How to draw trees with a pencil step by step for beginners. We draw a tree. How to draw an autumn tree

To learn how to draw trees, you need to understand a few principles that will help you see patterns in the structure of trees. The diagrams and drawings below allow you to see all this clearly. And then you need to observe nature and regularly make sketches. Only by constantly practicing in drawing you can master the necessary skills. So, what principles do you need to understand in order to learn how to draw trees?

1. The cylindrical shape of the trunk and branches of the tree.

The tree trunk is based on a cylindrical shape. Therefore, when an artist draws the bark, behind the texture of the bark, you need to see the volume of the trunk. This means that it will be lit unevenly. That is, on the one hand - the light, and on the other - the shadow. The light can also be in the middle of the “cylinder”, and on its sides, respectively, a shadow. The same applies to branches. But because of their small thickness, chiaroscuro will be hardly noticeable. Therefore, artists use this technique: the branch is written in one color, and its edge is emphasized with dark paint. The underlining gives the impression of a shadow and the branches appear voluminous.

2. The structure of the bark of a tree is most often cracks.

The structure of the bark in most trees is a crack in the surface layer of the trunk. Cracking and roughening, this layer becomes thicker and rougher over the years. Each individual "tubercle" of the cortex has a lighted and a shadow side. But looking at the tree, we do not see such details, but perceive the image as a whole. Therefore, the artist does not copy each “corinka”, but conveys the texture with a bark-like stroke. For example, you can use a "clumsy" stroke, with different line thicknesses. In this case, the area of ​​​​the bark, which is in the shade, will be darker.

3. The shape of the trunk and branches. branch direction.

Each type of wood has its own characteristics. For example, the nature of the bends of the trunk and branches. The oak branches are more sinuous and clumsy. The trunk of a pine is mostly straight. In a willow, the trunk can branch into several trunks, forming a "slingshot". The same character and many large branches of willow. Therefore, when drawing a tree, you need to be observant and see the various features of the structure.

In addition, there is another aspect that many people forget about. Often novice artists draw branches to the left and right of the trunk, forgetting that the branches are still growing back and forth, surrounding the trunk from all sides. If the branch grows forward, it will block the trunk and other branches. Thus, plans are formed in the tree drawing: the first, second, third ... The branches of the first plan will close the branches of the second plan, etc.

4. The fractal principle of tree branch hierarchy.

A fractal is a repeating self-similarity. If you carefully observe the trees, you can see how small and large branches, as well as the trunk, are similar to each other. Indeed, the crown of a tree consists of a hierarchy of branches: very small, small, medium, large, very large, and the tree trunk itself. They are based on the same form. As if they took one branch and made from it many copies of larger and larger sizes. Knowing this principle, drawing a tree will be much easier.

5. The trunk of a tree is not visible everywhere: it either appears or hides in the foliage.

The trunk of the tree, its branches and large branches will pass between the masses of small branches and leaves. The trunk can then appear between them, then go deeper, where it is no longer visible. Because of this, shadows from groups of branches and leaves will fall on it. Therefore, when transmitting chiaroscuro on the cylindrical surface of the trunk, you also need to see if there are any falling shadows from its foliage on it. On a sunny day, it happens that the tree trunk is dotted with “spots” of falling shadows.

6. Chiaroscuro on the entire crown of the tree as a whole.

The whole mass of branches and leaves of a tree without the lower part of the trunk is called the crown. It has volume. That is, on this whole mass as a whole there is light, partial shade, shadow and reflex. For example, often sunlight falls on the crown from above. This means that the top of the tree will be lighter than the bottom. However, the crown of the tree is made up of clusters of foliage, between which there are gaps through which the sky or the shadowy interior of the crown can be seen. These clusters or groups of branches themselves are also illuminated by sunlight in different ways. This means that the crown of the tree will not be depicted in the figure as a solid silhouette. So we come to the study of the next important principle.

