How To Draw/Paint Any Tree - Full Masterclass With Exercises

Learn to create trees in different styles from sketch to artwork (digital art, pencil, watercolor, oil paint or acrylic)

What you'll learn

Learn the basic techniques and process of drawing and painting trees

Practice creating all kinds of trees to get experience with them

Learn how to break down references and draw/paint trees from them

Learn how trees work and how you can construct your own ones

Learn how to create the illusion of detail to depict foliage

Learn different techniques for creating textures for foliage and bark

Be able to draw/paint any tree from imagination while making sure it still looks realistic

Understand the whole process of how drawing/painting trees works and how you can do it

Be able to combine trees and put them in groups that look natural

Understand what you need to do to draw/paint trees in special perspectives

Learn where to put trees in your artworks and how to use them to enhance compositions

Learn to create some of the most common trees in nature

Requirements

No personal requirements, you can be a complete beginner to art

The course is flexible for all mediums, so you can choose yours (Any basic art supplies: pen and paper, a pencil, brushes, paint, canvas or a drawing tablet and drawing software)

Description

Welcome to the Trees Masterclass!As an artist, you will always encounter trees at some point.And in this course you will learn everything about drawing and painting them.In different styles, different mediums and different types of trees.It's a structured learning path with theory and practice, that you can go through at your own pace in order to build up the skill of creating any tree you like. No matter if you're doing it digitally or traditionally, only drawing or only painting.I believe this will help you a lot as an artist and I've invested a lot of time and effort into putting this course together. So we have everything covered.I'm "Duplo", I'm an experienced artist and designer from Germany. Trees have always been something that I've enjoyed drawing and painting, both traditionally since I was a kid and digitally as mainly work now.For a long time, I didn't really know what I was doing, so I struggled with creating trees that look realistic. There was often something that just looked off. And I couldn't point out a good reason why.But now, after lots of practice and research, I've discovered quite a few interesting principles, that you can rely on. They help me immensely when I create trees, and I don't even use references anymore.When drawing/painting trees, you have so many options that it's both a blessing and a curse. There are so many different trees and so many different ways of depicting them, that it can seem overwhelming.How can you depict something, that has a seemingly infinite amount of detail?How can you make sure your tree looks realistic and like a real tree?Should you always use a reference or are there ways to work around it?How can you use brushes and pencils to paint and draw all those leaves?Should you just go abstract?Are there things that all trees have in common and that you can rely on when you create your own ones?How can you make trees look natural together?And where should you place them in your compositions?These, and many other questions will be answered in this course!We will first talk about the theory of creating trees.Then I will show you how to create good basic shapes in drawing and painting.Then drawing tree trunks and branches.Followed by drawing foliage.Then drawing basic trees and after that basic conifers.Then we will draw three detailed artworks together, both with and without reference.And after that, we'll do the same thing again for painting.In the artwork section, we will create an oak tree, a birch tree, a coniferous tree/snowy pine tree, a savanna tree and an autumn tree. All in slightly different styles.In the end, there is some extra theory about creating trees in perspective and putting them in groups and compositions.That's all I could think off, and I think all you need in order to go out there and create any tree you like.You really can participate in the exercises with any medium. Doesn't matter if it's just a pencil, a digital art software, watercolors, acrylics, oil paint or pen and ink. In this course you will learn all the technical aspects of trees and universal principles for creating them.If you follow the rules and concepts of this course, you can make sure your trees look realistic.And if you follow the practice sections, you'll have the skills to make them look awesome!So, if you're interested, watch the "Introduction" and "About this course" lessons, where I explain how this course works and how you can participate.Hope you have a great day!

Overview

Section 1: Welcome!

Lecture 1 Intro/Trailer

Lecture 2 About this course

Section 2: The Theory of Creating Trees

Lecture 3 Theory 1: Trees with Reference

Lecture 4 Theory 2: Trees without Reference

Section 3: The Basic Shapes

Lecture 5 Basic Shapes Drawing

Lecture 6 Basic Shapes Painting

Section 4: The Basics of Drawing Trees

Lecture 7 Drawing Tree Trunks & Branches

Lecture 8 Drawing Foliage

Lecture 9 Drawing Basic Trees

Lecture 10 Drawing Basic Conifers

Section 5: Drawing Detailed Trees

Lecture 11 Drawing a Tree with Reference

Lecture 12 Drawing a Conifer with Reference

Lecture 13 Drawing a Tree without Reference

Section 6: The Basics of Painting Trees

Lecture 14 Painting Info

Lecture 15 Painting Tree Trunks & Branches

Lecture 16 Painting Foliage

Lecture 17 Painting Basic Trees

Lecture 18 Painting Basic Conifers

Section 7: Extras on Trees

Lecture 19 Extras on Trees

Section 8: Painting Detailed Trees

Lecture 20 Artwork: Oak Tree

Lecture 21 Artwork: Birch Tree

Lecture 22 Artwork: Coniferous Tree

Lecture 23 Artwork: Savanna Tree

Lecture 24 Artwork: Autumn Tree

Section 9: Extra Theory

Lecture 25 Trees in Perspective

Lecture 26 Trees in Composition

Section 10: Outro

Lecture 27 Outro

Anyone who wants to know how to draw or paint trees,Beginner artists who want something easy and relaxing to create,Experienced artists who want to dive deep and create more realistic and interesting trees,Illustrators who need something flexible and efficient to fill their backgrounds with,Hobby artists with a passion for nature,People who are tired of always looking a reference and what to create their own trees