TUITION & WORKSHOPS
Workshops 2025
We are limiting our workshops this year due to other commitments, including organizing and planning of our
8 week trip to the USA 2026.
I am still available for one on one tuition online for those interested.
8 week trip to the USA 2026.
I am still available for one on one tuition online for those interested.
2024 Pastel Portraits-The Basics The Painting Place Cambridge Oct 12-13
2024 Exploring Waves North Otago Art Society Oamaru Sep 14-15
2024 Luminous Flowers The Estuary Arts Centre Orewa Aug 24-25th
2024 Mastering Animals Southern California Redondo Beach June 24-26
2023 Exploring Waves in Pastel Tauranga Society of Arts Tauranga 7-8th October FULL
2023 Water Reflection of Light The Painting Place Thornton Rd Cambridge 5-6th August FULL
2023 Birds of a Feather Estuary Arts Centre Orewa 10-11th June FULL
2023 Water - Reflection of Light Alton Hall South Taranaki Feb 4-5th FULL
2022 Pastel Expo Australia Exploring Light Form and Texture FULL
2022 Pastel Expo Australia Mastering Animals Sept 1-2nd FULL
2022 Bird/Animal Textures Tapu War Memorial Hall Coromandel Feb 12-13th FULL
2022 Animal Textures Alton Hall South Taranaki February 5-6th FULL
2021 Birds of a Feather Central Artspace Lake Hawea July July 17th/18th FULL
2021 Birds of a Feather Central Artspace, Lake Hawea July 10th/11th FULL
2021 Capturing Flowers Estuary Arts Centre 26th/27th June FULL
2021 Introduction to Pastel Estuary Arts Centre 12th June FULL
2021 A Realistic Perspective Coromandel Aero Clubs Rooms Feb 13th/14th 2021 FULL
Still Life Textures/Ocean Wave
2020 A Realistic Perspective La Valla Tuakau 26th/27th September 2020 FULL
2024 Exploring Waves North Otago Art Society Oamaru Sep 14-15
2024 Luminous Flowers The Estuary Arts Centre Orewa Aug 24-25th
2024 Mastering Animals Southern California Redondo Beach June 24-26
2023 Exploring Waves in Pastel Tauranga Society of Arts Tauranga 7-8th October FULL
2023 Water Reflection of Light The Painting Place Thornton Rd Cambridge 5-6th August FULL
2023 Birds of a Feather Estuary Arts Centre Orewa 10-11th June FULL
2023 Water - Reflection of Light Alton Hall South Taranaki Feb 4-5th FULL
2022 Pastel Expo Australia Exploring Light Form and Texture FULL
2022 Pastel Expo Australia Mastering Animals Sept 1-2nd FULL
2022 Bird/Animal Textures Tapu War Memorial Hall Coromandel Feb 12-13th FULL
2022 Animal Textures Alton Hall South Taranaki February 5-6th FULL
2021 Birds of a Feather Central Artspace Lake Hawea July July 17th/18th FULL
2021 Birds of a Feather Central Artspace, Lake Hawea July 10th/11th FULL
2021 Capturing Flowers Estuary Arts Centre 26th/27th June FULL
2021 Introduction to Pastel Estuary Arts Centre 12th June FULL
2021 A Realistic Perspective Coromandel Aero Clubs Rooms Feb 13th/14th 2021 FULL
Still Life Textures/Ocean Wave
2020 A Realistic Perspective La Valla Tuakau 26th/27th September 2020 FULL
Private Tuition
I am currently offering private one on one lessons from my studio in Auckland. If you are a beginner in the use of pastel or have experience I can guide you with techniques, tools and materials, use of colour, and work process.
Tuition is $65 an hour. I am happy to work with individual budgets, whether you come weekly, fortnightly, monthly, or when ever you need a catch up.
Typically I have 2-3 hour sessions.
Alternatively you can book a day for $390
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This is my studio space which I share with my husband Michael when he is free to work on his art. It used to be all his office but now is split 3/4 art studio. |
Testimonials
Megan Holmes Private Student
I had noticed Julie's amazing art on face book and admired from afar for some months before I noticed someone on her comments talking about lessons. I thought holy moly! I wonder if I have the courage to send a message to an artist of Julies calibre and ask her to teach someone like me with no real art experience at all but a love of art and a want to create it?
Turns out I did and I am so grateful she said yes. Julie has so much patience and is very happy to share her amazing depth of knowledge and talk with you about any of her art pieces and the creative process behind them. I love realism and being able to learn that process is such a gift. I do get frustrated with myself sometimes (as most who put pencil to paper do I imagine) and Julie is so good at de-mistifying something that looks so complex but when broken down becomes achievable and something to grow from.
The mediocre teacher tells. The good teacher explains. The superior teacher demonstrates. The great teacher inspires. (a quote from William Ward)
Thanks Julie. I am inspired.
