9/100 tiny painting challenge for 2026 (Patreon)

Rainy city street for #9! Take your time setting this one up before you paint. Sketch lines for perspective, masking fluid for cars and small highlights, and use a simple color palette so the wet into wet part will go fast. The first wet into wet layer goes fast, but it's also not super detailed. Leave yourself time for the yellow light blooms before the paper dries. Also notice which details matter and let the rest be abstract. The most important aspects are the reflections in the street, perspective with the help of the sidewalk and angles of the rooftops, and the fuzziness of the background buildings. Everything else can be as loose or detailed as you like. If you loose some of your highlights or don't want to use masking fluid, add white paint or gouache at the end. 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.

Cardboard: tape your paper to a movable piece of cardboard so you can lift it and let the color streak down the paper.

Masking fluid: I used here pigmented masking fluid by winsor and newton

Paint: For this project I am using a split primary palette- cad yellow deep, lemon yellow, cad red, magenta, ultramarine blue, cerulean, indigo and sap green. The colors I'm using today are -cad yellow, cad red, ultramarine blue, and perm rose.

Brushes: round 4 and 10 - Princeton brand.

Private youtube link to watch if you need captions or translation: https://youtu.be/3Zqwj4m2ckI