ASBA 2025 - Marilyn Garber - White on White with Watercolor

White on White with Watercolor with Marilyn Garber

Friday, October 17, 2025
9am – 4pm

It’s not as difficult as you might think. Painting a white subject on a white background is a study of color. Creating form is accomplished by observing and then laying down very subtle primary colors with an emphasis on values. Patience is key as each transparent layer must dry before applying the next. We will attempt to avoid the color gray! Our class subject will be a small white pumpkin-shaped gourd with stem. The techniques you learn can be applied to any white subject in your future works.

Supplies:

• Watercolors: One tube each, Daniel Smith brand:
• Lemon Yellow (cool)
• Quinacridone Gold (warm)
• Ultramarine Blue (cool)
• Cerulean Blue – NOT Cerulean Blue Chromium (warm)
• Permanent Alizarin Crimson (cool)
• Cadmium Red Medium Hue (warm)
• Round Brushes : Size 2 or 3, Raphael, Series 8404 or Winsor Newton Series 7
• one inexpensive brush for mixing colors (Princeton, ½”)
• Papers: Quarter Sheet Fabriano Artistico, 300lb hot press.
• Scrap watercolor paper for testing colors
• Tracing Paper
• White Foam Core taped together on one edge to form a book backdrop.
• Other: Sketch Pad for notes and sketches
• Sharpened Pencils: (2H), 2B)
• Kneaded Eraser
• Small white plastic palette for mixing colors, 10 wells. (This is a must!)
• White 6” plate (old diner plate used to mix dry colors
• Artist low-tack tape
• Paper Towels – Viva
• Optional: Battery Operated Light to light your subject