Painting evergreen trees: Name: ____________________________

It’s a good idea to use photographs of real-life objects when you paint for reference.

http://inspiredroombox.com/evergreen-tree/evergreen-tree-best-25-evergreen-trees-landscaping-ideas-on-pinterest/

You can also look at other’s artwork as shown in this link: https://plaidgecko.com/freebies/evergreen-trees/

This video shows how to paint clumps of trees in a landscape using wet and dry techniques:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AEVN-UXRaTo

This work by artist Ruth Bailey shows watercolour evergreen trees:

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These are a few silhouettes that you can use as references for your evergreen trees:

1 https://ruthbaileyart.wordpress.com/tag/evergreen-trees/

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This shows a tree silhouette that illustrates how exposure and wind shape the tree. It is not symmetrical. The branches are much longer on one side.

2www.shutterstock.com 3www.shutterstock.com 4 corbisimages.com

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Most trees that grow in tree farms are symmetrical and full, however the trees exposed to wind tend to tilt and branches will be heavier, fuller and bigger on one side. Often the needles on some of the branches are missing.

5 hope-squared.blogspot.com

6 paintingandframe.com7 https://www.shutterstock.com/search/%22evergreen+tree%22