84/100 tiny painting challenge for 2025 (Patreon)

Gourds for 84! The trick to this one is starting with a light base layer and then slowly build up texture, details and shadow. Some gourds/pumpkins won't look good until the very end as a the layers build, so trust the process! One major hint: keep your palette minimal. Most of the painting I'm only using yellow, red and ultramarine. This allows me to create oranges, greens, reds and browns picking up different washes as I mix these colors together in different amounts. Sometimes i pick up random mixes of these colors for the shadows, so have fun playing with the variety you can create. 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/CIaEC64nfHc