Looking ahead - 100 tiny paintings in 2026 (Patreon)

Hello friends!

I’m so excited to share our painting plans for 2026! After seeing how much joy and growth came from our tiny paintings this year, we’re honing in a little further focusing on monthly watercolor techniques that will help us strengthen our skills, stay inspired, and paint an amazing variety of subjects together.

Each month in 2026 will center around a specific technique. To kick off each month, we’ll meet for a live class on the 1st, where I’ll walk you through the basics of that month’s technique. This will be short and sweet and will include warm-up exercises, stroke practice, and sketchbook ideas to help you get comfortable before diving into the tiny paintings. It will be a fun, relaxed way to ease into the new theme together and build confidence in the skills we’ll be focusing on all month long. There will still be 8-9 paintings per month, every Tuesday and Friday, that will help us get to 100 by the end of the year.

Here is the list of themes for 2026

January – Wet into wet and water control February – Creating textureMarch – Layering & glazingApril – Dry brushMay – Lifting June – Negative paintingJuly – Splatter & spatter techniquesAugust – Gradient & variegated washesSeptember – BlendingOctober – Masking November – Line and WashDecember – Granulation & Using white paint

The paintings for each theme will focus on helping us improve that specific technique, while inevitably using others as well. Some examples: painting a dragonfly with a focus on layering the wings, an ocean wave crashing on a rock with a focus on splatter in the spray, and how to use granulating pigments to your advantage while painting a landscape in December.

Then, for our second live class at the end of each month, we will vote on a reference photo to paint together that fits within that month's theme. I think the live classes have been a crowd favorite, so I'm excited to have more purpose and direction for them.

I am really excited for the focused direction in 2026 and I'm currently coming up with ideas for paintings for each month. If you have suggestions of things you want to paint, let me know below so I can find a place for them within the themed months.

✨ More news! I'm also introducing an optional new tier for those of you who want daily access to comments and feedback from me on your paintings. This will be in a private group chat for members of that tier. This won’t replace anything, everything in the current tiers will stay exactly the same, and I’ll still pop in the usual chat with comments from time to time like I do now. The new tier is simply an extra option for anyone wanting more frequent guidance and conversation around their work.

I’m genuinely thrilled for what’s ahead. Thank you for being here, for showing up with your creativity, and for making this community such a warm and inspiring place. Let’s make 2026 our most joyful, colorful painting year yet!