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 Winter Tree

  STAGE BY STAGE

Essential Supplies

The items you will need to complete this scene are as follows:-

Watercolour Paint
 
Burnt Sienna
Yellow Ochre
Raw Umber
Ultramarine Blue

 
Brushes
 
3/4" Wash brush
No.8 Round
No.3 Rigger

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Firstly, here's my quick outline of a winter tree. It has to be said that in normal circumstances I wouldn't bother to do this drawing, but at least this way you can see what you are doing.

Now using my No.8 brush I'm putting a few strokes of well watered yellow ochre up the left-hand side of the tree. Now whilst this is still wet, with the same brush and using a mixture of ultramarine blue and burnt sienna, fill in the rest of the tree leaving a few tiny touches of the white paper showing through here and there.

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As I get to the top part of the tree, still using the same colour mix, I'm changing to my rigger brush so I can have a few finer twigs. Don't go mad with these, you really do just need a few.

Now still using my rigger brush and still with the same colour mix, lay the full length of the brush against the trunk of the tree and flick outwards.

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And there are your few bits of rough growth coming out of the side of the tree, still using the rigger brush add a few twigs to these.

Now changing to my 3/4" flat wash brush, and the same mixture of ultramarine blue and burnt sienna, tap on for the top canopy of twigs. Notice I'm not holding my brush like a pencil, hold it this way and tap on so the full length of the brush taps onto the paper.
  

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Use the full length of 
the brush like this.
 

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Do hold your brush like this.
 

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That's how simple a winter tree can be.