How To Paint Watercolor Trees

Paint a watercolor tree step by step starting with a drawing on paper masking some whites and painting the leaves with watercolor.

How to paint watercolor trees. Here s how to paint a tree in watercolour. Rather we should focus on the overall shape of the values and colors on the tree and paint these shapes instead of details such as leaves. Sometimes though i like to mix things up and do things the other way around scaling down bigger subjects to. And do you wonder what technique to use to capture these important elements of a landscape in all their glory.

Do you ever wish you could paint realistic trees and grass in watercolour. The image on the right however is how our mind should see the tree in order to paint it. Trees are mostly observed as masses of form instead of a collection of tiny leaves. While you don t need to define every single leaf you can certainly add some leaf detail in various places.

The details are removed leaving simple shapes of value and color. Usually i paint small subjects larger than life. The lesson covers painting a winter tree and summer tree with thick foliage. To overcome the temptation to do this squint at the tree or tree reference image until you only see large blurred areas of colour.

Trying to paint every individual leaf is frustrating and pointless. How to paint trees with watercolor.