23/100 tiny painting challenge for 2026 (Patreon)

Purple sunrise for #23! I can't wait to show you the process of layering and glazing in a landscape today. There is a wet into wet portion at the beginning that I would watch all the way through first, but everything after that is built up layer by layer. Start with the lightest layers first and slowly the painting will come to life. The middle of the painting will feel awkward, but just keep going! A key element: make sure that your brightest yellows and blue/purples don't have much overlap in the sky. Use magenta as a buffer and the dominant color when mixtures need to overlap. 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: For this project I am using a split primary palette- cad yellow deep, lemon yellow, cad red, perm. rose, ultramarine blue, cerulean, indigo and sap green. The colors I'm using today are - cad yellow, perm. rose, sap green, and Indigo.

Brushes: round 4 & 10 Princeton brand.

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