AWS Watercolor Demo: Thomas W. Schaller IN-PERSON

In this live demonstration, American Watercolor Society Signature member Thomas W. Schaller will walk attendees through a painting process which draws on dreams, memories, and invention as much as on real-world observation.

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)

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

"Elements of dreams, memory, and pure invention are just as critical to my work as are any components of observed reality. They are simply another way to “see". My aim is to express the difference between merely “looking” at the worlds we see around us as well as within. And by so doing, I hope to help define “seeing” as a way to establish one’s own unique creative voice. Painting is a visual diary of one’s own very personal experiences of the world - written in the non-verbal language of art. No two voices can ever be alike.

With this framework in mind - for my demonstration - I will complete an urban cityscape which draws more upon fictional elements - dreams, memories, and invention - rather than upon actual real-world observation. I will walk the group through the inception of an idea, the development of that idea in sketch form, and the completion of a finished watercolor work."

Schaller is a winner of the 2024 Arthur Ross Award by the Institute of Classical Architecture & Art, the 2024 Raphael Award, the Alpha Rho Chi Medal at OSU, a Graham Foundation Grant, and he is a two-time winner of the prestigious Hugh Ferriss Memorial Prize. He is the author of three books, The Art of Architectural Drawing, and Architecture in Watercolor - winner of an AIA Award of Merit. His new book, Thomas W Schaller: Architecture of Light is published by Penguin Random House. His best-selling DVD, Watercolor: The Power of Design is published by Streamline Media. His online courses, Fine Art Mentorship and the Power & Poetry of Drawing are hosted by Terracotta LLC.

He is a Signature Member of many arts organizations including the AWS, NWS,TWSA, SDWS, NWWS, CWA, and elected member of The International Masters of Watercolor Alliance, The California Art Club, the Salmagundi Club, and the American Institute of Architects. He is President Emeritus of the American Society of Architectural Illustration and a Brand Ambassador for Daniel Smith, Escoda Brushes, Neef Brushes, Baohong Paper, Stillman & Birn, House of Hoffman, and Blacking Pencils. Tom is represented by Gallery 71 in New York City.

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