I also erased the line that was giving me the initial crown shape idea. I keep working on the crown, now by adding some layers, and outlines. I am going in a sort of irregular pattern of peaks and troughs.
Putting my pencil sideways, I shade in the area in the crown where the leaves are. I also shade the trunk a bit, using long straight lines. I also pick an spot where the sunshine is coming from. Now each one of the main branches gets a few branches of their own, but smaller and added a squiggle on the bottom to indicate a bit of grass.Įven more smaller branches splitting off from the bigger ones. They are thicker toward the base and narrower towards the tip. It is thick towards the bottom and the roots, and narrows closer to a point toward the top. Then I add a few lines to indicate the main branches. I start with a line and the general shape that I would like the crown to be. I also adjusted all the sketches in Gimp 2 so that they are more visible, so there will be a slight variation between the photos.Īlright, here is tree number one. For these drawings I used a regular sketching pencil, though the same principal applies to other mediums as well. This tutorial is my take on drawing trees. For example, THIS BOOK is very good, and my kids and I enjoyed it in the past. There are many amazing artists, books and tutorials out there all about drawing trees. ***This post contains affiliate links.***įor me drawing trees is all about branches and the crown, and fining a balance that you are happy with. I made 7 drawings of various trees with step by step instructions. ‘How to draw a tree?’ is a question that I get asked often, online an offline, so I decided to make this tutorial here.