how to draw a dead tree

'How to draw a tree?' is a question that I get asked oft, online an offline, so I decided to make this tutorial here.  I made 7 drawings of various trees with step by pace instructions.  I hope you all discover it helpful!

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For me drawing trees is all about branches and the crown, and fining a balance that you are happy with.  At that place are many astonishing artists, books and tutorials out at that place all nearly drawing trees.  For case, THIS Book is very skillful, and my kids and I enjoyed it in the past.

This tutorial is my take on cartoon trees.  For these drawings I used a regular sketching pencil, though the same principal applies to other mediums as well.  I also adjusted all the sketches in Gimp ii and then that they are more visible, and then there will exist a slight variation between the photos.

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Alright, hither is tree number ane.  I call this one "Tree # ane".  🙂

How To Draw A Tree: Tree # 1

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

So I add a few lines to signal the main branches.

Make the trunk thicker.  It is thick towards the bottom and the roots, and narrows closer to a point toward the top.

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

Now each ane of the principal branches gets a few branches of their own, merely smaller and added a squiggle on the lesser to indicate a fleck of grass.

Fifty-fifty more smaller branches splitting off from the bigger ones.  I too choice an spot where the sunshine is coming from.  I likewise shade the trunk a bit, 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 design of peaks and troughs.

I end shading the crown area.

I go along working on the crown, at present past adding some layers, and outlines. I also erased the line that was giving me the initial crown shape idea.  When shading, keep in mind where the sunday is coming from: areas facing the sunday should be lighter so the areas facing away from it.

And keep working on the crown.  Simply doodling away until you experience your tree crown is complete.

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

Even more than shadows in and effectually the tree.

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

Even farther, I got eraser happy and made more rays coming out through the tree and on the footing beneath it.  Tree # 1 is all done!!!

Tree # 2:  The Seascape Tree.

As earlier, I drew the line and the crown, merely this tree is being bent by the wind, so the tree volition exist bending down a bit.

I add together the loma, and make the trunk thicker.

I extend the trunk shape upwards.  Every bit earlier, it's thicker towards the bottom, and comes to a point on top.

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

Keep calculation branches, and so far all leaning to the right.

Here is more branches.  Here is the matter nearly the branches.  The thick, main branches are stronger, so they will not be equally affected by the wind, but the smaller branches will all point in the direction of the air current.

I shade the trunk a bit and added some roots to the colina.

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

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

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Tree # 3: Pino Tree:

As before, I start with a trunk.

I add a small triangular shape on top with straight lines all moving to the top.

Add more triangular lines on peak of one another.

Go along calculation the branches with needles to about half way, and then sketch a few empty branches.  Thicken the trunk.  Add a shadow to the tree.

Tree # 4: Umbrella Tree

This tree was peculiarly fun to describe.  I started to describe it by drawing the ovals for the leafage parts.  I decided on four, just if yous want more than, that would exist quite awesome as well! So I added some squiggly lines coming down to the same area for the tree body.

I added more lines to create thicker trunk branches, added more branches going out to the 'umbrellas' and added a few empty branches every bit well.

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

A bit of grass, and some textures on the 'umbrellas', too 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 bottom, and growing to virtually the same size.  I start with 5 main branches.

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

Even more small branches, making the bush 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 detailed leaves, but they could besides exist berries, or flowers, or what ever else you would like.

Here is the Tree # vi, Or The Little Tree:

Too frequently kids (and adults) draw trees which ends in a stump, and has a semi round crown on top of it.  Here I start past doing that, and then work on it some more than.

I erased the stump line and gave the tree a few branches, just instead of doing the mode I did the above trees, I ended them half way and will cover them up with leaves.

Define the leaf areas in the foreground, and add some branches coming upwardly behind them, also a few roots.

Shade the body a fleck, and then start shading the leaves that are towards the back.

Practise a chip more shading, and add together some grass.

Tree # 7: The First Tree.

This was the first tree I really drew, and I wasn't too thrilled about it, only here it is anyway.  I start as before, a line for the trunk, and a circular shape for the crown.

Lines for the few main branches.

Make the body thicker, and give it some roots.

Brand the primary branches thicker as well.

Split off some branches from the main branches.

Add fifty-fifty more branches.

Shade the trunk with direct lines. Make up one's mind on where the lord's day volition exist and add shadows to the areas facing away from the sun.

If you're feeling adventurous, you could even add together shadows that the branches are casting on the remainder of the tree.  Actually, at this point, I really liked what this tree was coming out like, and peradventure I should accept kept it equally a wintertime tree…

…but no, I had to become 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 it.

One more than niggling thing I noticed is that I needed to give myself extra infinite.  I would commonly run out of space for the tree much quicker then I thought I would.

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

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