Loose Watercolor Trees for Beginners - Learn the Basics

1. About the class: Hello, everyone. Welcome to my new class. I'm Raniya. I'm a watercolor artist based in the UA. I've been painting with watercolors for almost six years now, and I love painting landscapes and anything inspired by nature. For more about my works, you can check out my Instagram and YouTube page where I share some plainer videos and free tutorials. If you're a landscape artist, painting trees beautifully is essential. In this class, we're going to paint watercolor trees with a loose and relaxing approach. We'll start by talking about all the materials we need and then practicing some brash control exercises as a warm up session. Next, we'll paint 12 beautiful watercolor trees in a loose and doodling kind of style. And then for class project two, we'll paint four detailed watercolor trees using reference pictures. Show you how to simplify complicated details and to paint it in a more low style. By the end of this class, you'll be more confident to paint any type of trees. So, grab your paints and brushes. Let's paint some beautiful trees together. 2. Materials you'll need: Thank you so much for joining this class. And in this video, let's see the materials. So I'll use Fabriano artistico watercolor paper. This is 100% cotton and 300 GSM. This is size 11 into 15 ", and I'm using the half of the paper. So this is the size, almost a for size sheets, and you will need three sheets because for some exercises and for the first and second class projects. So you'll need three papers. Or you can also use your sketchbook to paint the trees and for the exercises. Yeah. And as you can see here, this is our first class project, and I just used one color for all these trees, and that is deep sap green. You can use a little darker green because you can see here, we have used darker and lighter tones for that lights and shadow effect for all trees. So if you're using a lighter green, you will not get this darker effect. But if you're using a little darker green, you can mix it with water to get that lighter shades. Yeah. So if you don't have a darker green, you can also mix sap green with indigo or any green that you're using with indigo, so you can make it a little darker. And for the second class budget, we'll use some more colours, lemon yellow, and ylolocre, sap green, indigo, and opaque white. Yeah. So these are the colors we'll need. And for the brushes, this is the brush I'm going to use mainly the size ten at five around bridge. So you have to use a medium size round brush. Yeah. And for some techniques, I'll also use a fill board brush that is not necessary. Yeah. And for some trees, we'll also use a fan brush, how to use this kind of brush to paint beautiful foliage. I'll show you that. So you'll need a fan brush, and we'll also use a flat brush, which is also a medium size one. We'll see some techniques to paint trees with a flat brush. Yeah. So these are the brushes you will need. And to mix your colors, you will need a plate or a palette and one jar of water and some tissue papers. I'll also use my head dryer to dry the paint in between the layers. So yeah, these are the materials we'll need, and let's go to the next lesson. 3. Brush control exercizes: Hello. So in this lesson, let's see some of the basic techniques to practice brush control, which will definitely make you more confident to paint a detailed type of trees, and that will obviously reflect in your landscape paintings. So yeah, let's start. So this is the brush I'm going to use. This is size ten by artifi. You have to choose a brush with a little thicker or bigger bristles, because we are going to practice brush strokes with only the tip of brush and with complete bristles. So a little bigger round brush or a mob brush will work. Don't use a liner or very small size brush. So yeah, here, I'm going to take some paint. Yeah. And I'm going to draw some very thin lines with very little pressure using only the tip of my brush. Yeah. I'm making it as thin as I can. Yeah. Practice, practice, practice. You have to move your brush with very little pressure. Yeah. This will be a very fun kind of exercise to fill your sketchbook page. Yeah, you can see I'm just using only the tip of brush. I'm not pressing it. And you can also hold your wrist like this to make it steady if you can't control the shivering. Yeah. And this will help you to paint very thin branches when you are painting trees. Yeah. You just have to use only the tip of your brish and with very little pressure. Yeah. That's it. Now let's start with thin line, then give a little pressure to make it a little thicker and again, lift it back and make it a little thicker again with very little pressure and lift it back again and again, little thicker stroke. Yeah, this will definitely help you to control pressure that you are adding to your breaststrok. Yeah. Start it with very thin line. Then just give a little pressure. And then again, very thin line. Again, little thicker stroke. You can see I'm just bending or pressing that tip of the brush like this, and then again lifting it back. Yeah. Practice as much as you can. So it will help you to paint more confidently and effortlessly. Yeah. Starting with the tip of my brush and then just giving a little pressure to make it thicker and then lifting it back and then going again with little pressure. Yeah. It's also a fun type of exercise. You can just practice. Yeah. That's it. Okay, now let's go for some very thicker strokes. So here I'm going to use the side of my brush bristles, and I'm going to paint like this with complete bristles. Yeah. You can make it maybe wet