49/100 tiny painting challenge for 2026 (Patreon)

Crashing wave for #49! One of my favorite ways to use negative painting is with water, especially crashing waves in the ocean. There are a few times we do wet into wet with this one, but overall it's a process of layering shadows and textures in the white foam and in the body of the wave. It's a quick one, so don't be worried about slowing it down or pausing. 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, cerulean, and ultramarine blue.

Brushes: round 4 - Princeton

Private youtube link to watch if you need captions or translation: https://youtu.be/ZcSro3XtdyQ