7. Foliage and tree branches are combined into groups.

A huge number of leaves of a tree, as well as the branches on which they grow, are combined into groups, forming clusters. The crown of a tree is not a continuous mass of foliage. The crown consists of many groups of branches and leaves. Moreover, these groups also differ in size and shape. They are not the same. Each group is illuminated by daylight, which means that each individual mass of foliage has its own light, its own shadow, its own reflexes and penumbra. That is, as in the drawing of a plaster ball, students convey chiaroscuro, and in the drawing of a tree, in each individual mass or group of branches and leaves, chiaroscuro must be conveyed. However, along with this, it must be remembered that the chiaroscuro of individual groups will be subordinate to the general chiaroscuro of the entire crown (which I wrote about in the previous subtitle). But how to translate it into a drawing? For example, the sun shines from above. The lightest point on the tree will be at its top. The darkest point is at the bottom. But the crown consists of the aforementioned groups of branches. So each group has its own chiaroscuro. Suppose there is one group at the top of the tree and another group at the bottom of the tree. So, the light on the top group will be lighter than the light on the bottom group. Also, the shadow on the top group will be lighter than the shadow on the bottom group (in the figure they are numbered #1 and #2). It turns out that the particular is subordinate to the general. The chiaroscuro of individual groups of branches is subject to the general chiaroscuro of the entire tree crown. But there are exceptions to this rule. If a group of leaves from the lower shadow part of the tree protrudes more and more light falls on it, then it can be as light as the one at the very top (from our example).

8. Imitation of foliage through hatching.

In the previous schematic drawings, the trees look "cartoonish" and simplified. In this drawing, the tree must be depicted realistically. To do this, you need to pay attention to the technique of execution. Hatching can be very different depending on the surface being depicted (I wrote about the types of hatching). It should convey the "materiality" of the depicted object. In our case, this is the foliage of a tree. And the artist does not need to draw thousands of individual leaves on a tree. You just need to shade so that you get the impression of foliage. But how should a tree be hatched to make it realistic and lively?

The secret is that the stroke can create the illusion of foliage. That is, the nature of the lines will be similar to the nature of the leaves. In the above figure, you can see three types of hatching corresponding to three types of leaves - maple leaves, oak leaves, willow leaves. In one case, the line is "prickly", in another "clumsy", in the third - the strokes are more oblong. But these are just examples. You can come up with your own kind of stroke. Here you need to connect your imagination and not think in a stereotyped way. For the bark of a tree, you should come up with another stroke, for the grass a third, etc. In this regard, I can only give this advice: the drawing looks spectacular when the line thickness changes. That is, you need to work with a blunt and sharp tip of a pencil lead. Therefore, inventing your hatching, you can take this moment into account.

9. Gaps in the mass of foliage.

The crown of the tree is not monolithic and, as I wrote above, consists of branches and leaves combined into groups. Consequently, gaps will form between these groups, through which the sky or the inner, shady part of the tree can be seen through.

It would seem that everything is simple. But, just here, for novice artists, a problem arises in drawing trees. The fact is that beginners depict these gaps not between masses of foliage, but between individual leaves, and they draw them the same in size. The result is a painting in which the viewer sees a tree whose silhouette looks "cartoonish" and unnatural. In nature, the gaps in the foliage are located at different distances from each other. The gaps themselves are also everywhere different in size. But such a pattern is due not only to nature, but also to the laws of composition. In the visual arts there is the concept of rhythm. Just like in music, by the way. If the artist places objects at the same distance from each other, then the depicted view looks boring and not natural. If the artist changes the location, size, tone or color, then the painting becomes dynamic and natural. Thus, rhythm is created in painting.

Imagine that we are painting a dark green silhouette of a tree against the sky. This silhouette is dotted with "dots", which are gaps in the tree through which you can see the sky. So, these points need to be made different in size and at different distances from each other. Large, small, medium ... Between small groups of branches, between large clusters of foliage, between individual leaves of a tree, etc.

