5 Top Tips for Drawing Trees

Want to Draw More Realistic Trees? You can use these tips with whatever line work your drawing style uses. Don't let your trees be a weak spot in our drawings!

[thomascrane]

I have tried books, videos, these are the best explanations and instructions I have found very good, I am subscribed for sure

[handymotte]

I'm looking forward to draw this tree ...thank you

[larryglatt]

Yes I love your videos and have to go see your plants, shrubs, & flower drawings since that is what I do mostly. I think I overdue the line work & am coming to terms with that. Thank you.

[bradzaruba]

I have gotten much better at drawing the illusion of trees thanks to you.

[hansclaesson]

As always your videos are very good and informative.

[delphinewood]

One of your best tutorials. Thanks. Very helpful.

[La_Machina]

Yoo. I blew 2 minutes at my screen to get rid of the small hair on the right of your tree. Even touched my display and then realized it is a line from the pencil. 😅

[denisestover]

Hi, Stephen. Thank you so very much for generously sharing your knowledge, skills, process and way of seeing with us all here! I'm having to draw pine trees; the Loblolly and the longleaf trees. These are seen from afar and in groups. I'm doing a pen & ink and watercolor piece for my daughter's college.
I'm normally a silk painter who paints wildlife, portraits, horses and waterfowl, but in the past I'd done college pieces like the one I'm doing now. I'm putting the pine trees above and behind my renditions of 2 of the buildings on campus.
Do you have any suggestions for me? The 2 trees scientific names are:
Loblolly is Pinus taeda and
Longleaf is Pinus palustris
They are Evergreen conifers and I'm not sure if I should use just one kind or both. I feel I'm asking a great deal, but anything would be helpful to me. Would it be better for me to send you an email? Any and all help is greatly appreciated!