7 Awesome Benefits of Tiny Painting! - Plus Real Time Tutorial - Beginner-Friendly
Channel: Monet Cafe' with Artist Susan Jenkins
Date: 19/03/2022

I absolutely LOVE sharing these 7 awesome benefits of Tiny Painting! In this real time and beginner friendly lesson, you will not only learn how to paint a tiny pot of geraniums, but you will also discover all of the amazing benefits to painting small. See the 7 reasons below about why I love painting small.

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7 BENEFITS OF TINY PAINTING
1. Stress Free - Painting small seems to take away the stress often associated with painting on a large surface.
2. Thumbnail Sizes Help You Identify Big Shapes and Values - It may sound strange to say that you can "see more" with smaller images, but I find that blocking in large shapes and getting values accurate is so much easier with small paintings or studies.
3. Economical - Of course by using smaller surfaces and less pastels, this type of painting is obviously more affordable... which I think adds in to point #1, it takes the stress away!
4. Daily Painting - Since daily painting is so beneficial to improving as an artist, small painting makes this effort more possible! 
5. Painterly & Loose Results - You just can't get the amount of detail in a small painting that you can get in a larger piece, and thus you are forced to keep things simple and uncomplicated.... which usually results in more painterly and impressionistic feel. 
6. They Make Great Gifts - Tiny painting are so easy to package up and send to a friend or loved one. I like to use clear bags from www.clearbags.com to store my little artworks. I often sandwich them between two pieces of foamcore board to protect them during shipping. 
Here is the direct link to the clearbags for tiny-sized paintings. You can get 100 for around $6! https://www.clearbags.com/2-15-16-x-3-3-4-crystal-clear-protective-75x95.html
7. Cute to Display - Since you can create lots of tiny paintings in a relatively short period of time, you have multiple tiny treasures to display on a picture shelf. I like to use tiny easels you can get at craft shops to place them on. Here are some offered on Amazon:  https://amzn.to/36ckDFd

Products:
Unfortunately, the little sanded pastel card I used in this lesson is no longer available from Colourfix. You can of course cut your own from any sanded pastel paper, and if you like the little white border as shown in the video you can simply cut your card slightly larger and tape a border around your surface before painting.  You can also use watercolor paper to create tiny watercolor paintings, or even pastel paintings using the method I so often describe in my videos of applying clear gesso to create a sanded surface. 

Here are some other options for Pre-Cut cards:
Black Artist Trading Cards - Not a sanded surface, but you could create your own using Liquitex Clear Gesso. See my Product Review video below to learn how. https://amzn.to/36yUkZX
Watercolor Artist Trading Cards: https://amzn.to/3inMsgt

Other Products Mentioned in Video:
Artist's Tape - https://www.dickblick.com/items/blick-artist-tape-white-34-x-60-yds/
LEM Tape Dispenser - https://amzn.to/3KUKpwz

Clear Bags to store your Tiny Treasures - https://www.clearbags.com/2-15-16-x-3-3-4-crystal-clear-protective-75x95.html
Tiny Easels: https://amzn.to/36ckDFd

Make Your Own Sanded Pastel Papers:
https://www.amazon.com/vdp/09060b1944da4eec918edafe42078819?product=B001UNPDCG&ref=cm_sw_em_r_ib_dt_xhhvwmQqfwkiY

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