Therefore, the crown of the tree will not look like a solid mass of foliage, but like a loose structure penetrated by branches and having gaps between clusters of foliage.

10. Non-template approach.

In order to understand how to apply the above theory in practice, here are two of my drawings of trees. The first is maple, and the second is oak. Try to follow in these drawings the nine principles outlined above. I’ll make a reservation right away that there are different types of drawing: linear, tone, quick sketches and many hours of detailed drawings. These maple and oak drawings are quick sketches. And in such sketches, artists do not draw everything. Therefore, somewhere you can find some deviations from what you read above. Here it is just clear that I did not use a template approach, but was guided precisely by the principles, thinking about how best to apply them. Therefore, in conclusion, I will add that the artist must add creativity, fantasy and intuition to theoretical knowledge. Then the drawing will be more expressive and devoid of the monotony of a template approach.

We present you another interesting step-by-step lesson on drawing with pencils. Today we will show you how to draw a tree with pencils. Prepare all the materials necessary for drawing:

• sheet of white paper A5 or A4;
• colour pencils;
• simple HB pencil;
• eraser.

We start by sketching the tree trunk.

Then we move on to drawing the crown. We apply the sketch easily, without pressing too hard on the pencil and without drawing any details.

Now back to creating the trunk. Outline it with a brown pencil.

Gradually giving it contrast and brightness.

The crown of the tree should be green. To do this, take a pencil of any green tone and begin to draw each piece of the crown.

We do not press hard on the pencil, so that in the end we get such a translucent shade.

Now we begin to draw in small strokes the unpainted sections of the crown.

To do this, you can use a different shade of green pencil, darker or more saturated. You can also draw with one green pencil, just change the pressure on it.

With a burgundy pencil, we create bright accents on the trunk of our tree.

We outline the contour of the trunk, easily draw the middle and side parts of the branches.

To create contrast and draw the shadows of the trunk, use a black pencil.

Now, along the contour of the crown, we create such small leaves.

The petals should be more saturated in tone and stand out a little against the background of the main part of the crown.

And then we circle the outline of miniature leaves with a yellow pencil.

We create a crown contrast with a burgundy or brown tone. We fill in any of these two shades of dark areas of foliage.

On the background of the picture we will create a wooden fence of a translucent color. Also, draw a small patch of green grass under the tree.

Everything, the work is ready!

Trees are always very interesting to draw and quite simple. The main thing is to know some rules and be observant. How to draw a tree? First of all, you need to know what kind of species, breed? How do branches grow - straight, sideways, falling to the ground? What kind of crown does the plant have - lush, small, round, dense, triangular? The birch has its own silhouette of the crown, the pine has its own. In this lesson, we will try to draw a tree in stages. You will understand how to correctly depict dense foliage, bark, tree roots. This knowledge will come in handy when you go to the open air or want to draw something of your own.

1. We take a thick sheet of watercolor paper, a simple pencil, an eraser. If you want to draw a tree in a “wet” technique, then the sheet is first slightly moistened with water. This can be done with a wide soft brush or sponge. With this technique, you will get very beautiful stains and gradients. To begin with, we outline our tree with a pencil. Let's draw it with a lush green crown. In summer and spring, the trees are especially beautiful, the sun reflects from each leaf and they seem to glow. Let's draw the earth in a semicircle. The tree itself will be depicted with small roots. The tree is far away from the viewer, so the roots will appear small. We make the thickness of the branches such that the approximate sum of their thicknesses is equal to the trunk of our tree. The higher the branches are, the thinner they become. At the top of the crown, the branches are the thinnest and youngest. We draw the crown of the tree in general, with an uneven circle.

   

   
   
2. Now let's designate the "floors" of the crown. If you look closely at any tree, then each large branch creates a separate "tier", a kind of mini-tree, and together they form a lush crown. Each such “tier” has its own volume, they overlap each other, later we will denote this by the play of shadows and light.

