30/100 tiny painting challenge for 2026 (Patreon)

Desert landscape for #30! I love the desert, and the reference photo used today is from monument valley. Instead of sketching, we're going to use dry brush strokes to create the out line and rough silhouette. Most of this piece is slow and deliberate, so take your time with adding the shadows, line by line with the dry brush texture. 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, cad red, ultramarine blue, permanent rose, cerulean and sap green.

Brushes: round 4 & 10 Princeton brand.

Private youtube link to watch if you need captions or translation: https://youtu.be/Pndi3xrdHEg