strokes or with very little paint, you can make it a little dry also. Yeah. You can see I'm using the Cplate bristles. Yeah. I'm just pressing it completely and then going down. And just covering it with more paint. Yeah. With this technique, you can paint more thicker and bigger foliage. Yeah. Like that. Yeah. Now let's see some more breast stroks with little pressure. Yeah, like maybe some leaves or something like that. You can start with only the tip and then go with little pressure. Yeah. You can just twist your brush like this, so you will get some very beautiful leaves or flower petals. Yeah. You just have to start with very little pressure and press it completely and then lift it back to make it pointy like this. Yeah. You can use the same technique to paint even bigger or smaller type of leaves or grass or maybe some details for the foliage. So you have to practice this as much as you can. You can also twist your brush however you want to any directions That's it. Now I want to show you how to paint smooth shadows. Yeah. So here I'm going to start with a wet stroke. Yeah. It's very watery. Yeah. And, Yeah. That's it. And now I'm going to take very thick paint without any water. So let's consider this as a first layer. And now with very thick paint, I'm going to just add some darker effects. That is wet on wet technique. Yeah. You can see the paint is not spreading that much because of the thick consistency of paint. Yeah. So like this we can paint very beautiful shadows or the layers of foliage. Yeah. We started with a lighter layer, and then with more thicker paint without mixing water, we painted some darker effect. And also, you can do this same like wet on dry. I'll show you that, o. So I'm starting with, again, the lighter paint. Water control is also important to paint. Now I'm going to dry this. Now you can say it's completely dry and I'm going to make the same effect like this. Yeah. You can paint more sharper and drought effects. Yeah. Again, I'm painting with thicker and darker paint without mixing water. A hop, you can see the difference now. And also, you can use this dry technique on this already painted ton wet layer. You can see that here. So like this, you can paint very deep and dark foliage effect or any kind of effects. You can mix both these techniques. Yeah. So how much water you have on your paper and also on your brush is the main factor that you can get this kind of effects. Here also, you can see, for some strokes, I'm just using the tip, and for some, I'm also using a little more thicker strokes with more pressure. Yeah, that's it. So, yeah, that's it for this lesson. And I just want to show you some basic techniques to control brush strokes. And as I warm up before starting the main class projects, and let's move to the next project. Yeah. 4. Class project one - Part one - Watercolor tree doodles: So I hope you're ready with your materials for this fun tree doodling session, and I hope you will enjoy this, um, relaxing tutorial. So first let's start with some pine tree doodles. Doodle means. We'll make it more loose and, um, simple kind of techniques. So yeah. Okay, here, I'm going to make some oval shapes, using this round brush, um, by just pressing the bristles. Yeah, and just doing like this. And in different sizes also yeah. And we can also make it into more detailed or little more bigger ones. We can also make it in different sizes. You can see I'm just using the tip of my brush for this fine details like this sharp top part of the tree. Yeah. Now I'm going to make that trunk, sharp line like this. Yeah. And also, let's make it a little darker. So I'm going to take some thicker paint. Yeah. Maybe some shadows or some kind of depth. You had to paint it for one side, for all the trees. Yeah. And for the trunk, maybe let's add some branches like yeah. And you can also paint it when the first layer is still wet, so you will get a kind of soft effect like this. Yeah. Now, I'm cleaning my brush and just shaping it. Now, I'm going to give that base to the trees. Yeah, maybe let's make it a little darker. Yeah. So that is a very simple way to paint group of trees. I mean, pine trees, maybe, like, some background trees or some group of trees that you can paint on background mountain like that. You can use this kind of technique. Yeah. I just want to make it a little darker for the bees. Yeah. Yeah, I'm just adding more darker effects. Yeah. Okay, now let's um, paint a little more detailed kind of pine trees again. So I'm going to use the same technique by pressing the bristles, but I'm going to shake the strok like this. I mean, the brush and I'm also adding some fine details like this. Yeah. And you can also add more little more darker paints for shadows. Yeah. And I'm just making that trunk. Yeah. So here we painted a little more bigger one of the same by just shaking the brush, for some wiggly strokes. Yeah. If you want to make it a little more light for the other side, you can also add some water drops. Yeah. That's it? Let's see the same technique again. I'm just pressing it and then going down by shaking my breah. These kind of techniques will definitely help you to loosen your painting style. So that is the main aim of this tutorial, to paint more loosely, more simple kind of style. Yeah. We can also add some tiny dots and lines like this. And it's at that trunk. It's also very important how we're painting the trunk and branches for a tree because it can also give a kind of perspective and depth to the tree. Even for the whole landscape, we're painting. Yeah. I'm just making some very tiny sharp details there. Yeah. I think I want to fix it here also. Don't stress