Process
Explore our easy 3-stage process: Detail, Design & Delivery
All portraits are hand-drawn on 30 x 23-inch 640gsm watercolour stock and come beautifully packaged and delivered un-framed. Your portrait will include the ground floor plan and front elevation at 1:100 scale with correct architectural detailing and unique calligraphy with your building name. Each portrait carries the Wilmar Schütz hallmark of exceptional attention to detail and artistry.
Detail
This starts with a quotation and approval.
We require a plan and brief history of your building and a digital photo from the front.
Our portrait quotation will include packaging, shipping and insurance and expected delivery date.
Before we start your portrait, our quotation needs approval and 50% starting deposit.
All information remains strictly confidential.
Design
This establishes your existing conditions from information supplied.
Your plan and elevation are hand-drawn at 1:100 scale as preliminary.
We might still require questions to confirm set out and geometry of your building.
At the end of this stage, the balance of fee must be paid.
Your plan and elevation are then drawn onto final watercolour stock for finished artwork.
Unique calligraphy with your building name is applied.
Delivery
Your portrait is complete and paid for including packaging, shipping and insurance.
However, we will re-confirm your delivery details.
Your artwork is professionally packaged and sealed and sent to your delivery address.
Digital tracking details is exchanged.
A customer feedback form and Wilmar Schütz letter of authentication is included.
Wilmar Schütz – Process technical notes
Each portrait attracts its own fee based on size and complexity and information supplied. Our quotation will allow for postage, packaging and insurance in Australian dollars AUD Our quotation will allow a timeframe and delivery date before we start. How long will the process take? will depend on the size and complexity and workload.
Our architectural portraits are restrained and colours sourced from nature. We create architectural watercolours as paintings and not drawings painted in. We use artistic license and do not replicate texture tone and detail. Our watercolours are a precision document applying technical knowledge and understanding. We stay fresh and undertake regular watercolour masterclasses by international artists.
Only highest quality hand-made 100% acid‐free Arches or Waterford 640gsm paper is used. Sheets sizes are imperial 30 x 23 inch in portrait or landscape format.
Only highest quality Schmincke or Winsor & Newton AA‐rated paints are used. Fugitive colours are NOT used. On completion each portrait is inscribed with registration of colours on the back. On completion your portrait is Wilmar Schütz stamped, dated and signed on the back.
Sciography is the science of cast and projected shadow forms. Wilmar Schütz use sciography conventions for their calculation of shadow massing.
Your portrait is hand-crafted with unique calligraphy with your building name. Unless specifically noted, all quotations allow for calligraphy.
Your portrait becomes a unique architectural record of conditions at that time.


