82/100 tiny painting challenge for 2025 (Patreon)

Tree rings for 82! I saw a cross-section of a tree the other day and thought "I wonder how I can make the rings while layering and keeping the center light as I go". I'm so excited to show you this technique I came up with! Watch the first few rings all the way through first so you understand the full process and then have so much fun creating your tree rings. 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 & 10- Princeton brand

Private youtube link to watch if you need captions or translation: https://youtu.be/uHCLnkzR8RQ