out, relax and try to make some doodles, start with some basic shape for the whole tree and then give tiny details and make it into more shape. Yeah. That's it. Let's give that base. Yeah. I love this color. It's very deep dark green. Yeah. And you can also notice that we are starting for the first layer with a lighter green. And then for the details, we're using more darker green without mixing water. So that's how we can use layering kind of techniques. Yeah. Now, let's paint more pine trees in different styles. I love painting pine trees. Yeah. Yeah. I'm just going like this. The usual we always paint pine trees. You can go irregular and more organic and natural style. I'm just going very loosely. And now here I'm just making it like a curvy shape. And then from there, I'm just painting that trunk. Yeah. And let's add some maybe some darker dots with more thicker paint. Yeah. Now I'm just adding that base. Now, you can see with a little difference in the technique, we got three different style of pine trees. Now, let's paint a little more detailed kind of pine tree. So I'm going to start with a line. Yeah. Vertically. Yeah. Now from there, I'm going to add some branches or some sidewise foliage. You can see I just using the um, tip of my brush. And here and there, I'm also um, pressing it gently to make some thicker strokes. Yeah. Okay. Me tiny, tiny, sharp dots and details here and there. Let's make some sidewise branches and foliage. Yeah. Just starting with a line like this and then making more tiny lines like this. Yeah. And you can also make it irregular. Not very perfect and symmetrical. Try to make it irregular and not in a specific shape or something. Yeah, make it more natural. Just making some more details sidewise. And let's stop it here, and then let's paint the trunk. We can paint more some kind of dots here and there. Yeah. Now, let's add the trunk. Yeah. That's a little more detailed kind of pine tree. Yeah. Maybe let's add some darker dots here and there to make it even more detailed. I'm just blending that dots because the paint already dried. I mean, the first layer already dried. I think I want to add some water drops here. You can see the effect here. We added some water drops to make it a little lighter. Yeah. But we have to be careful, also, without adding too much water. Yeah. That's enough. I think I want to wipe some water from here. Well, let's add some more paint. Yeah. Okay. Now let's see one more technique to paint pine tree. So here I'm going to make the sidewise strokes downward, so you will get a kind of Christmas tree or a snoy pine tree kind of effect. Yeah. Again, I'm starting with a line, and I'm starting from that line and going down like this. Yeah. Then make it more thicker and bigger strokes as it coming down. You can go in different directions, um, sidewise and maybe straightly downward. Yeah. And I'm just stopping it here, and then let's add that trunk. And we can also add maybe some details like some dots and lines. Yeah. And I think I want to make some more darker effic here and there. Let's make it a little more detail for this top part. Yeah. I think I want to add some water here because it's looking too dark. Yeah. That's it. Now, let's add that base. So, yeah, more like a Christmas tree or a snowy pine tree. Yeah. By adding those sidewise branches downward, we'll get some kind of um effect like this. And by adding the strok sidewise, we'll get like this. Yeah. That's it. I think I want to just lift some colors from this side to make it a little lighter. Yeah, maybe let's add more darker paints from this side. Yeah, you can see some kind of nice effect by adding more darker paints. Yeah. That's it. Okay, now I want to, I want to fill this space with one more pine tree. Yeah. So I'm going to start with the tree trunk. Let's make it a little more dry kind of tree. So again, I'm just starting with a line and making it a little thicker as it's going down. Yeah. Then let's add some sidewise lines. I mean, branches. Yeah. More longer, bigger ones as it coming down and short and thin branches for the upper part of the tree. Yeah, and I'm just making some darker effect for the branches by adding some more darker pan. And now I'm going to add some leaves here and there. Yeah. Some dots without overworking, adding some here and there. Yeah. So bigger and tiny dots. Yeah. That's it. Maybe let's add a little darker effect for this. Leaves. You can make tiny dots here and there. Yeah. More like a dry snow pine tree, maybe. Also, let's add that base. I think I want to add more branches. You can see that. I'm just starting by pressing the tip of my brush and then slowly lifting it back. Yeah. You can also paint this kind of trees by using dry brush technique. I'll show you that later. I think I want to add more foliage here and there. Trees are very addictive to me. When I paint trees in my landscapes, it's always very difficult to stop. I always end up with overworking. Et's stop it like that. Okay, that's enough. And these are some of the basic techniques to paint pine trees in the landscape paintings. So yeah, and in next video, let's see some other tree techniques. Yeah. 5. Class project one - Part two - Watercolor tree doodles: Now let's see some other type of trays. So I'm just starting with a stroke in kind of round shape. You can see how I'm moving my bridge. Yeah. And let's add some tiny, tiny dots here and there, like this. I think I want to make it a little more bigger. Yeah. And we can also add some darker, thicker paint here and there. Yeah. And I think I want to add some more tiny, tiny. Yeah. And from that, I'm going to add the trunk. Yeah, you