Without a shadow of doubt this is the best tutorial I have seen in the last years. And I don’t mean about specific watercolor painting but about the creation process in general. Is clear, deep, inspiring and explained in a wonderfully simple way. Amazing artist, deep thinker and great communicator. Thank you for posting this.
Thank you for your kindness to share your point of views and tutorial demonstration of your watercolor art pieces. Your artworks inspire me with realistic living life matters happening around us with different architectural buildings and people , full of emotional and passion of life.
Definitely Thomas is a Watercolor Jedi Master. I learned a lot from his information, instructions, insights, and inspiration. Thanks for posting this. Aloha from Hawaii 🌈
I am so impressed with this man. I have heard about doing value studies forever and this is the first time it actually made sense to me as it pertains to the initial thinking part of painting process. I'll start doing a value study and an initial serious sketch. ThaNK YOU SO MUCH.
I started out as a watercolorist, but I am a silk painter. Being a terrible watercolorist and an okay pastelist made me a good silk painter - go figure?! Anyway, I paint portraits of people, pets and wildlife. I dislike painting architecture and landscapes myself, but I ABSOLUTELY LOVE the work of Thomas Schaller! His pieces have so much life and an other worldly glow. He is so gifted and he makes it look so easy, lol!
wow... This is an amazing video! I've learned so much just by watching this introduction (?). Also, it was so nice to get to know him. Yes, i can see he is such a nice guy! thank you so much for the detailed explanation!
How generous of Mr. Schiller to share his knowledge. I always wanted to study art and this video is the closest to what I would dream a class would be. Thank you!
How true, what you said about painting being scary because it is "personal". That is exactly why I feel scared too about showing my work. Obviously, you are a great modern day Master and I am just a hobby artist. I appreciated this video. Thank you, again.
Amazing. Honest, transparent, articulate, inspiring, informative... Thank you so much for this glimpse into Mr. Schaller’s watercolour. I cannot wait until my video arrives.
You are the best , each time I look at your creations , I cant take my eyes off, such a difficult medium to work ,but the ease with which you work sir, It is such a pleasure to see .Thank you for this video , you are a wonderful teacher as well .
I'm a silk artist now, but I started out as a watercolorist. Silk painting is almost exactly like watercolor. All of these techniques used in watercolor I use in silk. I love how Tom paints. I've loved his work for many years now. I've learned so much from him - and that's just videos! I'd love to take a workshop of his! Thank you, Mr. Rhoads, for posting these! So much learning- so much fun! 🙂
It would be such an honor to have a teacher like this. He reminded of what I loved most about art class in high school, the people I loved being around, a talented sensitive teacher, her amazing 2 week substitute, allowing me remain and work alone in class for hours after school as long as the supply closet was locked before leaving, freedom to explore. Sawdust Festivals and galleries of Laguna Beach, annual street art festivals on Catalina Island, being around other artists while knowing we were in this creative mindset together. This video also allowed us to see the child inside the man and vulnerabilities we all feel from time to time, how truly human it is to feel all of these things. Thank you for sharing this kind hearted gentle man with us, the ride through his world was exquisite and sentimentally blessed with loving memories and an amazing skill in expression.
Thank you Tom for helping me with watercolour. I have struggled a bit because I am used to oils. I have had a mental block on painting since I fell and injured my back in 2018. I want to be able to do some plain air painting and don't want to carry too much.with me. I am following you and look forward to your videos. A. Very Happy new year to you and your family and friends.
Thomas has delivered a fantastic program... just love his methods and how he explains the process. Thank you so much for your painting and time. Love ❤️ this.
I appreciated his teaching/explanations of how he prepares his painting. The emphasis on values vs color was interesting. I also learned a lot about setting up compliments on the pallette I enjoyed watching him paint too, but I gained a lot from his planning stage.
