71/100 tiny painting challenge for 2026 (Patreon)

Raspberry for 71! In today's painting we're using a reference photo and we're focusing on light and shadow. If you take your time to sketch out your drupelet shapes first, then we focus on light and shadow building in and around each one. There's only a few wet into wet parts, so take your time with the building up of the layers, highlights and deep contrast. Only do a background if you want! 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. All colors are Winsor and Newton, except the manganese is Holbein - cad yellow deep, lemon yellow, cad red, perm. rose, ultramarine blue, manganese, indigo and sap green. The colors I'm using today are - lemon yellow, cad red, perm rose, and ultramarine

Brushes: round 4 & 10 - Princeton

Private youtube link to watch if you need captions or translation: https://youtu.be/4lrt3SbWUjY