48/100 tiny painting challenge for 2025 (Patreon)

Sea shell for painting 48! In this one you get to see me struggle at the beginning haha. I hope it helps you see the struggle and how to course correct. The most important thing in this painting is to keep the light areas as much as possible when you're creating the shadow ridge lines. This helps you to get that light vs. shadow textured look on the shell. 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.

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/mvhe1aPxQmA