I enjoyed your Video very much, listening to your explanations has made me look for new ideas to assist with my journey. I have only painted with oil to this stage . I am tiring in the clean up and the solvents . I am really interested in watercolor and you have given me the inspiration to picking up the brush and getting some brush millage. I am very much an armature although my paintings are worthy of hanging in my own home. I need to develop this journey
Well, what a privilege to have a free and long art lesson with so many hints and tips from a world renowned artist. Just love his work. Unfortunately missed the live stream. Thank you.
I love Mr Schaller’s art and his teaching. I was fortunate enough to have taken one of his workshops and learned so much from this very talented, yet humble and kind artist. I am far from being a good artist now, but his workshop set me on the right course for learning how to paint in watercolor. Hope to be able to attend his workshops again in the future.
'But i think it is much more a human experience... My work is rarely a painting of the subject. It is about the subject.' Best statements that i'm gonna remember from this master! Thank you for this video.
Your wise words gave me a sense of relief. That it is okay to be scared during the painting process. But most of all to be honest with myself. Thank you🙏🏽
Great exposition of your realisation! I am a hobby painter and understood the importance of planning a painting and making a sketch first !! Thanks 🙏 from India
Thank you so much for this. I've been trying to paint for years and although I'm capable, my paintings are rather boring. Your advice is going to make such a difference to how I approach a subject, especially the reasons to sketch from life and not from reference photos. I will use my sketchbook more and hopefully my paintings will reflect what caught my eye in the first place. This is a generous and useful gift to anyone in lock-down who is looking for new inspiration. Thanks again. Stay safe everyone. X
Thank you for this wonderful lesson (and it's free!). This is one of the most retrospective and brilliant thing I saw once again about watercolor. Kudos to your channel and mad respect to Mr. Thomas Schaller! Amazing visual teacher that speaks his intent in a really understandable sense.
Thank you so much to Thomas and Eric. I am so happy that I found streamline art video which is very valuable to me. Your water color is so beautiful. Your interpretation about composition, color... really inspire me. I love water color as you do. Wish you could do more landscape water color. Thank you.
A video just full of information and explanations so clearly put. I have watched it several times now and each time I learn a little more. One subject you mention, Thomas, is your preference for sediment-based colours as opposed to those of staining. It is a subject apart I feel but I am trying to work out when to use which. Should a stain-based colour precede a sediment-based, or the contrary, or is it variable according to what one is painting? If it is possible to clarify just a little I would really appreciate it. Your work is beautiful, full of life and inspiring. Thank you !
Enjoy your methods and approach. I wonder how many viewers realize that the term Horizon Line, at least in the absence of the ocean horizon per say, is in actuality the Eye Level line of the viewer when a photo it taken. We can design our paintings for two eye levels using the rule of thirds. The artist decides if that eye level results in a better design with a line 1/3 from the bottom, or from the top. This provides a larger sky or larger foreground. Which makes a stronger design? Drawing a sketch as you do is paramount to making this decision.
Thank you Tom for sharing your knowledge. Do you think you can share some of the drawings or paintings from your childhood? I think it would be very interesting to see that. How precious the younger than young, the future artists were like with their artwork, then.
Mr Shaller, excuse my bad english, you are the teacher I have Been looking for...how can I Get lessons from you?...Do you have a school or how can I paint like you?. Love!
Without a shadow of doubt this is the best tutorial I have seen in the last years. And I don’t mean about specific watercolor painting but about the creation process in general. Is clear, deep, inspiring and explained in a wonderfully simple way. Amazing artist, deep thinker and great communicator. Thank you for posting this.
Amazing ... what a tutorial! Thank you for sharing your way of painting!
Your gentle guidance has opened so many new avenues of thought for me Tom. Thank you so much. Kind regards Keith
Thank you Thomas for your incredibly generosity in sharing how you work a studio painting. It was terrific.
Thank you for your kindness to share your point of views and tutorial demonstration of your watercolor art pieces. Your artworks inspire me with realistic living life matters happening around us with different architectural buildings and people , full of emotional and passion of life.