can see here. I'm not going like a very straight line. Yeah. And adding some branches to different directions. Yeah. And let's add some more dots or details like this. Yeah. Yeah, that's it. I think I want to shape it like this. Yeah. And maybe I will add a branch from here. And let's add it like this. Yeah. And adding some darker paint again. Yeah. So that's also one technique for painting loose trees. You can start with a bigger, thicker stalk by moving your brush like this. Yeah. And then you can add some details as it going outward and then adding the trunk and branches and maybe some more foliage here. So yeah, you'll get a nice, loose kind of tree. Yeah, that's it. Now, let's see, one other tree. So here, I'm going to start with a line again, almost like a pine tree, but, um, it's in a different style. And I'm just making it like this for the upper part. Yeah. And just some dots here with just a tip of my brush, and then I'm just going down like this. And let's add more here and there. Do not fill it entirely. You need some white space like this. I think I want to make it a little more detailed for here. Yeah. And I think I want to add more branches. Yeah. And to make it den detail, let's add some more strokes, tiny dots here and there. It's like you can still see the trunk through the foliage. So that is the effect I'm trying to paint here. Yeah. So tiny dots again. Yeah. Yeah, and let's add that darker effect for the trunk. And maybe and for the foliage also, I'm just adding some thicker paint. Yeah, that's it. Now, let's add that base. Yeah. So that's, again, another type of lose tree. Yeah. Adding some more details here and there. Yeah. I think I want to wipe some colors from here, to make it like some lights and shadow effect. And maybe from here also, you can just use a dam brush and then you can lift yes. And to make it even more lighter, let's add some more shadows to the other side. Yeah. That's it. That's another type of tree. Now I'm going to paint another tree, which is almost similar to this one, but in a different style. Okay. So I'm going to use the side of my bristles and going like this from upside and then going down. Yeah. Okay. Now again, as always, let's add some tiny, tiny details. And maybe let's make it a little more darker for the down part here, yeah. That's it. And I think I want to make it like this. So we can paint the branches in the trunk in a little more different way. Yeah. Now, let's add the trunk. Yeah. That's it. And let's add load of branches you on here like that. Yeah. You can make it in different directions in different sizes, more thicker branches or thinner branches. Yeah. And I think I want to make it like this. And let's make it around like this. A Yeah. Yeah, I'm just shaping that foliage. Yeah. We can see some white dots here. We need that kind of effect for, um, the trees. And I think we want to make it a little more lighter around here. Okay, let's add some more darker paints. And maybe some dots, some tiny leaves or something. Yeah. That's it. So, yeah, that is another style for painting. Lose tree. No style. Another type of lost. That's it. Okay, now I'm going to show you almost same like this tree, but with a fan brush. So yeah, I'm going to take some paint with this fan brush, and let's just make some foliage with this shape. And you can also make it like this by shaking your brush. And let's make it like a semicircle or a kind of arch shape. Yeah. Okay. That's it. Now I will add some darker paint here. So that is one very simple way to paint this kind of trees. And from there, I'm going to paint the trunk. You can also notice that I'm not going very straight. Yeah. And let's add some branches. I'm just covering it here and there. Yeah. And maybe we can also add some more branches from here. Yeah. And I'm just adding some here also. Like that. Yeah. So you just have to, um, shake your fan brush, um, like this so you'll get more kind of natural look for your tree. Yeah. Yeah. And I'm going to add that base. Yeah. That's it. 6. Class project one - Part three - Watercolor tree doodles: Okay. So again, with the same technique, I'm just making some foliage like this. And let's make it in different sizes. Yeah, you can see, I'm just pressing my brush and then shaking it. We don't want to make it like this. Yeah. To make it more natural and loose, we have to just shake the brush. Yeah. Yeah. That's it. Now, let's add some details, okay? I'm just adding some darker paint here. And maybe let's make it like some tiny dots. Yeah. I'm adding more darker paints for some shadows. Yeah. Yeah. Let's just shape it here and there. I'm just trying to shape it. Yeah. Almost like an oak tree, maybe And uh let's add more darker beat. Yeah. I just want to make it more irregular, so that's why I'm just making more details. Yeah. Now let's add the trunk. Yeah. We add the trunk here by lifting. Yeah. Tiny, tiny details have a lot of um, impact for any paintings, especially trees. Yeah. Okay, now I'm going to add that continuation of this trunk around here by just scratching. Yeah. You can use anything sharp. I'm just using this side of this paint tube. Yeah. For this kind of scratching, you always have to start when the paint started to dry. Yeah. So you'll get some nice white lines like this. Yeah. That's it. Now, let's add that basic. Yeah. Okay, now I'm going to show you a flat brush technique for painting a little more looser kind of tree. So I'm going to start with a very lighter tone of the color I'm using here, which is deep sap green. And I'm just painting some strokes like this. Now I'm going to add a little more darker mix of paint, and I'm going like