Do's and Don'ts for Painting Trees

[@kaymack5304]

Boy, I never received such good instruction in art. Inspiring.

[@paintcoach]

Wow, thank you

[@sulamith105]

Isn't he amazing!?? He's gonna blow up soon. KZbin's best kept secret.

[@jimaforwood743]

@@sulamith105 I wonder how many subscribers he had when you wrote this. He has 213k subscribers now. His hair is short now too.

[@sicjes1]

@@jimaforwood743 288K now 👍

[@cinnyslittlefriends1379]

This video is awesome! I loved when you said that your painting will be different from the reference. It’s so easy to think getting it to look just like the reference will make it good, but the fun of art is changing it to look even better! We aren’t painting to be a printer.

[@seigeengine]

This. There was a time when artists were the photographers of the world, but that is no longer the case. Hyper-realism is an impressive spectacle, but that's just a gimmick. As an artist, you should focus on what you can deliver that anyone with a smartphone can't: experience/feeling. What serves that, does. What doesn't is a waste. An artist is not a recorder, but a curator, a creator, and a storyteller.

[@johnweber283]

This actually helped a ton with my digitally painted trees!

[@craigsartstuff-craiglhaupt]

Thanks for the emphasis on the darks and lights and the light sources!

[@vavoo04]

Trees and foliage have always been my arch nemesis, this helped a lot man, thank you so much!

[@marksanchez4904]

Its because people like you that we become great thanks for your videos and advice

[@zbig1950]

Excellent instruction. The "bad examples" plus your ccomments on do's and DONT's are invaluable.

[@matthewgitomer5325]

Always helpful watching you break things down and simplify the process. Been watching your videos for months now and getting better. Thank you for all the content you continue to share Chris!

[@paintcoach]

Glad you like them!

[@t.c5784]

I just wanna say I’ve been following your channel for a couple months now and my work is improving drastically as a result. When I can i can’t wait to pay for the full videos as im sure they are more than worth it. Side note this long hair phase was not working 😭

[@saharmahdi541]

Don’t worry I always hit the button, however see your video automatically will hit the button, your tips really helpful, thank you 🙏 so much 🙂

[@ramonajohnson8178]

You re so good. Love that you move it along fast too.

[@iancrespo7148]

instruction is crispand clear,just like yourstyle in painting.new subscriber here!

[@darlenesassmann9418]

Excellent tutorial. Very helpful!

[@sp9138]

Thanks Coach

[@albinobeach]

Hi a question, Ive noticed a lot of plein Air painters tend to avoid trees without leaves, ie winter trees. Is there a way to paint bare trees in a quick, loose style that doesn't end up becoming fiddly and granular. Im in the middle of winter here in Johannesburg and all my plein air trees are ending up being overworked because of all the branches.

[@lorijo5536]

Great content. My first video and can’t wait to go through more of them!

[@paintcoach]

Thanks!! Hope you enjoy

[@karenbloch6828]

That is so informative Chris. many thanks. Here in the UK we have bare deciduous trees in winter. No palms here! They are really tricky to paint. Would that be a video you might make sometime please? Thank you for all the help you are giving me - loving it! Karen Bloch

[@frankovitchgrimowski4950]

Good solid reminders, thanks coach. 👍 and I let the ads play through, if not to long.

[@davemalt2451]

Top demo, learned heaps. Would also be a good place for a barby. 😎🇦🇺🎅🏼🎅🏼🎅🏼

[@Carmen159]

I was waiting for a video like this from you about trees with this explanation. Thanks for the advice, I’m learning 😄

[@paintcoach]

Glad to hear it!

[@honeybellebuzlucay5867]

Omg, this is so helpful!!!! 👏👏👏👏

[@Willow_Arnold]

Great! Thanks for the great info i love your videos

[@eleftheriageorgiadouart7156]

Thank you so much!

[@josephomally4244]

I've been painting for about 20 years and you are an excellent teacher!

[@arnoldgyene2196]

Helpfull guide thank s master

[@annameier5000]

Очень красиво ..!! Язык живописи не требует перевода !!! ❤❤❤❤😊

[@makkra7565]

Love first sample.

[@TakomaChris]

Thanks for help on something I struggled with!

[@marcyperrier7030]

Thank you again Chris

[@paintcoach]

My pleasure!

[@sayuriyume2163]

Thank you so much for offering such a wonderful guidance about painting trees, which is exactly what I've been scratching my head for for a years!

[@BarbrajoanOriginals]

Doing landscapes right now, and trees are trouble for me, so thank you for sharing. I’m not into the Bob Ross style, I don’t do stippling. I really like the way you do dappled light, (the one with the white egret) .I keep trying it, but so far no go. But I never give up. 😎 Tallahassee

[@bubbavonbugga5452]

Thank you.Hugs from Luxembourg.