This was so immensely helpful and such a treat to have an hour and forty five minutes of pure wisdom. If you see this, thank you, Thomas!
Wow, what a beautiful person, artist and teacher. Thank you for sharing your process and what makes your creations so unique.
Wonderful.
You’re not only a great artist but also a fantastic teacher! Loved your explanations. Thanks so much!
Absolute inspiration ❣️ A passionate creator born to share the beauty of our world through personal perspective. Thank you 🙏
Definitely Thomas is a Watercolor Jedi Master. I learned a lot from his information, instructions, insights, and inspiration. Thanks for posting this. Aloha from Hawaii 🌈
Brilliant! I love you, Thomas!
I always love listening to Thomas and his generous and clear explanation
Fabulous and inspiring content. I agree, watercolour is the medium for me. Thank you! 😊
As Thomas said in the video, "I want to teach you how to relax." He is relaxing to watch. In fact, his last name backwards is "Rellahcs"
Great artist and teacher. Thanks and greetings from Québec.I love watercolour too.
I am so impressed with this man. I have heard about doing value studies forever and this is the first time it actually made sense to me as it pertains to the initial thinking part of painting process. I'll start doing a value study and an initial serious sketch. ThaNK YOU SO MUCH.
Happy you enjoyed it, Julia!
Wow 😮 so inspired, he just has a way to explain and express himself…thank you so much for sharing your gift. Im speechless and so inspired. ❤❤❤
I started out as a watercolorist, but I am a silk painter. Being a terrible watercolorist and an okay pastelist made me a good silk painter - go figure?!
Anyway, I paint portraits of people, pets and wildlife. I dislike painting architecture and landscapes myself, but I ABSOLUTELY LOVE the work of Thomas Schaller! His pieces have so much life and an other worldly glow. He is so gifted and he makes it look so easy, lol!
wow... This is an amazing video! I've learned so much just by watching this introduction (?). Also, it was so nice to get to know him. Yes, i can see he is such a nice guy! thank you so much for the detailed explanation!
How generous of Mr. Schiller to share his knowledge. I always wanted to study art and this video is the closest to what I would dream a class would be. Thank you!
THANK YOU!
How true, what you said about painting being scary because it is "personal". That is exactly why I feel scared too about showing my work. Obviously, you are a great modern day Master and I am just a hobby artist. I appreciated this video. Thank you, again.
Wonderful to see and hear you Sir. I love your work.
I am a huge fan of your Mr Schaller
Thank you, thank you. I learned more about watercolor…and myself.
I am touched with your honesty. Thank you, again, Tom.
Amazing. Honest, transparent, articulate, inspiring, informative... Thank you so much for this glimpse into Mr. Schaller’s watercolour. I cannot wait until my video arrives.
So happy to hear you enjoyed it, Liana! And thank you for your purchase!
Great stuff and outstanding sense of humor!😎👍🇺🇸
You are the best , each time I look at your creations , I cant take my eyes off, such a difficult medium to work ,but the ease with which you work sir, It is such a pleasure to see .Thank you for this video , you are a wonderful teacher as well .
I'm not a watercolour artist, but I absolutely enjoyed this excellent teaching. Fabulous painting. Thank you.
I really learned a lot, not only about preparation but about the joy and love of painting. Thanks for sharing these videos!
Love your bridges images.
Thanks for your very useful lesson. I do not feel long but interesting. I even take down notes. You are good hearted and your paintings are excellent!
One of my favorite artists
Amazing video. Thank you so much, Tom. Inspiring, generous, helpful, and somehow so obvious. What a great painter!
I'm a silk artist now, but I started out as a watercolorist. Silk painting is almost exactly like watercolor. All of these techniques used in watercolor I use in silk.
I love how Tom paints. I've loved his work for many years now. I've learned so much from him - and that's just videos! I'd love to take a workshop of his!