this. Okay. Now we have to paint with very thick paint. Yeah. And you can also add some dots like this. So this is a very, um, easy and loose kind of um, technique. You can try this technique with any brush, but I think with flat brush, we can make interesting effects. Yeah. And from there, I'm just adding the branch. Yeah. And I think, well, let's add one more here. Yeah. I'm just adding some dots here and there. Maybe you can also use an angle brush for this same technique. Yeah. Starting with the lighter layer and then going for the darker layer. Yeah. I think I want to shape it more like this. Yeah. And let's add that base. I always want to add the base because that can also give a kind of finishing for the tree. Yeah. That's it. That's also another style of tree that we can paint with a flat brush. I think I want to add some more branches. Yeah. And you can also add more paint if you don't want to make it that bright. Yeah. That's it. Okay, now let's see another technique for painting the tree, a little more thicker kind of tree, which is sitting very flat to the land. So I'm going to start with a base. Yeah. And from that, I'm going to add some strokes loosely like this. I'm trying to paint a kind of tree like the trunk is hidden inside the foliage. Yeah, I'm going to try a kind of effect like that. When we paint a meadow or a hillside view, we usually paint a kind of trees like this. And now I'm adding more thicker paint from here. Yeah, that's how we can, um, make that contrast between the base and that tree, and you can add it here and there. Yeah. Okay. And maybe we can also add some tiny dots like this. Yeah. And I think they want to blend it here. Yeah. Yeah. I Yeah, we can also add more and more details to make it even more beautiful. But I'm just stopping it here. Yeah. That's it. Now, let's dry this layer, and then we'll paint the trunk. Okay. Now I'm going to take some white. And also, I want to mix it with yellow ochre. Yeah. And let's And let's make it like a light brown shade by mixing white and locre. And with that, I'm just adding that Yeah. Yeah. I just want to add more darker pains here. Yeah. And to make it even more lighter, I'm just adding more darker pain here. Yeah. Around that, I'm just adding more darker paint. Yeah. That's it. So that's also another type of tree technique you can use in your landscape paintings. Yeah. That's it. So yeah, these are some loose kind of techniques to paint trees. We started with some pine trees, and then we painted some different type of trees, and we also used some brushwork with fan brush and flat brush to paint this type of trees. And here we have seen how to paint a little more detailed style for the tree trunk, a little more thicker and deep kind of look for the tree. So, yeah, that's it for this session. In next lesson, we'll see some other technique. So yeah. 7. Class project two - Tree no 1 - Painting detailed trees: In this lesson, we'll see how to paint trees using reference pictures. We will learn to paint trees in a loose and more easier style, we'll paint the basic shapes and some details here and there. So yeah, actually, this tree is looking very detailed. You can see some lights and shadows and some white spots here and there, and it's very thicker kind of foliage. But I'll show you how we can paint it in a little more easier style. Okay, before going to the painting, first, I'll show you how we can do a very quick sketch of this tree. It looks very detailed here, but we will paint a very rough outline. With the shadows only. That will also help you to train your eyes, um, to look for the whole shape, not for the details. That's very important to paint loosely, especially in watercolor. So that's why I added this sketching session in the detailed tree paintings. So first, I'm going to start with this horizon line. Yeah. And you can see this distance from this line and the trees starting from around here. So I'm going to start that line from here. Yeah, that's enough. Now I'm going to sketch that outline for the trunk. Yeah, I'm starting like this. You can see one straight line like this. So I'm just making that here. Yeah. And then you can also see one sidewise. Yeah, like that. And then there is some more branches leaning towards this side. Yeah. Yeah. And one like this. That's enough. Now I'm going to add this outline for the foliage. So that is going to shape the tree. So I'm going to start from here around this part. Like this, I'm going. I'm making it very roughly. I'm not looking for that many details, and from here, I'm going to do like this. And this shape I'm going to sketch now. You can just look at this shape and just follow that. Yeah. That's enough. And from here, I'm going like this. Yeah. And from here, you can see like this, it's going like this. Yeah. So yeah, I'm going like this. And I'm ending it here. That's enough. Now we have to add that highlights and shadows. So first, I'm going to add this little section. So for that, I'm just outlining that like this. Yeah. And you can also up Yeah. And also, we can just divide this into different sections. Yeah. That's enough. Now I'm going to add that shadows. So from here, you can see some shadows around this part. So I'm adding that here. You can just shade. Yeah. And that's enough. And for this part also, I'm adding some shadows. Yeah. And from here, also, you can see some very dark shadows on the trunk and some foliage here. So I'm adding some shadows there also Yeah. You can also just darken some lines here and there. Yeah. And maybe let's add some shadows here. Yeah. And I think I'm going to make the trunk a little more darker. Yeah. And around here also. Yeah. Maybe