April schedule (Patreon)

Hi everyone! I can't believe March is almost over and after next Tuesday, we will have completed 9 more tiny paintings - for a total of 26 this year. Glazing and layering month has been so fun and I love watching how this technique transforms our paintings in such a simple but effective way. Below is the schedule and topic theme for the month of April. As a reminder, this year the 100 tiny paintings will revolve around a new technique each month, keeping the same Tuesday/Friday schedule so that we end up with 8-9 paintings per month and 100 by the end of the year.

The theme for April: Dry Brush

Wednesday April 1st: live class 1PM Arizona time

The link to this class will be posted here on patreon Wednesday morning, the day of the live class, and will be recorded and saved for anyone who can't make it.

This live class will deep dive and cover the basics of this month's technique: Dry brush. Yes, we have already touched on the topic of dry brushing, but it is such an important and fun technique, that I wanted to give it a whole month to shine. So we'll go over in more depth how to use it, when to use it, how to make it unique, when to glaze it, and fixing issues with dry brushing. We'll also cover exercises you can practice in your sketchbook and "homework" to help you improve this technique in stress free ways before you start on a painting.

Tuesday/Friday tiny paintings: Each Tuesday and Friday this month a tiny painting will be posted. The tiny painting videos include full video instructions, color mixing and reference photos and sketch outlines when applicable.

End of month live class: Monday April 27th @ 1PM Arizona time

At the end of the month we will paint a picture together from a reference photo. This class is also recorded and saved so you can watch back at any time. We will be voting on and choosing together a picture that uses a lot of the dry brush techniques we have gone over this past month. This will help us solidify what we've learned into something bigger as we walk through how to paint a piece from start to finish, live.

I can't wait to paint with you this month!

Please let me know if you have any questions. Thank you!

Kristin