2022 AWS Watercolor Evening: Barbara Nechis 

I love to watch Barbara’s courage and sense of wonder as she develops a painting. Not to mention her ability to narrate the process! Her work is so fresh, real, and beautiful!

I thoroughly enjoyed that. I watch a lot of painting videos, but seldom to the end (or I skip to the end) because once an artist has established a protocol, it’s fairly predictable. With this lady, you couldn’t tell what would happen!

A lovely painting and demonstration. Barbara's work exhibits a beautiful sensibility towards freedom and chance, and this is a wonderful recipe for dynamic aesthetic diversity !

I so much enjoy not only seeing the painting process but more so the thoughts that you are having while painting and deciding. Deciding is so often hard work for me so I really appreciate your sharing your inner process while painting!!!!💙

What a joy to watch Barbara's creative process at work, and her her thoughts behind the process! Thank you for this video!

I love watching the development of creativity and breaking the rule of the center of interest. Like magic.

That kind of blew my mind, what an intuitive painter. I like her big brush theory.

I loved seeing how this took shape and hearing the artist’s thoughts while painting. Beautiful and inspiring

I am in awe of Ms. Nechis' creative process. from a very new watercolor student.

How random and fun to let your colors do what they want…the colors so pretty. I didn’t think you could somehow have control within the water…so neat watching the process❣️🙏🏽🙋🏻‍♀️👍🏽Mia

the best example of magic I am only the sorcerer's apprentice.

Super brave thing to do. She’s cool Bad to the bone painting.

I’ve never seen her creating a piece before. This was great!

Just wonderful and inspiring. Love it.

I love watching her work!

Love her style and the bath idea.

wonderful. wonderful. wonderful. wonderful.

I have always admired her work. This is a treat! Thank you.

STUNNING PIECE of ART‼️ (And very interesting! )

I am so glad I watched this!!!It has shed a whole new light on how to attain the desires of my heart concerning watercolor. I’m not interested in portrait painting but love landscapes and since I’m only a year and 1/2 in with watercolor I’m still learning so much! I picked up a lined dagger last night for the first time and just played with it. I was in awe at what this fantastic brush had to offer. I actually ended up creating a beautiful bird by accident. This layered concept of contrasting warm and cool colors and seeing where fantastic lines can appear through your own artistic eye as well as white space needing a bit of color to bring forth an amazing visual that screams for those awe inspiring details that delight me so much! Thank you so much Barbara Nechis for showing me your beautiful abstract technique that I’ve been craving for! I’m creating greeting cards for family and friends and even though they’re pretty and some cute, I long to find out how to create an abstract watercolor Christmas card that my family and friends would like. I’ve always painted with acrylics but have to say , the art of watercolor just fascinates me!!

WOW! Unbelievable work. Love it.

You have taught me lots.

Takes my breath away

That's how my palates look, too!! I rarely ever clean them because those are where you get your best greys. Love the travel tip...because I need to work on condensing what I travel with in terms of paint. When packing, I can become *paint insecure* and do tend to roll with a bag of tube paints.

This is effing gorgeous

I absolutely love this video, but l didn’t sleep well last night and fell asleep about thirty minutes in. Then l realized l was watching paint dry. 😂

A true artist

Very good, Thanks !

Wonderful !

Stunning result ❤

Save your ability to hear by getting a quiet dryer. So fun to see and hear about your process! Gorgeous piece!

Nice!

@Barbara Nechis love your controlled mistakes

Do you ever do small paintings. I am trying to imagine this on a small scale. I think your talent brings quite a bit of visual pleasure to many.

What are those lovely sharp flat brushes you use?

Thank you so much! I learned a lot! I’m reading your book “Watercolor From the Heart” and you mention in it a language on tape program. Can you tell me which one it was? 😊

What kind of painting is this called???

Nice pic

I love this style. I am a complete beginner but touching on your comment re mixing up brushes it occurred to me you could paint a colour or even write the colour on the handle of your brushes so that you don't mix them up. Just a thought like I said a beginner so maybe this isn't a good solution.

Lovely process, your colours are my favourite. You almost identifies your flat brushes, also what kind of paper are you using?

Is this hot press paper?

Just when I’ve decided to go representational…

It's like watching a train wreck 😊

Honestly, I think her pallet colors and composition are more interesting than the painting.

sorry NOT IMPRESSED

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