Kristin Van Leuven - 91/100 tiny painting challenge for 2026
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Shadowed snowy tree for #91! We have done snowy trees before, but one in full shadow? My favorite! It's like a magic trick as we paint the snow a dark purple/blue, add details, and then the dark contrast for the finishing touch to make the snow come to life. Feel free to keep it as simple or as detailed as you like, but remember to look at the reference photo for a good idea of where those dark contrasting pine needles need to be to negative paint the snow on the arms. 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.
Gouache: zinc white by Winsor and Newton
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 - cad yellow, perm. rose, manganese indigo and ultramarine.
Brushes: round 4 - Princeton
Private youtube link to watch if you need captions or translation: https://youtu.be/zG6sqqrsgC8
Shadowed snowy tree for #91! We have done snowy trees before, but one in full shadow? My favorite! It's like a magic trick as we paint the snow a dark purple/blue, add details, and then the dark contrast for the finishing touch to make the snow come to life. Feel free to keep it as simple or as detailed as you like, but remember to look at the reference photo for a good idea of where those dark contrasting pine needles need to be to negative paint the snow on the arms. 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.
Gouache: zinc white by Winsor and Newton
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 - cad yellow, perm. rose, manganese indigo and ultramarine.
Brushes: round 4 - Princeton
Private youtube link to watch if you need captions or translation: https://youtu.be/zG6sqqrsgC8
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