Watercolor Unleashed - Wet & Wild Ocean

Watercolor Unleashed - Wet & Wild Ocean

Workshop | Registration opens 1/1/2026 12:00 AM EDT

94 Stafford Ave. Manahawkin, NJ 08050 United States
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10/5/2026-10/7/2026
9:30 AM-3:30 PM EDT on Mon Tue Wed

Watercolor Unleashed - Wet & Wild Ocean

Workshop | Registration opens 1/1/2026 12:00 AM EDT

Wet & Wild Ocean! Paint the misty, salty ocean waves as they crash upon the rocky shore. Learn to apply the “anatomy” of an ocean wave – along with how to paint rocks that actually look solid and hard - to a water-media painting.


The focus of this workshop will be watercolor – with gouache as a secondary OPTIONAL medium.

A very versatile painting medium, gouache can be used in both transparent / translucent and opaque applications. Adding gouache to your watercolor toolbox opens up a range of possibilities with the medium, thereby helping us to capture our artistic vision.


You will be encouraged to add gouache white OR a full palette of opaque colors if you wish. The choice is yours! Review the supply list for more details.

  

Reference photo material will be shared with you, but you are welcome to use your own if you prefer.

There will be demos, instruction at all levels, 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!


Julie Gilbert Pollard

Phoenix artist, Julie Gilbert Pollard, paints in oil and watercolor in a fluid, painterly manner. Her painting style, while
representational, is colored with her own personal concept of reality... “The eye may see as a camera ‘sees’, but the mind’s
eye sees an altered, imagined image, what it wants and hopes to see. It’s that illusive image I try to express in my paintings.
This amazing world of ours is often a mysterious, sometimes frightening, place, but is filled with scenes and subjects that
excite my eye and imagination!”

Enjoying an extensive and multi-faceted career in art, Pollard is the author of three North Light Books: Discover Oil Painting,
Watercolor Unleashed, and Brilliant Color (oil & acrylic), plus nine videos for ArtistsNetwork.com (three Watercolor Unleashed,
four Oil Painting Unleashed and two Acrylic Unleashed). Additional publications include numerous articles and book inclusions
including Watercolor Artist Magazine (2024, 2021, 2018, 2013), Plein Air Magazine (2023), Practique des Arts (2022), Splash 23
(2022), The Art of Watercolour Magazine (2019), Splash 18 (2017), Acrylic Works 3 (2016), The Artistic Touch 6 (2014), and Art
Journey America Landscapes (2011).

She has given instruction in watercolor and oil since 1985 in numerous locations including Italy, Portugal, Canada,
Sedona/Oak Creek Canyon in Arizona with Sedona Art Center School of Art, along with many additional states in the US.
Current venues include online and in-person classes with, among others, Scottsdale Artists’ School, Shemer Art Center,
Madeline Island School of Art/MISA (both Madeline Island on Lake Superior and Santa Fe), to be hosting another Santa Fe
workshop in 2026; and Hudson River Valley Art Workshops in New York State which will be hosting her Plein Air to Studio
workshop again in 2026.

Over her career, Pollard’s oils and watercolors have hung in numerous juried, and gallery exhibits. Most notable awards: Best
Impressionistic Painting in Best of America, National Oil & Acrylic Painters’ Society, and Best Use of Light & Color in Best
of America, National Oil & Acrylic Painters’ Society.

Pollard holds four signature memberships: National Oil & Acrylic Painters’ Society, Arizona Watercolor Association, San
Diego Watercolor Society and Plein Air Painters of Arizona. Her work is included in many private and corporate collections
and is represented in Arizona by Raku Gallery in Jerome and Sedona Arts Center Gallery in Sedona.

To view more about Julie, review her website.