How To Paint Watercolor Trees

How to paint trees with watercolor.
How to paint watercolor trees. The lesson covers painting a winter tree and summer tree with thick foliage. And do you wonder what technique to use to capture these important elements of a landscape in all their glory. Paint a watercolor tree step by step starting with a drawing on paper masking some whites and painting the leaves with watercolor. 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.
Usually i paint small subjects larger than life. The image on the right however is how our mind should see the tree in order to paint it. The details are removed leaving simple shapes of value and color. Common beginner mistakes when painting trees trying to paint every individual leaf.
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. Here s how to paint a tree in watercolour. The lesson covers painting a winter tree and summer tree with thick foliage.
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.