let's add some here. Yeah. And just making that shape for the foliage. Yeah. Darkening the shadows here and there. That's it. And I'm adding that shadow in the land pot. Yeah, I'm just making it a little darker here and there. Yeah. So, yeah, that's enough. That's a very rough and loose sketch. For the tree. I just want to show you how to paint it loosely by looking the whole shape and not for the details. So yeah, now let's start the painting. So we'll paint four types of trees, um, using different pictures. So I'm going to divide this paper in two, um four parts. We'll erase this line later. Yeah. So I'm going to add one line from here also. Yeah. Yeah. So if you are looking the reference, you can also download it from the resource section. Yeah. So if you're looking at this tree, you can see some lights where you warm sunlight effect around here and a little more darker greens here and there and more darker shadows. And you can also see some white spots that we can see the sky through the trees. You can see that around here and there. Again, we're not going to replicate the same tree here. We will try to paint it almost similar and in a more loose, um, style. So here I have lemon yellow and deep sap green and yellow cur in my palette. So first, I'm going to mix lemon yellow. And with this deep sap green, yeah. We just need a very light shade of green. And also, I'm mixing some yellow color. I think I want to add more lemon yellow. Yeah. And I'm going to start painting this section of foliage can see how I'm holding my brih and I'm just focusing on this line and then going down, okay? Yeah. And I'm just making some separate strokes around here for this part. Yeah. And let's go for more strokes around here. Yeah. We're just trying to get that, um, hall shape, not going for the details. And let's add on here also. M and I'm here for this highlights. And here also. I'm just adding this shape. Yeah. Yeah. You can always notice how I'm moving or holding my bridge. I'm just adding this highlights. Yeah. That's enough with a light green. Now I'm going to mix some deep sap green to this lemon yellow. And let's add some darker effects here and there. You can always control the amount of water you need on your brush by wiping it. Yeah. And I think let's add here also. And I'm going to make it more darker for this down pot. So I'm mixing the locre with some deep sap green. Yeah. And I'm just starting from here. I'm adding that tree trunk. You want to add some locre for this down part of the trunk. You can see here. Yeah. Okay. Now, let's add some more tiny leaves here under. Yeah. And I want to also blend the edges. Yeah. Yeah. You can add as much as tiny strokes. Let's add here around this part. Let's add here also. Some very tiny dots and leaves. Let's add this part. Yeah. Maybe let's add around here also. I'm just adding that tiny dots here. And let's add some more darker effects here and there. And I think I want to add some green effects for this foliage. You can see that the tree is almost coming to the same shape of this one, but still in a kind of loose and different style. Yeah. You can see some branches around this part, so I'm just adding something similar to that. And let's add some branches here also. And here. I'm adding more darker greens for this part. You can also look at the tree, I mean, the reference, and work on more and more details to make it. Almost similar if you want. Or you can also stop it there if you don't want to make it seem like the reference. Yeah. I just adding more paint here and there. The only thing we are trying to focus here is to just simplify the process without feeling overwhelmed with too much details. Yeah. That's it. Now, let's add that base. Before that, let's fix this trunk. And then we'll also work on the trunk around here. Yeah. I'm just adding that this grassy pot from here. And then let's fill it like this. I think I want to add a little more darker effects. So I'm going to use some indigo and mixing it with sap green. Sorry deep sap green. Yeah. And I want to add that darker effect for the trunk. Yeah. Now, let's add the shadows. Yeah. And maybe I will also add some white quash to make some more white spots. Yeah. Like that. You can add here and there. You can just look at the reference and then add. I'm just trying to make it more detailed to get that all over shape. That's it. Now, let's stop it like that, and you can see, we tried to paint it almost similar to this one in very loose style. So that's it for this tree. Now let's move to the next one. 8. Tree no 2: Okay, for this tree, you can see a nice pathway going here. So we'll cover that land part also, and then we'll focus on this tree trunk. We're not going to paint it exactly same like this. We will just make it like a single um, trunk, and also we will paint almost similar kind of that foliage. So yeah, now let's see the pencil sketch for this tree, and you can see this is a little different shape. And yeah. So again, I'm going to start with the land part. Yeah. And let's add that pathway. Yeah. That's enough. And around here, I'm going to chart the tree. You can see the trunk. It's very dark and it's very detailed here and there. So I'm going to start like this. I'm going to start with this line. Yeah. And it's almost leaning to this side. Yeah. That's enough. And now I'm going for this curve. Yeah. Like this. And yeah, that's enough. Now I'm going straightly down. Yeah. And from there, let's add one more branch. That's enough. We're not going for all other tiny branches. That's enough. Now I'm going to outline this foliage. You can see here it's going like this. Yeah. So I'm going to