   

   
   
3. To make the tree look more organic, let's finish the elements of the landscape - the sky, clouds, as well as the shadow of the tree. We only lightly outline the clouds with a pencil, then we simply outline these sections of white paper with blue paint, and add a light shadow for volume. So that the tree trunk does not look smooth and boring, let's draw it as if it consists of many large branches. The texture of the bark will not be visible, so we will draw the tree trunk with color shades, without drawing small details.

   

   
   
4. Let's start painting with watercolors. We start with the crown of the tree and with a transparent yellow-green paint, unevenly paint over this area with a soft wide brush. In some places we leave white spots, somewhere we add thicker paints, but do not overdo it. The grass on the ground will be colder in hue, so add some light blue or blue. Let's draw a shadow from the tree. We draw the sky with a blue gradient, the thickest shade is at the top, gradually the paint is diluted with water towards the horizon. Clouds are simply outlined with a brush.

   

   
   
5. We draw shadows. We take a green tint with the addition of blue and “sculpt” the crown with short strokes. On the lower "floor" the shadows will be larger and darker, towards the top the brush strokes become shorter and lighter. We carefully outline a couple of branches in the middle. Give volume to the tree trunk. The shadows throughout the figure are on the left. With different shades of brown (with the addition of ocher, blue and a little green), we draw the bark of a tree, leaving white spots of light in some places. We also make shadows on the clouds - we paint over the lower part of each cloud with a gray-blue tint.

   

   
   
6. The most “delicious” stage is drawing the details. Now we need the thinnest brush. Go through all the shadows again and make them more saturated. The viewer's attention should be focused on the central part of the picture, it must be drawn especially carefully to make it interesting to look at. Therefore, we add contrast to the branches, in the shadows on the crown and trunk of the tree. With thin strokes we denote small branches in the depths of the crown. We draw the grass with light strokes (touch the paper with a brush and make a quick stroke with it “away from you”).

   

   
   

Hello! Today I will show. This lesson is intended more for beginners and can be useful for creating sketches and sketches of various trees. For example, I took different types of trees - birch, oak and spruce. Before you start drawing, it is advisable to look at real trees, or at least at their photographs, and note for yourself the features of their structure. All trees have their own different structural features, but drawing principle will be the same for them:

1. First, with a slight pressure of the pencil, the contours of the tree and its branches are determined.
2. Then the details are drawn, slightly increasing the pressure.
3. Foliage is added and final details are added as needed.

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We draw a deciduous tree in stages

• Step 1

  On a sheet of paper, you need to designate the general contour of a deciduous tree, symbolically designate the crown and trunk.

  
  
• Step 2

  The next step is to draw a "skeleton": outline the contours of the branches.

  
  
• Step 3

  Each has a crown, so you should designate it in full.

  
  
• Step 4

  The lower branches of large trees are always thick and powerful, and this is how they should be shown in the figure.

  
  
• Step 5

  How to draw a tree without a lot of branches, which become thinner and shorter as they grow to the top? This is what should be done in the next step.

  
  
• Step 6

  The tree trunk along its entire length must be covered with “clothes” - bark.

  
  
• Step 7

  Branches without leaves occur only in autumn, so if you draw a tree in summer, then we frame each branch in foliage.

  
  
• Step 8

  So that the tree does not hang in the air, we will attach it to the ground with a powerful rhizome, and around we will draw grass and flowers.

  
  
• Step 9

  The bark of the tree has a rough texture, which can be shown using curved lines and dark shading.

  
  
• Step 10

  With lighter shading, we begin to gradually cover the left side of the crown.

  
  
• Step 11

  Then we proceed to the right side and similarly draw leaves on it.

  
  
• Step 12

  With the help of color, dark and light transitions, you need to show that the tree has volume and shape.

  
  
• Step 13

  You should not fanatically write out each sheet separately, it is enough to designate them symbolically. This will be enough for credibility.

  
  
• Step 14
  
• Step 15

  The final touch will be the image of highlights. They are marked with a rubber band. That's all, now you know how to draw a deciduous tree with your own hands.