Updated 11/3/2019
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
“WATERCOLOR UNLEASHED: FALL COLORS TO WINTER WHITES”
Dates/Times: Nov. 12 – Dec. 17, 2019, 6 Tuesday afternoons, 1PM-4PM
Medium: Watercolor
Just like the seasons, transition from painting colorful fall foliage to the subtle nuanced colors of winter. We will explore watercolor techniques suited to placing trees with character and personality into our landscapes and even some “holiday” snow!
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 demonstrations of techniques suitable for the subject, exercises, ongoing critique and lots of painting time. 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: $210.00
Complete Details & Register:HERE
“Painting with Julie Gilbert Pollard” – participate in lessons and demos, paint with Julie and a few participating artists at this intimate artists’ studio & classroom. Tuesday evenings, some exceptions such as holidays or I’m scheduled elsewhere; on-going, month to month.
Dates/Times: Dec. 3, 10, 17th, 2019, 3 Tuesday evenings (No classes Dec. 24, 31), 6:30-8:30PM
Medium: Watercolor, Oil or Acrylic
Tuition: $20/class, monthly in advance, e.g., a 3-class month is $60.00.
Wait List/Register:HERE
“WATERCOLOR UNLEASHED! WATERCOLOR BASICS – REVIEW for ADVANCED + BEGINNING STUDIES”
Dates/Times: Jan. 7 – 28, 2020, 1 – 4PM, 4 Tuesday afternoons
Watercolor! Considered to be the most challenging medium, this class will focus on what I consider to be the “basics” of watercolor which I find necessary to review on a regular basis. Regardless of one’s facility with the medium these techniques and procedures are critical for the watercolor painter who is at an advanced stage OR at the beginning of their watercolor studies. Using floral subject matter, wet-into-wet, wet-on-dry, negative painting, washes, techniques and more will be studied.
Reference photos will be supplied, or you may use your own. There will be demos, instruction at all levels, critique and lots of painting time. 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
Registration Policy: HERE
“Painting with Julie Gilbert Pollard” – participate in lessons and demos, paint with Julie and a few participating artists at this intimate artists’ studio & classroom. Tuesday evenings, some exceptions such as holidays or I’m scheduled elsewhere; on-going, month to month.
Dates/Times: January 7, 14, 21, 28, 2020, 4 Tuesday evenings, 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/Register:HERE
“Watercolor Unleashed – White Flower”
Date/Time: Jan. 18th, 2020, 9AM-4PM, Saturday, 1-day Class
Medium: Watercolor
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. Students will use rich, clean, darker values to set off those beautiful white blooms. A photo will be provided, but students are welcome and encouraged to paint from their own reference material whenever they wish.
There will be demos, instruction at all levels as needed, one-on-one critique and lots of painting time. 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: Please call Scottsdale Artists’ School to Register or for more details. Class posted soon.
“Watercolor Unleashed – “Paint the Sonoran Desert Landscape in Vibrant Color Watercolor”
Dates/Times: Feb. 4 – March 10th, 2019, 1-4PM, 6 Tuesday afternoons
Medium: Watercolor, other water media welcome
The colors of our beautiful desert can often look drab in our reference photos but that doesn’t mean we have to paint them that way. Let your imagination take over, using creative color to interpret your love of the landscape. Just for one painting, permit yourself to depart from pre-mixed earth tones and greens. Learn to mix livelier colors that help depict how you “feel” about the scene rather than becoming a slave to the often-uninspiring colors in the reference photo. 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 at all levels as needed, one-on-one critique and lots of painting time. 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: Please call Scottsdale Artists’ School to Register or for details. Class posted soon.
“Painting with Julie Gilbert Pollard” – participate in lessons and demos, paint with Julie and a few participating artists at this intimate artists’ studio & classroom. Tuesday evenings, some exceptions such as holidays or I’m scheduled elsewhere; on-going, month to month.
Dates/Times: Feb. 4 – 25, 2020, 4 Tuesday evenings, 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/Register: HERE
“Discover Oil Painting – Introduction to Painting the Landscape in Oil”
Dates/Time: Feb. 8th & 15th, 2020, 9AM – 4PM, 2 Saturday classes
Medium: Oil
Paint a simple landscape in oil using a simplified 4-step process that applies directly to a larger, more complex painting. This basic approach serves as an advanced preliminary study as well as an introduction for those new to the medium. We will cover creative use of color and color mixing, brushwork, process.
If you would like to experience oil painting before purchasing necessary supplies, you can rent supplies for the day for $20. (Naturally, the canvas you paint on is not rented but yours to keep.) You need only bring a few items such as: apron, roll of paper towels, sketch book, pencil.
There will be demos, instruction at all levels as needed, one-on-one critique and lots of painting time. 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: Please call Scottsdale Artists’ School for Registration and further information. Class posted soon.
“Painting with Julie Gilbert Pollard” – participate in lessons and demos, paint with Julie and a few participating artists at this intimate artists’ studio & classroom. Tuesday evenings, some exceptions such as holidays or I’m scheduled elsewhere; on-going, month to month.
Dates/Times: March 3 – 31st, 2020, 5 Tuesday evenings, 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/Register: HERE
“WATERCOLOR UNLEASHED! PAINTING FROM PHOTOS”
Dates/Times: March 17 – April 21, 2020, 1 – 4PM, 6 Tuesday afternoons
The focus of this class will be to combine the “reality” of the landscape as seen by the camera with the passion you bring to it from your imagination and memory. By concentrating on shape and value as the most important of the building blocks of painting, you will use “color-as-value” to stimulate an emotional response from your viewer. Learn to use unexpected color combinations in unpredictable ways to convey how you see AND feel about the world we live in. Technique will be studied also, as a necessary component to the “big picture” of landscape painting.
A photo will be provided for your use for the first class study. You will bring your own reference material for the remainder of the class. There will be demonstrations of techniques suitable for the subject matter, exercises, critique and lots of painting time.
All levels are welcome and encouraged to attend. Class time will be structured, yet open enough to accommodate the artistic spirit within us all. The only prerequisite is an attitude of joy in the act of painting!
Tuition: TBA
Register: Please call Shemer Art Center for Registration and details. Posted soon.
Registration Policy: HERE
