AWS Watercolor Demo: Stephen Quiller IN-PERSON

In this live demonstration, AWS Signature member Stephen Quiller will share a painting approach informed by the endless possibilities of color.

This demo will be BOTH in-person and on Zoom. This page is for IN-PERSON tickets.

The in-person version is held at the Salmagundi Club, 47 Fifth Ave, New York, NY, 10003. Students with a valid student ID pay only $5 for in-person tickets. (Student IDs will be checked at the door, tickets must be purchased in advance)

Stephen describes the painting process he will share in the demo:

“Color is the most expressive and emotional of all the elements of design, and I have spent the last 40 years focusing on how it can best be used by painters. Based on 200 years of color theory used by the PreRaphaelites, Impressionists and Post Impressionists, the Ashcan School, as well as Op Art, I will spend the first 30 minutes doing small studies. These studies convey how to create beautiful, harmonious color and many different ways to create neutrals and semi neutrals, bringing color to life. “Neutrals make the pure few sing”!

My primary demo will be the use of color with water media. I will start by working on toned, rough watercolor paper. Because I live in the mountains of Colorado, I will choose a theme and subject matter that relates to my region. On this toned surface, I will discuss and then apply granulating and staining watercolor while the paper is drying and will then lift back to the undertone and apply more watercolor to develop the subject.

Stephen is an internationally known painter and is a Dolphin Fellow and signature member of the American Watercolor Society, the National Watercolor Society, National Society for Painters in Acrylic and Casein, Rocky Mountain National Watermedia, and Watercolor West. He has received the 2018 Silver Medal and the 2014 Gold Medal of Honor at the American Watercolor Society’s International Exhibitions as well as many other honors.

Known for water media and color, Stephen has written seven best selling books on the subjects including Color Choices, Acrylic Painting Techniques, Water Media Painting With Stephen Quiller, Painters Guide to Color, and Casein Painting With Stephen Quiller. He has created twenty artist instructional videos and DVDs on color, composition and watermedia.

Stephen’s paintings have been on covers and the subjects of articles in many leading art magazines. He has served as a juror for most of the regional and international watermedia exhibitions and conducts a limited number of national and international seminars annually. However, he continues to spend most of his time painting on-location or at his studio in Creede, located near the headwaters of the Rio Grande in southern Colorado.

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