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11/100 tiny painting challenge for 2025 (Patreon)

Published:
2025-02-07 17:19:02
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2026-10

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This is what my winter looks like! I love painting saguaro cactuses and desert scenes but I don't actually have many tutorials for them. I'm so excited to bring this to you all. This one feels straight forward in the techniques, with basic color mixes and also a much slower pace without too much wet into wet. Let me know if you have any questions as you work through it!

Paper: arches 140 lb cotton 9X12" paper that I've cut into 3X3" pieces, giving me 12 pieces per page.

Paint: The palette I'm using today is the split primary palette by letter sparrow: cad yellow deep, lemon yellow, cad red, magenta, ultramarine blue, cerulean, indigo and sap green. I don't use all of these colors in this painting but I mention each one as I use them

Brushes: round size 4 - Princeton brand

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Michelle W.

Every time I see a Saguaro I sing The Austin Lounge Lizards song or go "I throw my arms up in the air sometime, saying AYEOH, I’m a saguaro".

Jerri

YAY! I’m buried in snow (it is melting finally…but winter isn’t really over until maybe Aprilish…😂). I love the quail that run around in Sonoran desert!

Susie Putnam

Wow I really e joked watching it. I will now paint it. I am so glad I found you Kristin. I like realism which seems to be what you like too.

katy

I’m so excited to paint this. I love the saguaros and I love living in the desert.

Debi

This is what my winter looks like as well. I’m in Phoenix.

Terri Klausner

Oh this is so pretty! I miss AZ!! Maybe a painting retreat someday??

Mariangela Hollday

Wow, your desert is prettier than my SWTexas desert. No mountains, but we do have other cactus and beautiful views of the horizon. I have learned everyplace has its own unique beauty. Thank you. Of course, I would love more desert scenes. I’m happy to have joined your Patreon!

Lynne Merrick

I’m going to paint this beloved cactus today. I wish I had your brush control but no matter the results I’m learning a ton about color mixing and shading. Your cad yellow always has other paints in it. How do you go back when you need a pure cad yellow? I’m painting cacti in another Patreon challenge I’m part of so I have the desserts on my mind!

Kristin Van Leuven

Oh my gosh, that would be amazing! I need to figure out a way to make it happen

Kristin Van Leuven

I'm so glad you like it! I think learning about the beauty of different places is so important. I would love to see a picture of your desert

Kristin Van Leuven

oh how fun! I feel like the colors are mixed very surface level, so a quick swipe usually cleans it pretty fast. I try to leave a corner clean though in case I need to use a highly amount of pigment of clean color

Kristin Van Leuven

I love seeing quail! I wish our winters had a little bit of snow haha

Marcela

It is very helpful to me to see the video a couple of times before painting. I love the palette of colors you chose for all of these paintings Question , It stresses me a little bit when I paint wet on wet because I only have so much time before it drys What can I do ?

Marcela

By the way , thank you very much for all the verbal description you give as you paint , it is extremely helpful to me . Thank you 😃

Annie

Love AZ, we’re going there again this year for our 40th anniversary. Love these colors! Found this one to be difficult because of so many colors and so little space, ha. But in the end, it seems to have turned out ok, isn’t that the way, though. Thanks!

Annie

A retreat in AZ would be fabulous!

Terri Klausner

Oh yes!! Please do!! It would be amazing!!

Susan C Terris

I love starting to paint the desert. I've been to Saguaro Nat'l Park, it is so mysterious, beautiful. I love the guidance, thank you Kristin.

Karen

Hi - I'm caught up! Struggled with this one a bit, and had to laugh at myself, right after you said something about not having the cactus green bleed into the sky --- my cactus green bled into my sky. Can't figure out how to add a picture of my painting here.

Kristin Van Leuven

HI Karen! It happens to us all haha. There is a community tab were we have a group chat you can post your pictures.

Kristin Van Leuven

Know that even if it dries, it's ok! You can blend out hard lines with clean water, or you can wait for it to totally dry and go over the area with clean water again to do more wet into wet. You can also get a fine mist spray bottle to help keep larger areas wet while you paint

Chris

I have been meaning to ask this and I feel it may already have been asked. What could I use as an alternative to magenta which I don’t have in my pallet.

Beachdreams

Hi, I am wondering why no shadow on the ground? Can I do a light wash over the dried ground paint, without ruining the painting? I’m still trying to catch up. I am so happy I found this class! I am a novice painter and am pleased to be learning so much! Thank you for the great instruction.