[@paintcoach]

Welcome!

[@downtherabbithole9143]

Loving your channel!

[@paintcoach]

Thank you so much!

[@MikeHunt-ib5qe]

Great channel!

[@gortwein]

Could you do a palm tree tutorial, please.

[@SatSukhArt]

very informative... absolutely amazing!!!🙂🌟💙

[@paintcoach]

Glad it was helpful!

[@zazaincalifornia]

Thanks for the great content!

[@paintcoach]

Glad you enjoy it!

[@mr.sc00by16]

Hello again!

[@DanilaAbramenkovArt]

Do you paint this on wood panel? Nice tips for painting tree 🙂

[@linneadoden5597]

Excellently not sure where to sign up for the news letter so i can buynthe videos?

[@TheRiteHand]

I love the look of the wrong tree.

[@setsuzoku8296]

Is knowing the right colors to mix come with practice or is there a technique?

[@harrymarcus7541]

Lots of practice but there’s certainly technique to it. When trying to replicate a color identify it’s hue (red/orange/yellow/green/blue/purple), value (how light or dark it is) and saturation (if it is very vivid or more dull/gray).

[@setsuzoku8296]

@@harrymarcus7541 thank you!

[@arnavdalal05]

I loveeee ur videossss❤️❤️❤️

[@paintcoach]

THANKS!

[@MrRantelo]

Drink every time the coach says tree!

[@Biju2223]

Do you use acrylic or oil paint?

[@rayboffey1431]

Thanks for the video, Chris. What app were you using to blur the image; convert it to black and white; and then change it to a grayscale. That looks very useful.

[@paintcoach]

Photoshop

[@seigeengine]

Literally any image editing software can do this lol

[@skydark6531]

how do you do abstracts? its like there're a bunch of colors on top of one another and since they dont dry that quick my colors end up mixing together

[@blanchedriver3404]

I can't explain how long it took me to realize painting bark on my trees brown was awful. Blanche

[@carriebarnes118]

You go, forza43!

[@jubii979]

Love from india.

[@roarjohannessen7]

Hvem i draw ore paint trees, I look at them as a ballet danser. Stretching out The arms/branches more in one direktion more then The opposite side. Maby not on a pinetree, but on trees with leeavs...

[@MichaelFlynn0]

i like it - very loose

[@BlxxdLeaf]

This video made me mad. You have proven that so many others have wasted my time xD thanks for an actual good lesson hahaha

[@StudioTamera]

Link to course?

[@CAZZIEK321]

I used to restore oil paintings for a living. I remember an oil painting of an autumnal woodland. Every leaf has been painted in and it was beautifully done however, there was no depth of field because the whole image was painted with the same strength, detail and intensity and it was just too much to look at. It became uncomfortable to view. Such a shame for all the work that had been put in, clearly whoever painted it had gone to great lengths. Great demo. There is always something to learn from others no matter how long anyone has been painting.

[@seigeengine]

Indeed, although sometimes an excess of information can be deliberately used to produce a different experience, but it's a fine line. Completely different medium, but a nerdcore artist named Stupendium did a song/music video for DeltaRune called Ad Infinitum that quite adeptly captures that kind of information-overload, which is thematically appropriate to the subject matter. In my opinion, he does this really well, managing to stay balanced on keeping the song enjoyable to listen to. I was especially delighted that almost exactly at the time in the song where I felt completely mentally exhausted, it gives you a bit of a break. I think that sort of experimental form-following-theme stuff is just one of my loves in art. One of my favourite animated series, The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya has an arc that revolves around characters trapped in a time loop, including the characters themselves being reset, and this arc lasts eight episodes where the events of the loop almost exactly repeat each episode. It's tedious to watch, for sure, and many hate it for that, but I absolutely love it because it makes you experience that sense of being trapped in a time loop in a way that you wouldn't get otherwise. In both cases, messing at all with it ruins the effect. In the case the show, if you don't sit through all eight episodes focused on it, you lose the feeling of the looping. In the case of the song/music video, if you don't watch it fully focused, music video and all, on your first time seeing it, you've permanently ruined any change to really experience that information overload properly, since it is only the first time experiencing anything that you're so hyper-focused on processing novel information.

[@sicjes1]

"Dirty sky holes 🤬"

[@je.t800m6]

💯💯👍

[@coloursdrawing258]

Sir, I have made a very good painting I will also make

[@embracethemystery]

skyholes :)

[@arnavdalal05]

First comment again

[@kaabfarooq6179]

The DONT looked much better

[@metehanalkaya6163]

İ need turkish subtitles. How do you add subtitles in videos?

[@TheBuldog2000]

Bad example 😳🤭