Updated 11/13/2021
ATTENTION: Due to COVID19 and community safety concerns, until further notice, most classes and workshops are VIRTUAL, using Zoom as the live, online platform where you will see the demo in full screen mode. Zoom classes have been successful and feedback has been very positive. Exceptions to VIRTUAL classes are any plein air workshops for 2021 and 2022; please SEE THE SCHEDULE for updates.
Questions? Please go to Contact Me HERE. You can Register for classes and workshops where the Register link is posted.
Note: all class/workshop/demo times are MST/PDT, aka GMT-7.
Be well, be safe and Happy Painting. Julie
P.S. My Barcelona, Spain, workshop HAS BEEN CHANGED TO MAY 14-21, 2022! Info/registration “Oil and Watercolor Plein Air Painting Workshop in Spain with Julie Gilbert Pollard”. “Nos vemos en Barcelona!” Passports: be sure yours is up to date! It’s taking months, now.
Supplies: each painter provides her/his own personal painting supplies unless otherwise noted. Emails: add your name and email address HERE to be placed on Julie’s Constant Contact “Class & Workshop List” for notifications of upcoming events. Your comments HERE will be appreciated. Thank you so much, painters, for attending my Classes & Workshops! Julie
“DESERT DRAMA AT SUNDOWN” – VIRTUAL via ZOOM,
with SHEMER ART CENTER and Julie Gilbert Pollard
Dates & Times: Jan. 4-25th, 2022, 4 Tuesday afternoons, 1 to 4PM
Medium: Watercolor
Details: Arizona sunsets can be an exquisite backdrop for our exotic desert scenery. During this class (4 Zoom classes, Tuesday afternoons) paint rocky formations and desert plants silhouetted against the dying sky. Use rich, juicy watercolor washes to achieve that mysterious and fleeting time. A desert landscape scene will be used for the demo and a photo will be provided for your use – but you are always welcome to paint from your own reference material whenever you wish.
There will be demos, instruction and individual critique throughout the Zoom class. Class time will be structured, yet open enough to accommodate the artistic spirit within us all. All levels are welcome and encouraged to attend. The only prerequisite is an attitude of joy in the act of painting!
Tuition: $140 Register: HERE
“Painting with Julie Gilbert Pollard” at JGP Studio
VIRTUAL: ZOOM + EMAIL. Participate in lessons and demos, paint with Julie and a few participating artists online. Tuesday evenings, some exceptions such as holidays or I’m scheduled elsewhere; on-going, month to month.
Dates & Times: Jan. 4, 11, 18, 25, 2022, 4 Tuesday evening classes, 6:30-8:30PM.
Medium: Watercolor, Oil or Acrylic
Tuition: $20/class, monthly in advance, e.g., a 4-class month is $80.00.
Wait List, send Julie an email at Contact Me: HERE
“2nd Annual WATERCOLOR LIVE” A Global Virtual Experience
“Explode your painting skills in the next 90 days! Save years of struggle and frustration by discovering techniques revealed by the world’s top watercolor artists – including Julie Gilbert Pollard – in just three days in the world’s largest online art training event.”
Dates: Jan. 27-29, 2022., with a Beginner’s Day Jan. 26th. Times: TBA
Medium: Watercolor
Details: “Three days of premium instruction in Watercolor Painting. A rare opportunity to see the world’s top artists teaching watercolor painting in one place – your own home or studio – on your phone, tablet, computer, or even your TV. Double your painting ability within 90 days.”
This art conference will offer:
- Best-in-Class artists
- Training & Demonstrations
- Breakout rooms with others
- Painting and more!
- Beginners offered a special day for basic watercolor principles – anyone can join this Jan. 26th class as you will love seeing the instructors. See below.
Complete Details: HERE Registration: Order by phone (561) 327-6121 or HERE
Tuition includes Many “Perks”: $347 to $1097 – prices listed include Early Bird discount of $100 – Discount ends Nov. 15, 2021 at 11:59PM PT. Just a few days remain for the discount. (100% money back guarantee – see HERE for details.)
