5 Essential BRUSHWORK Techniques for Painting Trees and Foliage

Are you struggling to create painterly and Impressionist trees and foliage in your landscape paintings? In this video, I'll share 5 essential brushwork techniques that will help you take your tree and foliage painting skills to the next level. I'll demonstrate each technique with step by step instructions to help you practice in your own time. Whether you're a beginner or an experienced painter, these techniques will help you create trees and foliage with volume and interesting shapes. So grab your paints and let's get started!

🎨 Materials:

00:00 Solve the problem of flat shapes
01:31 Use brush direction
01:53 Soft edges
02:09 Hard edges
02:19 Combine similar shapes
02:46 Use sky holes
03:26 Precise brush marks
03:56 Paint shapes within shapes

[tonywhitewhite]

Thank you . for interpreting the language of painting...

[theponderingpilgrim]

A very helpful demonstration Malcolm. Many thanks.

[beverlyglover-wood]

Thank you Malcolm. A great quick video. I am always struggling with trees! Thanks for all that you post!

[dubs]

Thanks again Malcolm; I very much appreciate the suggestions. Awesome instructions!

[sheenawilson]

Ahh! Thank you Malcolm, I think something just clicked for me, I’m going to practice that technique right now! 😀

[alinserea]

I love 💞, the amount of information, 💓you give 💝in this💖interesting💓💓💞video thanks for the beautiful video you shared.,

[noumine]

This is going to be very helpful as I paint more landscapes. Thank you soooo much!

[DDartlover]

Had not heard the tip before about a hard edge between light side and dark side. I think that’s going to help a lot

[robertamann]

Looking closer at my paintings, I can now see just how flat my trees and bushes appear. I need to work on this.

[gerriekaychurch]

Another fab how to video. I do learn so much from yu!!

[Eva-iyvy]

Very helpful demonstration. Thank you.

[iloveFreedom.]

🌲🌴🌱🎶ThAnkYou Heaps!! Helps a Lot. Happy New Year 🌱🌴🕊

[pjjmsn]

Thanks Malcolm, this lesson is just what I needed in this moment. I have been stuck trying to paint a tree that I have redone several times due to my dissatisfaction with the results. You are a great teacher and artist. I subscribed recently and am very glad I found your channel.

[terrierose]

Thank you, you always explain the process of painting so well, it makes it easier to understand the whys.

[damonoriente]

I'm in the middle of a couple of your courses; you may have covered this technique elsewhere, but this is a hugely valuable and helpful video. Even the cat watched it. Seriously.

[anilimo]

Thank you, very helpful. Would you perhaps make a video with brushwork exercises for dummies 😊, how to practice brushwork eg painting just a very simple object like a sphere… so not a scene. My brushstrokes end up looking all the same which is a bit nauseating 😊 to look at (or if you have covered this somewhere else would you please post a link to it)