ASBA 2025 - Jean Emmons - Embrace Vibrancy!

Embrace Vibrancy! with Jean Emmons

Saturday, October 18, 2025
9am – 4pm

Enliven the color in your paintings. Increase your color confidence, while engaging in an adventurous approach. While painting small subjects in watercolor on paper, we will push beyond the “local” color of our subjects into more interesting solutions. The workshop will begin with a short color lecture.

Supplies:

• Please bring your normal watercolor supplies: paints, palette (in order to lay out “skins” of color, a butcher tray palette or white China plate works well)
• small water jar
• paper towels
• pencil
• kneaded eraser
• artists tape
• Most Important Item – A Good Brush: This must be relatively new and able to keep a sharp point. I use Da Vinci Maestro Series 35 size #2, #3 or #4 or Raphael Designers Kolinsky Series 8408 (not 8404!) size #2, #3 or #4.
• Winsor & Newton Series 7 pointed round #3 is good also. If you prefer Synthetic Brush options: Winsor & Newton Professional Watercolor synthetic pointed round sable brushes, size #2 or The Billy fine tip synthetic, size # 2
• A Lifting Brush: A small synthetic or bristle brush for lifting (Size #1 Rounds or smaller) Da Vinci Series 7782 TOP ACRYL Round Size #1 or the “Eradicator” by Billy Showell are good
• Paper: A few small pieces (5” x 7” or so) of your favorite watercolor paper. It must be at least 140 lb. (300 gsm) or heavier and Hot Press watercolor paper. If you don’t have a favorite, bring Moulin du Roy. (If you are used to working on vellum you are welcome to bring that instead.)

Optional supplies:

• magnifier or head loupe if you need it
• a small piece of mat board or foam core to tape your watercolor paper to
• a few small pieces of paper for paint testing and cover sheets
• You don’t have to bring a portable cordless lamp, but it does make things easier.

Questions: mailto:jemmons@me.com