Video: "Elm Tree Drawing" full demo (length: 12:06 min)

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Tree Drawing Workshop (recorded)

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Welcome to the Tree Drawing Workshop!

  • Intro Video (length: 4:44 min)
  • Course Overview
  • Video: Materials list, detailed discussion (length: 17:31 min)
  • Tree Drawing Workshop Materials List
  • Frequently Asked Questions

Resources and References

  • Tree Photo Reference Library
  • Contemporary Tree Drawings
  • Historical Tree Drawings

Module 1

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  • What you'll learn:
  • Video: tree drawing tips (length: 7:26 min)
  • Video: thumbnail sketches (length: 2:56 min)

Day 1

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  • Inspiration: tree drawings by Leonardo da Vinci
  • Exercise: draw an imaginary tree

Day 2

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  • Inspiration: tree drawings by Titian
  • Exercise: thumbnail sketches after Titian

Day 3

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  • Inspiration: tree drawings by Abraham Bloemart
  • Exercise: thumbnail sketches from life

Day 4

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  • Inspiration: the tree sketchbook of Albert Bierstadt
  • Exercise: line drawings after Bierstadt

Day 5

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  • Inspiration: the tree portfolio of Fra Bartolomeo
  • Exercise: line drawings from life

Day 6

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  • Inspiration: tree drawings by Camille Corot
  • Exercise: tonal studies on toned paper

Day 7

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  • Inspiration: tree drawings by Theodore Rousseau
  • Exercise: search for inspiration

Module 2

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  • What you'll learn:
  • Video: Trees Through Art History (length: 39:26 min)
  • Video: why we study the old masters (length: 5:24 min)

Day 8

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  • Inspiration: tree etchings by Rembrandt van Rijn
  • Video: "The Omval" full demo (length: 14:00)
  • Exercise: begin your master copy
  • Video: "The Omval" demo, part I (extended, length: 14:48 min)

Day 9

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  • Inspiration: the tree drawings of Frederick Leighton
  • What to do today: block in the shadows
  • Video: "The Omval" demo, part II (extended, length: 57:43 min)

Day 10

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  • Inspiration: tree drawings by Claude Monet
  • Exercise: build up the darks
  • Video: "The Omval" demo, part III (extended, length: 46:10 min)

Day 11

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  • Inspiration: tree drawings by John Ruskin
  • Exercise: focus on your details
  • Video: "The Omval" demo, part IV (extended, length: 22:14 min)

Day 12

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  • Inspiration: tree drawings by Jean Jacques de Boisseau
  • Exercise: begin your second master copy
  • Video: "Study of a Blasted Tree" demo (length: 13:05 min)
  • Video: "Study of a Blasted Tree", part I (extended, length: 20:53 min)

Day 13

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  • Inspiration: the tree drawings of Piet Mondrian
  • Exercise: work into the shadows
  • Video: "Study of a Blasted Tree", part II (extended, length: 16:40 min)

Day 14

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  • Inspiration: tree drawings by Andrew Wyeth
  • Exercise: focus on the details
  • Video: "Study of a Blasted Tree", part III (extended, length: 1:20.53 min)

Module 3

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  • What you'll learn:
  • Video: Contemporary Tree Drawing (length: 17:57)
  • Video: Drawing from photo reference (length: 5:13 min)

Day 15

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  • Inspiration: tree drawings by Odilon Redon
  • Exercise: begin your next drawing
  • Video: "Sugar Maple", ballpoint pen on paper, full demo (length: 14:49 min)
  • Video: "Sugar Maple", part I (extended, length: 13:04 min)

Day 16

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  • Inspiration: tree drawings by Antonio Lopez Garcia
  • Exercise: work on the structure of the tree
  • Video: "Sugar Maple", part II (extended, length: 50:36 min)

Day 17

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  • Inspiration: tree drawings by Christen Kobke
  • Exercise: focus on the silhouette
  • Video: "Sugar Maple", part III (extended, length: 58:30 min)

Day 18

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  • Inspiration: tree drawings by Vincent Van Gogh
  • Exercise: add detail and texture
  • Video: "Sugar Maple", part IV (extended, length: 45:33 min)

Day 19

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  • Inspiration: tree drawings by Karl Koett
  • Exercise: begin a drawing on toned paper
  • Video: "Beech Tree", full demo (length: 9:50 min)
  • Video: "Beech Tree", part I (extended, length: 1:17:26 min)

Day 20

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  • Inspiration: tree drawings by Armin Mersmann
  • Exercise: focus on the negative space behind the tree
  • Video: "Beech Tree", part II (extended, length: 1:06:59 min)

Day 21

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  • Inspiration: the trees of JRR Tolkien
  • Exercise: refine your edges
  • Video: "Beech Tree", part III (extended, length: 57:08 min)

Module 4

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  • What you'll learn:
  • Video: Drawing Trees from Life ( length: 5:46 min)

Day 22

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  • Inspiration: "The Trees of London" by Luke Adam Hawker
  • Exercise: use the skills you've learned to begin a tree drawing outside
  • Video: "Elm Tree Drawing" full demo (length: 12:06 min)
  • Video: "Elm Tree Drawing", part I (extended, length: 8:43 min)

Day 23

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  • Inspiration: drawings by Evgenya Sheglova
  • Exercise: work from larger to smaller areas
  • Video: "Elm Tree Drawing", part II (extended, length: 39:03 min)

Day 24

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  • Inspiration: tree drawings by Luis Colan
  • Exercise: focus on the volume within each branch
  • Video: "Elm Tree Drawing", part III (extended, length: 57:05 min)

Day 25

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  • Inspiration: tree drawings by Rick Shaefer
  • Exercise: build up your shadows
  • Video: "Elm Tree Drawing", part IV (extended, length: 56:20 min)

Day 26

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  • Inspiration: tree drawings by Michael Wann
  • Exercise: focus on foliage
  • Video: "Elm Tree Drawing", part V (extended, length: 36:32 min)

Day 27

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  • Inspiration: tree drawings by Sue Bryan
  • Exercise: apply a tone over your drawing
  • Video: "Elm Tree Painting" full demo (length: 10:58 min)
  • Video: tone your drawing (extended, length: 3:14 min)

Day 28

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  • Inspiration: tree drawings by Lenka Falusiova
  • Exercise: paint in the sky behind your tree
  • Video: "Elm Tree Painting", part I (extended, length: 49:00 min)

Day 29

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  • Inspiration: tree drawings by Frederick Brosen
  • Exercise: use light color washes for the foliage
  • Video: "Elm Tree Painting", part II (extended, length: 26:49 min)

Day 30

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  • Inspiration: "Secret Life of Trees" by Dina Brodsky
  • Exercise: finish your tree
  • Video: "Elm Tree Painting", part III (extended, length: 30:32 min)

Thank You!

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  • Stay in touch!
  • Video: Thank you! (length: .44 min)