do, like, this. And for this part, let's make it a little pointy. Yeah. And around here, you can see a small section for the foliage. Yeah. And let's make it a little higher for this side. Yeah. Yeah, that's enough. Now I'm going to add the shadows. So if you're looking at it carefully, you can see the lights around here and it's a little more darker for this part. So yeah, I'm going to add shadows like this. Just the down part. I'm just filling shadows. Yeah. And maybe let's add some shadows here. Let's make it a little more darker for this spot. And now let's shade. The trunk. Yeah. Let's go like this, and I'm just darkening the trunk to get that whole shape for the tree. Yeah, and maybe let's darken the shadows here and there. I just want you to train your eyes to look for the basic shapes. So like that, we can paint anything without feeling overwhelmed or without looking for so much details. So, yeah, that's, again, a rough sketch for this tree. And you can see we just focused on the lights and shadows and the whole shape of the foliage and the trunk. We didn't go for the tiny, tiny leaves and details. I just want you to train your eyes to look for the whole shape and try to sketch it without feeling overwhelmed. So like that, we can paint anything with a loose and easy approach, especially in watercolor. So yeah, now let's go for the paint. This is also very interesting, very beautiful tree. So I wanted to include this one in this lesson. So yeah, I'm going to paint this land part. Like this, I'm going to start with a line like this, yeah. And from there, let's add that pathway. I always love to paint pathways. Yeah. Yeah. Our focus is to paint the tree. So I'm just making it very simple effect for this land. Yeah. Yeah, that's enough. Maybe we can add some darker here. Yeah. It's enough? I think I want to make it a little more higher for this side. Yeah. Now let's paint this tree trunk. For that, I'm mixing deep sap green and yellowcre and I will add some indigo, and you can see the direction or shape of that trunk. It's almost leaning towards this side. So from here, I'm going to start. Yeah. They can go like this for this branch. Yeah. And from there, I'm going like this. Yeah. And let's add the other side also this branch. Yeah. And, uh, from there, we can add one more branch. Yeah, that's it. Let's make this branch like this. A little more detailed. Yeah. And I'm just adding some more branches for here and here. Now, let's add some details around here. You can see some darker effets around this part. Yeah. That's it. Anything you want to fix around here. I think I want to wipe it from here. Yeah. Yeah, that's it. Now let's move to paint foliage. So I'm going to start with lemon yellow and deep up green mix, and I will start from here. Yeah. You can see, um, how I'm holding my brush and also, um, the direction and movement of the strokes I'm adding. Yeah. Okay. And this side, we have to make it a little more detailed. Yeah. Okay. And let's add it like this and let's add some tiny dots for this part. Yeah. You can just look at the whole shape, and then you can try to recreate. I think I want to make it a little more darker for this spot. Yeah, mixing sap green, deep sap green, indigo and lemon yellow. And let's focus on some shadows. Adding some more details for the foliage. You can see one branch going like this. Yeah. I think I want to make it more higher this site. I'm just adding that branches. Yeah. That's it. Now, I think I want to add some branches. Yeah. That's enough. And yeah, I think I want to fix it around this spot. Yeah. Yeah, that's it. I'm just adding those background trees. You can see here. So, yeah, that's enough for this tree. And I love how it turned out for both these trees. And let's move to this one. Yeah. 9. Tree no 4: Okay. This is, again, a pine tree in a very different beautiful shape. So you can see here some dark shadows and some sunlight reflections for this side and you can see some little white spots or gaps here and there. So let's see how to do very quick sketch. So again, I'm starting with that line for the land pot, and from here, I'm going to start the tree. Before that, let's add that fence. So we'll get that kind of perspective for the scene. Yeah. Yeah. And from here, I'm going to erase it because we are adding the tree from there. So yeah, I'm going to start with the trunk. Yeah. Yeah. That's it. And you can see the shape. Just look for that whole shape of the foliage. I'm doing like this because you can see this kind of shape here. So for that, I'm just um, shaking the line I'm adding. Yeah. Just loosely adding. Yeah. Now, let's just start shading and maybe let's make it a little more thicker. Yeah. You can see some kind of shape around here. Yeah. Now, you can also see the trunk here and there, through the foliage. Yeah. Now I'm going to add that shadows around this part here and there. It's not very sharp. I'm adding more shadows from this side. Just darkening the lines, we added. Yeah, I'm just making this side a little more darker for the shadows. And maybe around here, we can see some shadows again. Yeah. Yeah, I'm just adding that branches and shape for the trunk. So yeah, Yeah. You can also add some little lighter shadows here and there. Yeah, that's enough. You can see we got that almost shape for this sketch. But again, it's not very detailed. We try to make it same by adding the lights and shadows and that whole shape for the foliage. So yeah, that's it. Now let's move to the painting. I'm going to start with the lighter green. So I'm mixing lemon yellow and deep sap green again. Yeah. And first time to add that land part just like this. You can see here. Yeah. Yeah. That's it? No, almost from here. Let's start painting the tree. You can see the direction of these branches or foliage is upward. Seem like that, I'm going to add like this. Yeah. You can just loosen up your strokes. Yeah. I just going for that basic shape. Yeah. Yeah. You can see some little gaps here and there. I'm trying to create almost seem like that. