Drawing & Painting Trees in the Landscape

✍ Scribed by Nice, Claudia

• Publisher: F+W Media;North Light Books
• Year: 2011
• Tongue: English
• Edition: 1st ed
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

In this title, Claudia Nice turns her attention to trees, revealing how to draw and paint realistic, expressive trees, foliage and landscapes in all popular media. This title shows how to observe trees either in the field or in photos, how to accurately draw species' shapes, then interpret colours, shapes and textures on canvas. Step-by-step demonstrations range from extreme textural close-ups of leaves and bark to full landscapes with trees as the main subject. It covers a range of styles from botanical to loose watercolours, and includes colour charts to show how to mix the varying shades of foliage and bark.;Beginning with pencil and pen -- Foliage colours and techniques -- Creating textured tree trunks -- Rugged evergreen landscapes -- Portraying the graceful hardwoods -- Spring flowering trees -- The splendid colors of autumn -- The beauty on winter contours.

✦ Table of Contents

Beginning with pencil and pen --
Foliage colours and techniques --
Creating textured tree trunks --
Rugged evergreen landscapes --
Portraying the graceful hardwoods --
Spring flowering trees --
The splendid colors of autumn --
The beauty on winter contours.

✦ Subjects

Natural history illustration--Technique;;Watercolor painting--Technique;Pen drawing--Technique;Nature (Aesthetics);Trees in art;Pen drawing -- Technique;Watercolor painting -- Technique;Natural history illustration -- Technique