Watercolor Unleashed! Paint a Winter Stream
Adult Online Art | Available
Online on Zoom | 6 Tuesdays| Jan 6, 13, 20, 27, Feb 3, 10 2026 | 1pm-4pm Arizona Time (*always on Mountain Standard Time) | Real time class | Recording available for 2 months
Paint a forest steam in the dead of winter. Capture the sparkling chilly essence of water cascading over icy rocks and snowy banks - from our cozy studio! Techniques will be demonstrated to address the various puzzles with which the artist is faced when painting this stunning, fascinating and challenging subject!
- Basic “anatomy” of a waterfall…
- Learn to paint rocks with their caps of snow…
- Paint the surrounding forest vegetation, twigs, etc…
- The painting process – keeping it manageable…
- Creative use of color - painting white with rainbow colors…
- And NOT painting white – through negative painting…
- Aiming for a plein air “feel” and sensitivity in your painting when working from photos …
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!
Julie Gilbert Pollard
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 uniquely mine, along with a heightened sense of 'realness' that I try to express in my paintings. This world of ours is often a frightening and mysterious place, but it is filled with scenes and subjects that excite my eye and imagination! The magical allure of the natural world, and my reverence for it, compel me to attempt to capture its essense on canvas or paper."