The watercolor creativity of A. Mikhalev, M. Omorkulov, and R. Nudel has "created a solid foundation for the development of diverse artistic personalities of the subsequent generation. The uniqueness of Kyrgyz nature, new features in the life of our republic, the heroism and romance of everyday labor, the beauty of man, the charm of his spiritual world — these are the themes of watercolor artists. In their works, they strive to find original solutions, utilizing the multifaceted nature of watercolor technique..." In watercolor during the 60s to 80s, A. Sgibnev, L. Truskovsky, A. Ostashev, T. Gertsen, A. Turumbekov, A. Misyurev, V. Rogachev, A. Shubin, V. Gladkov, N. Yevdokimov, Ya. Solop, K. Sitdikov, I. Bulba, L. Gorbunov, R. Shafeev, D. Kongurbaev, S. Chokmorov, D. Dzhumabaev, A. Kamensky, E. Kuzovkin, G. Belkin, S. Daragan, and others worked in varying degrees.
The content of the overwhelming majority of these artists' watercolors is based on extensive life specifics, documentary factual material, colored in the best sheets with the joyful or elegiac feeling of the author. Series and cycles unite sheets based on geographical and temporal principles. Such are the series of Gurzuf (1967) and Moscow region (1969) watercolors by A. Ostashev, the series "People of Donbass" (1969), "My Kyrgyzstan" (1973) by N. Yevdokimov, "Through the Prikamye" (1973), "Through Buryatia" (1976), "Kuzbass" (1980) by L. Gorbunov, "Through the Chatkal Valley" (1982) by M. Akhmedov, "Through BAM" (1977) by Ya. Solop, "Through Bulgaria" (1968) by A. Misyurev, the triptych "Pamir — the Roof of the World" (1984) by A. Kamensky, "Atommash is Being Built" (1980) and "Uzgen Motifs" (1982) by S. Daragan, "Irkutsk Land" (1985) by A. Biymyrzaev, and many others.
In watercolor, works of various genres are created — landscapes, genre and everyday scenes, landscape-genre sheets, portraits, still lifes, which dynamically reflect the vibrant rhythms of life in collective and industrial Kyrgyzstan, the folk way of life, and create an image of the contemporary. Particularly intense is the development of watercolor landscapes, attracting the attention of all artists working in this technique. The multifaceted modern image of Kyrgyz land is created in the sheets "At-Bashinsky Mountains" (1962) by A. Sgibnev, "Road to Toktogul HPP" (1964) by L. Truskovsky, "Foothills" (1965) by A. Shubin, "Autumn" (1968) by V. Gladkov, "Evening Frunze" (1968) by A. Misyurev, "March" (1968) by V. Maximov, "Almond" (1969) by S. Chokmorov, "Winter" (1971) by T. Gertsen, "Landscape" (1972) by I. Bulba, "On the Jailyoo" (1980), "Evening" (1982) by A. Turumbekov, "Autumn Landscape" (1980) and "Spring Motif" (1980) by E. Kuzovkin, "Mountain Landscape" (1980) by V. Bigday, "Warm Day" (1982) by A. Biymyrzaev, "Autumn in the Gorge" (1983) by G. Belkin, and dozens of other watercolors.