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Now I'm going to make some darker green using deep sacren and indigo. And let's add some darker Yeah. I just adding some shadows here and there. Yeah. You can also add some tiny dots like this. Yeah. That's it. Now, let's add some more lighter greens here. Yeah. Adding some more tiny dots here. Yeah. That's it. Now, let's add the trunk. Yeah. And some branches. And some shadows. Yeah. That's it. That's enough. And let's add some shadows here. Yeah. I think I want to add that fence. So I'm just adding it like this. Yeah. That's it. Yeah. I'm just trying to make it a little more darker for the foreground. Yeah, that's enough. So comparatively, that is a simple one to paint. So yeah, that's enough. Now let's move to the next tree. Yeah. 10. Tree no 5: A very unique shape. You can see here and you can also see that trunk around here also. But we'll paint it in a very loose and easy style. So again, I'm going to start with that line for this meadow or that land part. Yeah. And from here, I'm going to start the tree. Yeah. You can see that very dark shadows and highlights for the trunk, also. Yeah. Now from there, I'm going to make that shape for this foliage section, yeah. And you just have to look for that whole shape, not for the details. Okay. And let's make it a little thinner here. And yeah. I'm going like this. Yeah. And maybe I'll add a small detail around here for this. Yeah. And from there, I'm going to add that continuation of the trunk. Yeah. And from there, you can see that shape of the foliage here. Yeah. That's it. And I'm going down like this. And That's it. That is a very basic shape. And let's add the shadows. You can see it's very dark from around this spot. So I'm just shading it here. Around here also. You can see some shadows here. And let's add that shadows for the trunk. And let's add some branches, too. Yeah. And I think I want to darken the shadows a little more. Yeah. That's enough now. I'm going to add that shadows for this spot. Yeah. Yeah. And let's darken the shadows here and there. I'm just darkening that outline for the foliage. Yeah. And I think I want to add some shadows here, and let's go for the trunk, also. And just adding some dots or some kind of little shapes here. You just have to make it very loosely. O. Okay, that's enough for a quick sketch for this tree, and I hope you got that technique for looking for that basic hall shape of the tree and to sketch it very loosely, it will definitely help you to paint it in a loose and easier style. So yeah, now let's motor the painting. Yeah, I'm just focusing on this section of foliage. I'm going to paint that here. Yeah, with this lighter green. You can see some very dark shadows here and lighter for this side. Yeah. So I'm just focusing on that lighter part of this section. Yeah. It's going a little darker for this side. Yeah. And again, little lighter. Now I think let's go for more darker. Yeah. And I think I want to mix it with some deep sap green and indigo. And we can also try to create that tiny details. Yeah. You can just use the tip of your bra and then add some tiny lines and strokes in a little faster and loose style. You can still see some shadows around this spot. Yeah. Yeah. Let's work on this shadows. Sorry, highlights again. Oh Now, let's go for this little p with again, this lighter green. Yeah. You can see this um shape here. Yeah. And some dots here for this part. Yeah. Let's add some shadows again. Let's go for this side. Yeah. Let's make it like this. And here also like this, some very tiny sharp details. You can also see some branches or Yeah, let's go a little more detailed. Yeah, we're almost done. Now let's add the trunk. I'm going to make it like this. Yeah. And let's go here. Maybe let's add some shadows from this side. For this brown, I used a mix of yellow ochre and white gouache or a back white. Then for shadows, I painted it with indigo. I think I want to make it a little more detailed for this side. Yeah. Okay. Let's go like this. Yeah. Maybe let's add it like this. You can see some very interesting shapes for the tree trunk there. Yeah. Yeah, I'm just adding some branches. Yeah. That's enough. Let's add that base. I'm just making it like a med. That's it. So we are almost done and just scratching it like this. I think that's enough. I'm just raising that pencil line we added. I just want to blend this part. Yeah. That's it. So now let's swatch all the colors we used for these paintings. Yeah. So we used lemon yellow and yellow curve. And we used deep sap cream. And also indigo. So we are done with this session. We painted four beautiful trees using different pictures, but again, we focused to make it in a loose and easier style without focusing on too much details. So yeah, I hope you enjoyed this session. Yeah. I'll see you in the next video. 11. Conclusion: Congratulations on completing this class, and I hope you enjoyed painting along with me and learned some techniques to paint beautiful watercol trees. I'm so excited to see your class projects, please applaud them in the projects and resources section, so I can give you some feedback. And if you have any questions, please ask in the discussion box. 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