How To Draw A Silhouette Of A Dead Tree

'How to draw a tree?' is a question that I become asked oft, online an offline, so I decided to make this tutorial hither.  I made 7 drawings of various trees with stride past step instructions.  I promise y'all all notice it helpful!

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For me drawing trees is all about branches and the crown, and fining a balance that y'all are happy with.  There are many amazing artists, books and tutorials out there all about cartoon trees.  For example, THIS Volume is very good, and my kids and I enjoyed it in the past.

This tutorial is my accept on drawing trees.  For these drawings I used a regular sketching pencil, though the same principal applies to other mediums also.  I besides adapted all the sketches in Gimp 2 so that they are more than visible, then there volition be a slight variation betwixt the photos.

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Alright, here is tree number 1.  I call this ane "Tree # 1".  🙂

How To Draw A Tree: Tree # 1

I start with a line and the general shape that I would like the crown to exist.

Then I add a few lines to betoken the chief branches.

Brand the torso thicker.  It is thick towards the lesser and the roots, and narrows closer to a point toward the summit.

The same thing with the branches. They are thicker toward the base of operations and narrower towards the tip.  Easy-peasy.

Now each one of the chief branches gets a few branches of their own, but smaller and added a squiggle on the bottom to indicate a bit of grass.

Even more smaller branches splitting off from the bigger ones.  I too choice an spot where the sunshine is coming from.  I as well shade the trunk a scrap, using long straight lines.

Putting my pencil sideways, I shade in the area in the crown where the leaves are.  I am going in a sort of irregular pattern of peaks and troughs.

I finish shading the crown surface area.

I keep working on the crown, now by calculation some layers, and outlines. I also erased the line that was giving me the initial crown shape thought.  When shading, keep in mind where the sun is coming from: areas facing the sun should exist lighter then the areas facing abroad from it.

And keep working on the crown.  Just doodling away until you feel your tree crown is complete.

I decided that the tree shouldn't just hang in the air, so I gave it more grass, and shaded in the background.

Fifty-fifty more shadows in and effectually the tree.

And so I went all out and decided I am going to use my eraser and add together some sunday rays coming out of the corner.

Fifty-fifty further, I got eraser happy and fabricated more rays coming out through the tree and on the footing below it.  Tree # ane is all done!!!

Tree # two:  The Seascape Tree.

As before, I drew the line and the crown, but this tree is beingness aptitude by the air current, so the tree will be bending down a bit.

I add the hill, and make the torso thicker.

I extend the trunk shape up.  As before, it's thicker towards the bottom, and comes to a signal on top.

Add some main branches.  Because the wind is blowing, many of the branches are leaning to the right.

Go along adding branches, then far all leaning to the right.

Here is more branches.  Here is the thing about the branches.  The thick, chief branches are stronger, then they will non be as afflicted by the wind, but the smaller branches will all point in the direction of the wind.

I shade the trunk a fleck and added some roots to the hill.

Alright, now leaves are squiggly lines drawn with the side of my pencil.  Some of them are flying off, then more small-scale squiggles.  I also add together a horizon line: where the water meets the sky and some grass on the colina.

I added some clouds, shaded the water, drew a sand line, and some tall grass on the colina.  The alpine grass is also leaning in the winds direction.  I as well darkened some of the leaves a bit.

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Tree # 3: Pine Tree:

As before, I start with a trunk.

I add together a small triangular shape on pinnacle with direct lines all moving to the height.

Add more triangular lines on tiptop of one another.

Proceed adding the branches with needles to virtually half way, so sketch a few empty branches.  Thicken the body.  Add together a shadow to the tree.

Tree # 4: Umbrella Tree

This tree was peculiarly fun to draw.  I started to draw it by drawing the ovals for the leafage parts.  I decided on 4, but if y'all want more, that would be quite awesome too! And then I added some squiggly lines coming downward to the same area for the tree trunk.

I added more than lines to create thicker body branches, added more branches going out to the 'umbrellas' and added a few empty branches as well.

I added more than details to the torso, made more squiggly branches, and added some shading to the 'umbrella' portions.

A fleck of grass, and some textures on the 'umbrellas', likewise make the 'umbrella' textures thicker on the bottom and thinner on top.

Tree # 5: The Bushy Tree:

This tree is more of a bush.  All the branches are coming out from the lesser, and growing to about the same size.  I get-go with five main branches.

Make the branches thicker, and add some more than small branches.

Even more small branches, making the bush-league thicker and thicker.

With the side of my pencil I added some shadow to where the leaves are going to be.

I added some more than detailed leaves, but they could also be berries, or flowers, or what ever else you lot would like.

Hither is the Tree # half dozen, Or The Little Tree:

Likewise often kids (and adults) depict copse which ends in a stump, and has a semi round crown on tiptop of it.  Here I start by doing that, and so work on it some more.

I erased the stump line and gave the tree a few branches, just instead of doing the way I did the in a higher place trees, I ended them half way and will comprehend them upwardly with leaves.

Define the leafage areas in the foreground, and add together some branches coming up behind them, as well a few roots.

Shade the trunk a bit, and and so start shading the leaves that are towards the back.

Do a bit more shading, and add some grass.

Tree # 7: The First Tree.

This was the first tree I actually drew, and I wasn't too thrilled about it, but here it is anyway.  I starting time as before, a line for the trunk, and a round shape for the crown.

Lines for the few main branches.

Make the body thicker, and give it some roots.

Make the primary branches thicker every bit well.

Split off some branches from the main branches.

Add even more than branches.

Shade the trunk with directly lines. Decide on where the lord's day will be and add shadows to the areas facing away from the sun.

If y'all're feeling audacious, you could fifty-fifty add shadows that the branches are casting on the residual of the tree.  Actually, at this indicate, I really liked what this tree was coming out like, and maybe I should have kept it equally a winter tree…

…but no, I had to go and add squiggly lines to indicate leaves.

I kept working on the leaves, occasionally using my eraser to add together highlights, until I was somewhat happy with information technology.

Ane more piffling thing I noticed is that I needed to requite myself extra space.  I would ordinarily run out of space for the tree much quicker and then I thought I would.

There you go! My copse are all done.  Now go and practice some trees of your own! Play around, and depict some amazing trees!

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