In this class I’ll guide you through the process of painting beautiful winter trees using acrylic paints. With simple steps and plenty of opportunity to practice the techniques, you’ll soon be painting complex trees with confidence. You’ll come away with two gorgeous tree paintings to be proud of and the knowledge to paint many more!

As winter draws in, trees can be a wonderful source of inspiration, creating amazing silhouette shapes with their branches and foliage. You can paint stunning trees of your own by simplifying what you see and practicing the techniques I’ll show you in this class.

You’ll learn:

How to use stippling and dry brush effects for realistic foliage textures
How to simplify a tree shape and approach it step by step
My top tips for achieving smooth, fine lines with acrylics (no more paint ‘blobs’, or rough edges!)
How to control the pressure of your brush to paint a ‘tapered’ brushstroke with ease (the perfect technique for tree branches)

Materials needed:

Acrylic Paints (Black, White & Blue)
Brushes:
- A large flat brush (I used a 1 inch)
- Small and medium pointed (round) brushes (I used size 0 and size 4)
- A fan brush (optional)
- A stiff bristle brush (optional)
Acrylic paper/canvas or a sketchbook to work on
Some scrap paper for practice
Waterpot & palette
Tissue / Rag for cleaning your brushes
Pencil & eraser
Hair dryer (not essential but can speed up drying times!)

Happy Painting!

Recommended Next Classes:

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Iman El Ali

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