Do's and Don'ts for Painting Trees

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Hi, I am the son of two artists and began painting in my hometown of Richmond, Virginia before I could walk. I was a rare combination of artist and athlete so I moved to Los Angeles in 2008 to play football for USC. I left the team my sophomore year to focus on painting and filmmaking, applying the same focus and discipline from my football career to my art. I primarily work in oils, and spend most free days painting "en plein air" in my new home of Sarasota Florida.

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[kaymack]

Boy, I never received such good instruction in art. Inspiring.

[cinnyslittlefriends]

This video is awesome! I loved when you said that your painting will be different from the reference. It’s so easy to think getting it to look just like the reference will make it good, but the fun of art is changing it to look even better! We aren’t painting to be a printer.

[futuristic_farmer]

This actually helped a ton with my digitally painted trees!

[craigsartstuff-craiglhaupt]

Thanks for the emphasis on the darks and lights and the light sources!

[zbig]

Excellent instruction. The "bad examples" plus your ccomments on do's and DONT's are invaluable.

[vavoo]

Trees and foliage have always been my arch nemesis, this helped a lot man, thank you so much!

[marksanchez]

Its because people like you that we become great thanks for your videos and advice

[matthewgitomer]

Always helpful watching you break things down and simplify the process. Been watching your videos for months now and getting better. Thank you for all the content you continue to share Chris!

[t.c]

I just wanna say I’ve been following your channel for a couple months now and my work is improving drastically as a result. When I can i can’t wait to pay for the full videos as im sure they are more than worth it. Side note this long hair phase was not working 😭

[annameier]

Очень красиво ..!! Язык живописи не требует перевода !!! ❤❤❤❤😊

[karenbloch]

That is so informative Chris. many thanks. Here in the UK we have bare deciduous trees in winter. No palms here! They are really tricky to paint. Would that be a video you might make sometime please? Thank you for all the help you are giving me - loving it! Karen Bloch

[saharmahdi]

Don’t worry I always hit the button, however see your video automatically will hit the button, your tips really helpful, thank you 🙏 so much 🙂

[ramonajohnson]

You re so good. Love that you move it along fast too.

[lorijo]

Great content. My first video and can’t wait to go through more of them!

[iancrespo]

instruction is crispand clear, just like yourstyle in painting.new subscriber here!

[frankovitchgrimowski]

Good solid reminders, thanks coach. 👍 and I let the ads play through, if not to long.

[Carmen]

I was waiting for a video like this from you about trees with this explanation. Thanks for the advice, I’m learning 😄

[albinobeach]

Hi a question, Ive noticed a lot of plein Air painters tend to avoid trees without leaves, ie winter trees. Is there a way to paint bare trees in a quick, loose style that doesn't end up becoming fiddly and granular. Im in the middle of winter here in Johannesburg and all my plein air trees are ending up being overworked because of all the branches.

[gortwein]

Could you do a palm tree tutorial, please.

[TakomaChris]

Thanks for help on something I struggled with!