3 Fall Tree Painting Courses in ONE! (Beginner level)

Supplies needed: 

Canvas - 9x12

Paintbrushes: bristle brush, flat brush

Acrylic paint: black, white, red, silver (optional)

A glass of water for the paint

Paper towel

Find the reference photo in the resources section of this lesson.

In this video, we use acrylic paint to cover the canvas with a gray rainy background.

Techniques used: color blending, color mixing, paint application

In this video, we use the flat brush and acrylic paint to add our distant trees over the gray rainy background.

Techniques used: wet on dry, thin and thick lines with the flat brush

After the background has a chance to dry, we will add the next layer which is the mid-ground. These trees will have more shape and depth plus a reflection.

In this video, we use some of the tree painting techniques learned in the last video and build up our main trees.

This video covers how to complete the trees wth blank and white or red leaves.

Painting technique: stippling.

In this bonus video, we cover how to judge and adjust a painting in progress.

Supplies needed for this section: 

canvas 9x12 or 11x14 inches recommended

Acrylic paint: Black, white, silver, turquoise, red, orange, yellow

A bristle brush, flat brush, small bright brush.

This is a great lesson on working with what you have and not being too uptight about your supplies.

Find the reference photo in the resources section of this lesson.

In this video, we cover the background in a variety of background values.

In this video, we work on the second layer including touching up the horizon line and adding the tree trunks.

In this video, we add a row of treetops and blend them to the right colors.

Supplies needed for this section: 

16x20 inch canvas

Paintbrushes:

• Big bristle brush

• 1/2 inch flat brush

Acrylic paint:

• Black

• White

• Warm Yellow

• Warm Red

• Phthalo Green

Find the reference photo in the resources section of this lesson.

In this video, we cover the background of the canvas black.

Cody's coffee has fully kicked in for this video! Hold on and try to keep up while he explains how to plan these brushstrokes to get the shape of the tree.

Cody explains how to load and hold the brush to paint the main color of the tree.

Step back and look at your painting. Do any areas need attention? Here are a few areas you can check and correct.

In this video, Cody demos how to add the trunk and branches before committing to the canvas.

Cody adds the trunk and branches to the canvas. You get close up views of the brushstrokes to make thick to thin branches.

In this video, Cody finishes the trunk of the tree.