DEMOS

AWS Watercolor Evenings are a highlight of each International Exhibition. Typically held in the Salmagundi Club’s Upper Gallery, each event consists of a live presentation by an AWS Signature member.

2025
The featured demonstrator will be Thomas W. Schaller, AWS. The demo will take place Thursday, April 24, 2025 from 6 – 8 pm.  It will be both live in person and streamed on Zoom. Schaller will walk attendees through a painting process which draws on dreams, memories, and invention as much as on real-world observation.
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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.

2024
“Painting Beyond Technique” with Antonio Masi, AWS, DF. View here.

2023 “Reflections on Urban Landscapes” with John Salminen, AWS, DF. View here.

2022 “Watercolor from Within” with Barbara Nechis, AWS. View here.

2021 “Creating Drama”  with Tim Saternow, AWS. View here

2019 “Finding Beauty in Places Often Overlooked” with James Maria, AWS. View here.

2018 Evening I “In a Fog – Capturing the Elusive Feeling of Misty Weather” with Joel Popadics, AWS. View here. 

2018 Evening II “Loosen Up! – Breaking Away from Seeing and Painting Too Many Details” with Andy Evansen, AWS. View here.