Isla Ferrer Private Student
I have had the pleasure of having individual lessons with Julie for over 4 months now. Her work is amazing and inspiring and I am always in awe when I step into her studio. She is so kind and an incredibly patient teacher, always taking the time to explain her techniques and happy to demonstrate over and over again! Julie generously shares everything she knows - not only her techniques but also how to develop and grow as an artist. This is invaluable to anyone who is starting out and it is wonderful to have a teacher who is so encouraging and supportive!!
Dave Saywell Private Student
'I wanted to learn new techniques such as using pastel pencils and sticks. I met Julie when she was working in an art shop and asked her if she was an artist. Julie gave me her card and I looked at her website and was amazed by her work – it was exactly the type of art work that I myself wanted to achieve.
I find myself looking forward to my weekly lesson and am grateful that Julie listens to the suggestions and requests I make. I find Julie to be professional, she makes my lessons easy to follow, is supportive and her feedback is invaluable.
Bottom line is that Julie is an awesome art tutor and I would highly recommend her to anyone.
Anne Cowell Private Student
Recently, I attended several private pastel lessons with Julie Freeman. Until then I had only learned pastels through online videos and classes, and my own experimentation. Julie covered all sorts of aspects such as selection of reference photos and how to get the best from them, as well as various ways to sketch the outline onto your paper. We discussed brands of paper and pastels, and how to select colours for the artwork.
One of the things I found invaluable was to watch her and understand the pressure that she uses – I just didn’t get that online! Julie showed me how to work in small areas the way she does – it’s very clean and tidy, and she’s amazing at it. However, I tried, but it didn’t work for me, as my brain prefers an ‘under painting’ so that I can get an idea of the values over the entire piece. Julie was happy to adapt to help me in the way I felt comfortable. Her blending techniques are great, and some of the things I came to understand is that pastel is more forgiving than I had thought, and one can change and ‘fix’ things, which has given me more confidence to experiment and push myself through any hiccups or problems I encounter. I also learned from Julie how to capture more detail and the importance of sharp pencils for this, and she provided so many tips and tricks which have come in very handy. These lessons have been a good investment.
Anne loves painting animals she has a facebook page under Anne Cowell Art
Julie Sheppard PANZ Scholarship Winner 2015
Julie had been to the Invercargill PANZ Conference and seen my work, so when she was awarded the scholarship chose me as her tutor for the day.
'For me it was great to see how a professional sets up their studio, lots of practical little things were helpful like seeing the different tools and noting down the brands so I could buy them my self, like a good scalpel and how to change the blades, how to sharpen a pastel pencil, and how to use a paint medium. I'm very visual so seeing this happen and how heavy to put it on was just what I needed. Julie showed me how to choose colours and blend them and then use the blended colours, soft and hard pastels, papers- oh It was wonderful ! We got down to business of techniques and laying down the pastels- I have to admit that at one point I got frustrated in my self as it was extending me so much. Julie was very supportive and patient! She gave lots of advice on being a professional too, which was really relevant to me and so appreciated. I've learned so much and it was lovely to meet Julie and her husband Michael. I can highly recommend Julie as a tutor and am excited to get my pastels out again.'
Julie is now a practising artist her work can be seen on www.juliesheppard.co.nz
Betsy Marks Private Student
I recently took a wonderful one-on-one 3-hour class with Julie, having admired her work on facebook for some time now. As it turns out, she's as skilled a teacher as she is an artist. I learned so much in the three hours with her, from tools and process to technique. I tend to be a bit impatient, especially when teachers talk rather than 'do' - but in this case, I furiously scribbled notes because everything she shared was valuable, and i didn't want to miss anything. I've put much of it into practice already. Then we moved onto the actual drawing/painting. I had asked to do waves and it was slow (or rather, I was slow!) and painstaking, and when I left i had only done the tiniest bit of a wave, but it was well worth the effort. The three hours were over in a flash. Julie is very generous with her knowledge and I went away having had a really great experience. If you get the opportunity, I really recommend a class with Julie. Thank you!
Workshop Feedback
You two have so much to offer and have a lovely way of making me feel relaxed + inspired. It’s wonderful to see some of your work and how you bring so many things into the class, humour, patience, generosity, honesty, fabulous way of giving critical feedback. Come back!
Suggest coming back next year
Great team, Thanks
I have really enjoyed your lovely friendly approach. Kind and encouraging. Also allowing us to feel like this is achievable and to believe in our abilities. Thank you
I found this workshop very useful and it’s very professional. Thank you so much.
We will ask you to come again!
We need more workshops
You two have so much to offer and have a lovely way of making me feel relaxed + inspired. It’s wonderful to see some of your work and how you bring so many things into the class, humour, patience, generosity, honesty, fabulous way of giving critical feedback. Come back!
Suggest coming back next year
Great team, Thanks
I have really enjoyed your lovely friendly approach. Kind and encouraging. Also allowing us to feel like this is achievable and to believe in our abilities. Thank you
I found this workshop very useful and it’s very professional. Thank you so much.
We will ask you to come again!
We need more workshops
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