22/100 tiny painting challenge for 2025 (Patreon)

Rain drops for 22! This looks intimidating but the steps are relatively simple. They look bad before they look good. If you want to try saving the white paper for the bright white reflection point using masking fluid: first sketch your drops, add the masking fluid line at the top, and then paint over all of it using the same steps. Otherwise, you can use white gouache or a white pen for those details at the end. I can't wait to see how you do and please let me know if you have any questions.

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

White gouache: for thin line of reflection at the top of the droplets

Brushes: round size 10 & 4 Princeton brand