Tuition Beginners Session (Jan. 26, 2022, Noon-6PM ET, 10AM-4PM MT): $197, providing the “fundamental skills you’ll need to succeed in creating watercolor artworks.”
“Watercolor Unleashed! SEDONA & OAK CREEK CANYON” online via Zoom and SCOTTSDALE ARTISTS’ SCHOOL with Julie Gilbert Pollard
Dates & Times: Feb. 1, 8, 15, 22, March 1, 8th, 2022, 6 Tuesday afternoons, 1-4PM
Details: Paint Oak Creek in Sedona, a mountain stream with water flowing and cascading beneath red rock formations. Learn how to make water look wet, reflective and splashy! Study will focus on the magnificent subject-matter, watercolor techniques and the creative use of color. Techniques will be demonstrated to address the various puzzles with which the artist is faced when painting this stunning, fascinating and challenging subject!
There will be demos, instruction and individual critique throughout the Zoom class. Class time will be structured, yet open enough to accommodate the artistic spirit within us all. All levels are welcome and encouraged to attend. The only prerequisite is an attitude of joy in the act of painting!
Tuition: TBA Register: Call: (480) 990-1422 or (800) 333-5707
“Painting with Julie Gilbert Pollard” at JGP Studio
VIRTUAL: ZOOM + EMAIL. Participate in lessons and demos, paint with Julie and a few participating artists online. Tuesday evenings, some exceptions such as holidays or I’m scheduled elsewhere; on-going, month to month.
Dates & Times: Feb. 1, 8, 15, 22, 2022, 4 Tuesday evening classes, 6:30-8:30PM.
Medium: Watercolor, Oil or Acrylic
Tuition: $20/class, monthly in advance, e.g., a 4-class month is $80.00.
Wait List, send Julie an email at Contact Me: HERE
“Painting with Julie Gilbert Pollard” at JGP Studio
VIRTUAL: ZOOM + EMAIL. Participate in lessons and demos, paint with Julie and a few participating artists online. Tuesday evenings, some exceptions such as holidays or I’m scheduled elsewhere; on-going, month to month.
Dates & Times: March 1, 8, 15, 22, 29, 2022, 5 Tuesday evening classes, 6:30-8:30PM.
Medium: Watercolor, Oil or Acrylic
Tuition: $20/class, monthly in advance, e.g., a 5-class month is $100.00.
Wait List, send Julie an email at Contact Me: HERE
“Watercolor Unleashed! – CAST SHADOW AS COMPOSITIONAL DEVICE”, Virtual Class online via Zoom with SHEMER ART CENTER and Julie Gilbert Pollard/
Dates & Times: March 22, 29, April 5, 12, 19, 26th, 2022, 6 Tuesday afternoons, 1-4PM
Details: Cast shadows can be a dramatic enhancement to liven up an otherwise lackluster scene, though often tricky to paint. A photo of an interesting scene with equally interesting cast shadows will be used for the demo and a photo will be provided for your use – but you are always welcome to paint from your own reference material whenever you wish.
There will be demos, instruction and individual critique throughout the Zoom class. Class time will be structured, yet open enough to accommodate the artistic spirit within us all. All levels are welcome and encouraged to attend. The only prerequisite is an attitude of joy in the act of painting!
Tuition: $210 Register: HERE
“Painting with Julie Gilbert Pollard” at JGP Studio
VIRTUAL: ZOOM + EMAIL. Participate in lessons and demos, paint with Julie and a few participating artists online. Tuesday evenings, some exceptions such as holidays or I’m scheduled elsewhere; on-going, month to month.
Dates & Times: April 5, 12, 19, 26, 2022, 4 Tuesday evening classes, 6:30-8:30PM.
