44/100 tiny painting challenge for 2025 (Patreon)

Fireflies for painting 44! This one moves fast because the firefly technique needs to happen when the background is still wet. To help you with this, watch it all the way first, prep your background colors before you start to paint, and keep your background loose and simple for the first wash. We are using masking fluid for the fireflies, but you can follow all the steps without masking fluid and add a dot of white gouache paint in the center of the "glow". I can't wait to see how you do with this one! 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.

Masking fluid: winsor and newton watercolor pigmented masking fluid

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(probably closer to phthalo blue), indigo and sap green. I don't use all the colors, but I will name them as I mix them. Feel free to use pre mixed convenience colors as well.

Brushes: round 10 & 4 - Princeton brand

Private youtube link to watch if you need captions or translation: https://youtu.be/C8JBWRmJyzA