Updated 5/4/2022
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 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 Arizona/MST (aka GMT-7) unless otherwise noted.
Be well, be safe and Happy Painting. Julie
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
“Painting with Julie Gilbert Pollard” via Zoom, at Julie’s 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: May 3, 10, 17, 24, 31, 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
“Water Lily” by Julie Gilbert Pollard – Watercolor – V.I.E.W. Live Online Zoom with French Escapade Painting Workshops and Julie Gilbert Pollard
Dates & Times: Thursday, Friday, May 19-20, 2022, Times: 9AM-12 Noon PDT/MT
Medium: Watercolor
Details: Learn to use light, airy washes in multiple transparent colors to paint a white flower in all the colors of the rainbow, yet appear as a “white” flower, with the sun shining through its translucent petals. In addition to using colorful “whites” we will use rich, clean, darker values to set off those beautiful white blooms.
I will be teaching live through Zoom, giving you instruction and critique throughout. Still photos of the painting steps will be send to you via e-mail after the class.
The painting for the class will be similar but not exactly the same as these 2 examples of Julie’s flowers in watercolor.
Important Details and many Benefits: HERE
Level: High Beginners to Intermediate Participants: Max of 20
Tuition: $178 for two 3-hour sessions. If you can’t attend, you can buy the recording only. Book the class and email us to let us know you won’t attend: contact@frenchescapade.com.
Register: HERE. Questions: contact@frenchescapade.com or call 510-483-5713.
“WATERCOLOR UNLEASHED – A LANDSCAPE OF CLIFFS, ROCKS & BOULDERS” –
Live Zoom online class with Scottsdale Artists’ School and Julie Gilbert Pollard
Dates & Times: June 7 – July 12, 2022, 6 Tuesday classes, 1PM – 4PM
Medium: Watercolor
Details: ROCKS, PEBBLES, BOULDERS, CLIFFS: the “bedrock” of landscape painting. Creating the shapes and depth of individual rocks and rocky outcroppings, learning to combine many rocks and pebbles into a single collective shape that says “rock” without detailing each is crucial to successful landscape painting. This class will focus on the challenge of painting a landscape in which rocks, boulders and cliffs are a significant feature.
A photo will be provided for your use, but you are always welcome and encouraged 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: $315
Register: HERE
“Painting with Julie Gilbert Pollard” via Zoom, at Julie’s 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: June 7, 14, 21, 28, 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” via Zoom, at Julie’s 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: July 5, 12, 26, 2022, 3 Tuesday evening classes, 6:30-8:30PM. No class July 19th.
Medium: Watercolor, Oil or Acrylic
Tuition: $20/class, monthly in advance, e.g., a 3-class month is $60.00.
Wait List, send Julie an email at Contact Me: HERE
“Painting with Julie Gilbert Pollard” via Zoom, at Julie’s 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: Aug. 2, 9, 23, 30, 2022, 4-Tuesday evening classes, 6:30-8:30PM. No Class Aug. 16th.
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” via Zoom, at Julie’s 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: Sept. 6, 13, 20, 27, 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: Sept. 29, 30th and Oct. 1st, 2022, 10:00AM-5:00PM, Thursday; 9:00AM-4:00PM. ALL 3 DAYS: mornings: ON LOCATION at nearby Oak Creek; afternoons: 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!
Note: This workshop was very successful in late April 2022. You may get hints of “autumn colors” this weekend! Come paint with us!
Tuition: $450 Complete Details: HERE
Register: click “Add to cart” HERE, or Call 888.954.4442 or 928.282.3809, or Email: sac@sedonaartscenter.org
Registration & Cancellation Policies: HERE
“Painting with Julie Gilbert Pollard” via Zoom, at Julie’s Studio
VIRTUAL: ZOOM + EMAIL – Participate in lessons and demos from your own studio, paint with Julie and a few participating artists online.
Dates: Every Tuesday evening, some exceptions such as holidays or I’m scheduled elsewhere; on-going, month to month.
Time: 6:30 – 8:30PM MST
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” via Zoom, at Julie’s Studio
VIRTUAL: ZOOM + EMAIL – Participate in lessons and demos from your own studio, paint with Julie and a few participating artists online.
Dates: Every Tuesday evening, some exceptions such as holidays or I’m scheduled elsewhere; on-going, month to month.
Time: 6:30 – 8:30PM MST
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
