How to paint a tree

Many people believe that only talented person can paint nice and beautiful pictures. However, everyone can learn how to do it if he or she has enough courage and desire. All you need is the basic painting set, a little bit of time, and the willingness to master something new.

To prove it, let us see the step by step instruction on how to paint trees in acrylic. It is a basic lesson for those who just started opening the painting process.

The preparing stage

Before getting down directly to the working process, prepare the acrylic paints, the tools, and the proper base of your future masterpiece. For painting trees in acrylic, you may use canvas, wood, or the special paper. Next, prepare the palette by squeezing the paints on it. The colors depend on the objects you are going to paint. It is recommended to have a proper brush and sponges to easily succeed in the process of painting a tree.

After the preparation stage is done, nothing holds you back from painting trees in acrylic. Here are two ways to paint the trees: by using a sponge together with a brush or with a brush only.

How to paint a tree step by step by using a sponge

1. As practice shows, it is reasonable to start with the trunk. Choose the flat brush (something around ½ inches) and the black color first. Apply the small amount of paint and draw a line from the bottom to the top. Do not twist the brush; use it very flat without turning. Take more paint if you need and continue to paint from the top to the bottom. This time, when you are at the bottom, go straight to the side to form the roots.

2. When the roots and trunk are ready, start painting the branches. Just pull them out of the trunk making the upper part of the trunk separated.

3. Take the sponge, make it round by twisting and pinching it. Start with the dark green color. Soak the sponge into the acrylic paint and put in the leaves of the tree.

4. Next, you have to give your tree some highlights by using a lighter green. Apply it to the top portions of each group of leaves.

   

5. How to paint trees with a brush
   Let us see how to paint a pine tree with acrylic paints and a brush.
   1. Take the flat brush and apply some black paint. Start at the bottom and then come up straight to the top. You can slightly twist your brush to make the trunk a little bit narrower at the very top.
   2. Blend the black paint and the dark green to get the very dark green color. To paint branches, it is expedient to use “a tapping technique”. Start from the very top and go a little bit down by tapping your brush and slightly twisting it in order to make the paint coming off of the brush. Thus, you get a little bit of green and a little bit of black color.

      

   3. Paint the next layer of the tree by making the branches come out a little bit more. Just flat your brush and pull it in towards the trunk.
   4. If you want, put a little bit of space in between the branches to make the pain tree look more natural.
   As you can see, the painting process can be very different so it is up to you to decide what technique or what tools you are going to use. Try different methods to find out which of them is more suitable for you.