15/100 tiny painting challenge for 2026 (Patreon)

Glowing leaf for 15! There is wet into wet for the first part, but because it's such a limited palette and we're focusing on loose soft textures, have fun and experiment with what effects you can create. When you get to the leaves, use enough water and pigment that the leaf stays wet the entire time you add the veins and the deeper shadow colors. Focus on maintaining highlights and pushing in the indents and everything else will fall into place. 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.

Salt: I used kosher sea salt from my kitchen

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, ultramarine blue, and sap green

Brushes: round 4 & 10 - Princeton brand.

Private youtube link to watch if you need captions or translation: https://youtu.be/A6IP2kWVyzY