The objective of Barbara Nechis's workshop is to introduce the participants to her thought process in constructing a painting. By learning how she thinks as she demonstrates various watercolor techniques, students receive tools to stimulate their creative imagination to produce original design in their own personal statements.

Nechis will present and demonstrate a different method or idea each day. Students may work with either abstract or realistic forms. Nechis will present a wide range of subject matter but the emphasis will be on concept, color and design. Various techniques will be demonstrated to show students how to construct original paintings from both source material and their imagination.

Topics to be covered 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. Daily demonstrations and critiques by Nechis will 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.