Medium: Watercolor, Oil or Acrylic
Tuition: $20/class, monthly in advance, e.g., a 4-class month is $80.00.
Wait List, send Julie an email at Contact Me: HERE
“WET & WILD – PLEIN AIR TO STUDIO!” on location with Julie Gilbert Pollard
Dates & Times: April 21st – 23rd, 2022, 9:30AM-4:30PM, Thursday to Saturday as follows:
Mornings 9:30-12:30 plein air ON LOCATION at nearby Oak Creek; afternoons 1:30-4:30PM in SAC Studio.
Medium: Watercolor
Details: Learn to paint water that looks wet, reflective and splashy! With stunning Oak Creek as your model, paint water as it splashes around and over the rocky streambed. Techniques will be demonstrated to address the various puzzles with which the artist is faced when painting this stunning, fascinating and challenging subject!
Mornings: At a nearby Oak Creek location, do “light” plein air painting, i.e. sketching, color-sketching, etc., using a minimal set-up, or simply taking photos. Demos will be based on a minimal, portable version of plein air work. Nevertheless, the amount of equipment you take is your choice. There are lists of suggested supplies available for levels of activity at both ends of the spectrum
After Lunch: classroom painting in the SAC studio using material gathered that morning or on a previous day, work on paintings started on location or begin new paintings, as you wish.
All levels are welcome and encouraged to attend. The only prerequisite is an attitude of joy in the act of painting. There will be demos, instruction at all levels as needed, individual critique and lots of painting time. Class time will be structured, yet open enough to accommodate the artistic spirit within us all!
Complete details: TBA Tuition: TBA
Register: Call 888.954.4442 or 928.282.3809 or Email: sac@sedonaartscenter.org
Registration & Cancellation Policies: HERE
“Oil and Watercolor Plein Air Painting Workshop in Spain with Julie Gilbert Pollard”
Dates: 7-days, May 14-21, 2022 Discount: Sign up by Nov. 30, 2021 to get $200 OFF!
Join Julie Gilbert Pollard for a wonderful week of plein air painting on the beautiful coast of Northern Spain, the Costa Brava, near Barcelona!
Let Spain seduce you! Costa Brava, where the mountains meet the sea, is the setting of this exciting painting tour in the province of Gerona. Craggy cliffs, sandy coves, pristine beaches but also medieval villages and botanical garden, all await to be painted and experienced. This region was also the home and setting for the surreal world of Salvador Dali. The magical Barcelona will also be part of this unique plein-air painting workshop in Spain.
Many are starting to travel internationally again and it’s so exciting to be planning a painting trip to Spain next May!
Class Description: In this plein air workshop, you will visit inspiring locations, learning to interpret them into your personal visual expression. Expect sight-seeing, photo-sketching, sketching and “light” plein air painting using minimal equipment that is easy to carry in a medium-size backpack”.
“During the plein air sessions, I will alternate watercolor-on-paper and watercolor-as-prep-for-oil painting demos on canvas boards pre-coated with Watercolor Ground. I will demonstrate and coach you through methods and techniques that have proven invaluable in learning to distill a scene into its most simple format, leading to studio paintings that retain that illusive “plein air feel”.
All levels are welcome. Classes will be small, so Julie will have ample time to help students work toward individual goals.
Registration/Pricing/Complete Details: about “French Escapade“, our painting host tour company, and my Costa Brava/Barcelona, May 14-21, 2022 plein air painting tour/workshop (Instruction, Itinerary, Accommodations, Price/What is Included, How to Book, etc.) see all pages and tabs HERE: Discount: Sign up by Nov. 30, 2021 to get $200 OFF!
This will be a small group of 6 to 12; start making your plans, now! See you on the Costa Brava!
Passports: if you are considering joining Julie for this workshop and travelling from the U.S., be certain your Passport is up to date! Reports at this time are it’s taking many months to get a renewal or new Passport. Do it now!
