonstrates her unique watercolor painting process to produce distinctive innovative and lyrical paintings. This watercolor instruction video is appropriate for watercolorists at any skill level, beginning to advanced, and for anyone who wants to gain a deeper understanding of the creative process of painting successful watercolors. [continued…]

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This watercolor instruction video is appropriate for watercolorists at any skill level, beginning to advanced, and for anyone who wants to gain a deeper understanding of the creative process of painting successful watercolors.

Barbara Nechis works outward from a single spot of permanent magenta using memory, emotion, and the flowing paint on her paper to guide an inspired floral design. You’ll learn to make principled design decisions confidently and quickly as you develop a loose, direct painting into an intricate, layered composition. Barbara paints intuitively, responding to to what happens on the paper. Her composition reflects her feelings about her subject instead of literally representing the flowers.

Barbara emphasizes balance between repetition and variety. She corrals transparent color with opaque pigments and contrasts hard-edged elements with wet-into-wet petals. She avoids mixing on her palette but encourages blending by double-loading wide, square brushes and tilting her paper to make pigment flow. 2 hrs. 22 min. plus bonus features and printouts