Thank you, Mr. Rhoads, for posting these! So much learning- so much fun! 🙂
It would be such an honor to have a teacher like this. He reminded of what I loved most about art class in high school, the people I loved being around, a talented sensitive teacher, her amazing 2 week substitute, allowing me remain and work alone in class for hours after school as long as the supply closet was locked before leaving, freedom to explore. Sawdust Festivals and galleries of Laguna Beach, annual street art festivals on Catalina Island, being around other artists while knowing we were in this creative mindset together. This video also allowed us to see the child inside the man and vulnerabilities we all feel from time to time, how truly human it is to feel all of these things. Thank you for sharing this kind hearted gentle man with us, the ride through his world was exquisite and sentimentally blessed with loving memories and an amazing skill in expression.
Thanks for sharing so unreservedly. Just brilliant
the sketch is so extra i love it. a wonderful lecture, thank you for sharing!
Excellent video! I love to just listen to Thomas talk about the painting process, as well as his thought process.
This man is the very best teacher/artist ever, this is obviously my opinion but I stick by it!
This is just amazing, a bit advanced for me but I’m learning a lot.
Thank you Tom for helping me with watercolour. I have struggled a bit because I am used to oils.
I have had a mental block on painting since I fell and injured my back in 2018.
I want to be able to do some plain air painting and don't want to carry too much.with me.
I am following you and look forward to your videos. A. Very Happy new year to you and your family and friends.
Maravilhoso. Muito agradecida pelo carinho em ensinar.
Excellent!!! Thank you!
Very nice ! 🤩thank you so much for sharing ❤️👍🤩🥰😍
Thomas has delivered a fantastic program... just love his methods and how he explains the process. Thank you so much for your painting and time. Love ❤️ this.
I appreciated his teaching/explanations of how he prepares his painting. The emphasis on values vs color was interesting. I also learned a lot about setting up compliments on the pallette I enjoyed watching him paint too, but I gained a lot from his planning stage.
Linda Bishop Watching from British Columbia. What a privilege thank you
I enjoyed your Video very much, listening to your explanations has made me look for new ideas to assist with my journey. I have only painted with oil to this stage . I am tiring in the clean up and the solvents . I am really interested in watercolor and you have given me the inspiration to picking up the brush and getting some brush millage. I am very much an armature although my paintings are worthy of hanging in my own home. I need to develop this journey
Dear Mr. Schaller , you are a lovely person , a greatly talented artist full of inner depth ; I am impressed by your painting, best regards .
Thank you for showcasing a watcolourist. This was an amazing video.. He is a great teacher and his style is beautiful
Glad you enjoyed it, Linda! We have a few more watercolor segments on our Facebook Video Tab - featuring Michael Holter & Laurin McCracken :)
I find the comments very helpful. I look for the poetry in my work it helps. Anne from New Zealand
Well, what a privilege to have a free and long art lesson with so many hints and tips from a world renowned artist. Just love his work. Unfortunately missed the live stream. Thank you.
Hi, the best watercolor master. from Manila.
I love Mr Schaller’s art and his teaching. I was fortunate enough to have taken one of his workshops and learned so much from this very talented, yet humble and kind artist. I am far from being a good artist now, but his workshop set me on the right course for learning how to paint in watercolor. Hope to be able to attend his workshops again in the future.
So cool, Van! Thanks for sharing that.
Brilliant talk, very enlighting
Loved this intro..thankyou..what a lovely, modest person Thomas is. Learned a lot here
Fantastic teacher
Many thanks Tom .... your usual brilliant self.. Best wishes to you and Otis.
❤️ Fantastic, a great source for information! Thank you Thomas! ❤️
'But i think it is much more a human experience... My work is rarely a painting of the subject. It is about the subject.' Best statements that i'm gonna remember from this master! Thank you for this video.
Amazing teachings. I’ve learned so much. Thank you❤️
Your wise words gave me a sense of relief. That it is okay to be scared during the painting process. But most of all to be honest with myself. Thank you🙏🏽
Thank you for your honest interpretation of painting.
