Emily Bourassa is a UCLA-, RISD-, and SCAD-educated artist living in Los Angeles, California. She only recently began drawing or painting at the age of 37 after spending most of her life thinking she was terrible at drawing and could never become an artist. In 2021, Emily began taking classes online and has been working at it since. She calls herself a watercolor rebel, often breaking from watercolor tradition and rules. She draws and paints everywhere her children are—at the pool, on a soccer field, at the dinner table—but her favorite place to create is her home studio.