67/100 tiny painting challenge for 2025 (Patreon)

Rainbow trout for 67! This one has a fun twist right at the beginning that I hope you love. I practiced the "thumb print" part on a separate piece of paper until the fish shape and color came out how I imagined. If you want to skip that part, you can totally paint long ovals using the blue/green/pink colors. This one goes slow and is all about layers so make sure to start light and build up as you go. 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 4 and 10- Princeton brand

Private youtube link to watch if you need captions or translation: https://youtu.be/n2xaRdXJcDU