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.

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!

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"

You’re not only a great artist but also a fantastic teacher! Loved your explanations. Thanks so much!

Thank you Thomas for your incredibly generosity in sharing how you work a studio painting. It was terrific.

Your gentle guidance has opened so many new avenues of thought for me Tom. Thank you so much. Kind regards Keith

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.

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!

I always love listening to Thomas and his generous and clear explanation

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.

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!

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'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! 🙂

This is one of the most honest - insightful and uplifting accounts of an artist explaining the reasons - justifications and intents of being an artist. Its a lovely video of Thomas - his life and the world he paints. Thank you for producing and kindly sharing the moments 🙏

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 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.

This man is the very best teacher/artist ever, this is obviously my opinion but I stick by it!

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 really learned a lot, not only about preparation but about the joy and love of painting. Thanks for sharing these videos!

the sketch is so extra i love it. a wonderful lecture, thank you for sharing!

Wow, what a beautiful person, artist and teacher. Thank you for sharing your process and what makes your creations so unique.

Absolute inspiration ❣️ A passionate creator born to share the beauty of our world through personal perspective. Thank you 🙏

Excellent!!! Thank you!

Brilliant! I love you, Thomas!

I'm not a watercolour artist, but I absolutely enjoyed this excellent teaching. Fabulous painting. Thank you.

Wonderful.

I am touched with your honesty. Thank you, again, Tom.

I am a huge fan of your Mr Schaller

This is the type of teacher I've been looking for.

this is truly a gem. Lots of good information.

Excellent video! I love to just listen to Thomas talk about the painting process, as well as his thought process.

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.

'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.

❤️ Fantastic, a great source for information! Thank you Thomas! ❤️

Really appreciate your honesty while describing how you Feel in love with watercolor ! So beautiful.

Many thanks Tom .... your usual brilliant self.. Best wishes to you and Otis.

Amazing video. Thank you so much, Tom. Inspiring, generous, helpful, and somehow so obvious. What a great painter!

Amazing teachings. I’ve learned so much. Thank you❤️

Such an brilliant video he is such an awesome artist to begin with loved it

Fantastically informative lesson. Thank you!

Loved this intro..thankyou..what a lovely, modest person Thomas is. Learned a lot here

Brilliant talk, very enlighting

One of my favorite artists

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🙏🏽

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 .

Thanks a lots! That was a great help.

Fantastic teacher

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!

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 !

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!

This is just amazing, a bit advanced for me but I’m learning a lot.

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.

Wonderful to see and hear you Sir. I love your work.

gorgeous paintings

Thanks for sharing so unreservedly. Just brilliant

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

I feel liked I learned so much from the “part” of the video. I saw. He also seems like a kind person.

Thank you for showcasing a watcolourist. This was an amazing video.. He is a great teacher and his style is beautiful

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.

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. ❤❤❤

What a lovely man.

Dear Mr. Schaller , you are a lovely person , a greatly talented artist full of inner depth ; I am impressed by your painting, best regards .

I find the comments very helpful. I look for the poetry in my work it helps. Anne from New Zealand

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

Hi from Canada Ontario 👋

Fabulous and inspiring content. I agree, watercolour is the medium for me. Thank you! 😊

Excellent video, I learned a lot.

Thank you, thank you. I learned more about watercolor…and myself.

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.

Great artist and teacher. Thanks and greetings from Québec.I love watercolour too.

Love your bridges images.

Maravilhoso. Muito agradecida pelo carinho em ensinar.

Awsome teacher

Great stuff and outstanding sense of humor!😎👍🇺🇸

Very nice ! 🤩thank you so much for sharing ❤️👍🤩🥰😍

Linda Bishop Watching from British Columbia. What a privilege thank you

it looks beautful

thanks and greetings from Slovenia

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

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.

Nice one

coloring by numbers...

Hi, the best watercolor master. from Manila.

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.

Hello from Tucson

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.

Happy!

Hola no hablo aun ingles ,pero es maravilloso el video ,amo la acuarela y estoy en mis primeros pasos ,saludos .

You gotta pay to see that bridge!

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Amazing. I do have one question. And please say no... lol. Did you stretch that arches cold press or just tape it down? I’m about an hour in so you may say later. Thanks.

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 !

lol I'm playing this in the background while I am building a massing model at work for a nature center design.

Wow

Is it possible to watch about the numbering of the color values again?

Tony Bramwell hello from Melbourne Australia

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

Hello Mr Shaller. What brand is your barrel brush and is that what it is officially called? Thank you for all you do.