I have a lot of the same feelings.
I look forward to learning from you in Watercolor Live !
Great exposition of your realisation!
I am a hobby painter and understood the importance of planning a painting and making a sketch first !!
Thanks 🙏 from India
Hi from Canada Ontario 👋
Thank you so much for this. I've been trying to paint for years and although I'm capable, my paintings are rather boring. Your advice is going to make such a difference to how I approach a subject, especially the reasons to sketch from life and not from reference photos. I will use my sketchbook more and hopefully my paintings will reflect what caught my eye in the first place. This is a generous and useful gift to anyone in lock-down who is looking for new inspiration. Thanks again. Stay safe everyone. X
So glad you enjoyed it!
Fantastically informative lesson. Thank you!
I feel liked I learned so much from the “part” of the video. I saw. He also seems like a kind person.
Glad to hear that, Kim!
thanks and greetings from Slovenia
Such an brilliant video he is such an awesome artist to begin with loved it
Really appreciate your honesty while describing how you Feel in love with watercolor ! So beautiful.
This is the type of teacher I've been looking for.
gorgeous paintings
Hola no hablo aun ingles ,pero es maravilloso el video ,amo la acuarela y estoy en mis primeros pasos ,saludos .
this is truly a gem. Lots of good information.
Thank you for this wonderful lesson (and it's free!). This is one of the most retrospective and brilliant thing I saw once again about watercolor. Kudos to your channel and mad respect to Mr. Thomas Schaller! Amazing visual teacher that speaks his intent in a really understandable sense.
Awsome teacher
Thank you so much to Thomas and Eric. I am so happy that I found streamline art video which is very valuable to me.
Your water color is so beautiful. Your interpretation about composition, color... really inspire me. I love water color as you do. Wish you could do more landscape water color. Thank you.
Thank you! Happy you're finding the videos valuable. :)
What a lovely man.
Excellent video, I learned a lot.
Thanks a lots! That was a great help.
A video just full of information and explanations so clearly put. I have watched it several times now and each time I learn a little more. One subject you mention, Thomas, is your preference for sediment-based colours as opposed to those of staining. It is a subject apart I feel but I am trying to work out when to use which. Should a stain-based colour precede a sediment-based, or the contrary, or is it variable according to what one is painting? If it is possible to clarify just a little I would really appreciate it. Your work is beautiful, full of life and inspiring. Thank you !
Enjoy your methods and approach. I wonder how many viewers realize that the term Horizon Line, at least in the absence of the ocean horizon per say, is in actuality the Eye Level line of the viewer when a photo it taken. We can design our paintings for two eye levels using the rule of thirds. The artist decides if that eye level results in a better design with a line 1/3 from the bottom, or from the top. This provides a larger sky or larger foreground. Which makes a stronger design? Drawing a sketch as you do is paramount to making this decision.
Thank you Tom for sharing your knowledge. Do you think you can share some of the drawings or paintings from your childhood? I think it would be very interesting to see that. How precious the younger than young, the future artists were like with their artwork, then.
Hello Mr Shaller. What brand is your barrel brush and is that what it is officially called? Thank you for all you do.
Is it possible to watch about the numbering of the color values again?
You gotta pay to see that bridge!
Tengo una pregunta: el video completo de este curso, tiene subtitulos al español?
it looks beautful
çok teşekkürler
Nice one
Happy!
coloring by numbers...
lol I'm playing this in the background while I am building a massing model at work for a nature center design.
Mr Shaller, excuse my bad english, you are the teacher I have Been looking for...how can I Get lessons from you?...Do you have a school or how can I paint like you?. Love!
Hello from Tucson
Very informative! Palette at 51 min.
Nice
First time I’ve ever saw you, do you seal a watercolor do you put it on canvas or paper
Do you seal it
. How do you seal it