Simple HACKS For Creating Perfect Trees!

[@amandahodgin9316]

I have an old micron pen that dried up. I pulled the nib out of the end and I kept it to use for a “scratch tool”. Works well and feels more natural to hold than a toothpick or a darning needle.

[@doreanbeattie2742]

That’s brilliant!

[@JackiePeacock]

Omg “Queen of Trees 🥹🌲🤍 My absolute favorite subject to paint. Thank you so much for giving my art and channel a major shoutout. I appreciate the love. Love the salt effect! I’ll have to give that a go! And they all turned out beautifully.

[@maryloucacciatore4936]

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[@annenglish2935]

I also found you a.few weeks ago!!! Love your misty trees and that you're from the Pacific Northwest!!! Love from a California Gramma ❤️

[@JackiePeacock]

@@annenglish2935 not quite the PNW, but pretty close 🌲🤍 thank you for spending time with me on my channel.

[@JackiePeacock]

@@annenglish2935 aww thank you! I’m not quite from the PNW, but close. A fellow west coaster 🌲🖤

[@LetsMakeArt]

We love, love, love that you created a folaige brush. Great job! This was such a fun video. Thanks for sharing all these hacks, we loved watching them.

[@dianemontgomery2087]

Enjoyed your video. I appreciate that you are still learning and that you don’t make it look too easy. Thank you for being genuine.

[@nancybroer4712]

Thanks for sharing Emma, love the softness of these trees!!

[@susanlas8874]

Enjoyed this so much..kinda like the foliage brush one,the first wet w salt second..thanks for this love evergreens👍♥️

[@loisb8523]

Thank you. I liked them all. Thanks for sharing.

[@rachelhambone1159]

"Lynda Norman" does the first technique as well, her approach is a bit bolder, I like something more in between. She does a great job explaining the water spray in her "Mastering Watercolor Vignettes: Dreamy Landscapes..." video, around 7:00:00 in, posted 2 months ago. Highly recommend checking it out. I think the mist is too fine in some spray bottles. The bottle needs to "spit" (sorry) the water at the page.

[@SharonFoster852]

I love them all. I will definitely try the spray, salt, and toothpicks methods.

[@lesliev7874]

Like you said, with practice, all of these techniques are fun and useful.

[@yelsel108]

I enjoyed the experimental , real time tutorial. Very encouraging

[@ubiquitousLeees]

Omg I love that you shouted Jackie out. She really is an amazing artist as well. You’re so fantastic, Emma. 🖤🖤🖤

[@carolilett]

Love all the techniques, but the first and last trees are my favourites

[@karenmeridew3492]

Really neat techniques. I think I like the spray bottle and toothpick. The salt is cool too though

[@janamodei717]

These are all so fun & helpful to see. They're all great for their own purpose (background, etc) but I particularly love the salt tree.

[@antoniahicks320]

That tree looks pretty natural! I see trees like that first one up here in the mountains look like this. They aren't always perfect for real.

[@lizreilly4971]

I teach art and have many watercolor books explaining different techniques. This is the first time I have seen the toothpick technique - WOW!

[@JoyceDlugokinski]

This is one of the best videos! I love your tutorials and have learned so much from you. So thank you so much.♥️

[@sherrykroon7034]

I love them all! You’re amazing as always! ❤️

[@bevy33]

I’m new at watercolours and have painted many many trees with no avail. Guess I have to keep practicing. Love yours, especially the foliage one.

[@piezymaa3450]

Thank you! They’ll all be fun!

[@yvonneursell-ek8vz]

I loved this so much to learn. It really helped. I liked them all and could use all methods to get a variety of different looking trees in a wood. Thankyou.

[@insideoutLaurel]

I love them all. I'm going to try it today!

[@melindarincon7571]

Love them all! Can’t wait to practice! Thanks for sharing.

[@carolynfuller6237]

Loved all four of the trees. Thanks for showing us these neat "methods" for doing pine trees.

[@diannedidomizio52747]

❤️🎨Love your tutorial on Evergreen Trees!!

[@tkkozeluh]

Great tutorial! You could use a dip pen to carve your needles which would probably be quicker than a toothpick! Love the idea of creating a brush for trees!❤

[@msfrehel8758]

This was really a lot of fun! I like all the techniques but especially the first and third one! Thank you, I‘ll try them out 🎨❤️👍

[@wenken24]

I love them all thank you

[@glendaeveans7991]

These are so awesome!!! I can't pick which one I like best. To me it is like comparing apples and oranges! I really want to try all four techniques! Thank you for sharing this!

[@RainyDayBookshelf]

OOOOOO how delightful! I've never been so Festive as this year! While creating and uploading content for my own channel I am happily distracted and diverted by so much wonderful Christmassy crafts and cooking and videos. Merry Christmas everyone 😇🎄🎀🎁

[@Jw16mosier]

Thank you 🎄 I Enjoyed the fun Of just playing

[@ladyhollman9534]

Excellent! Trees!!! I’ll definitely try a few of these, thank you.

[@pattikelleher4310]

This was fun! Love the different techniques.

[@sjking1111]

Can't wait to try #1! How fun! 💦 🎨 🖌️ 🌲

[@sharondoan1447]

I admired your first tree with the spray. It encouraged me because today I tried a technique that looked doable by anyone who can follow three steps! Anyone? Not me. You managed to save yours and that’s great. Mine was too far gone. Maybe next time🙂

[@SandyVentro]

Love them all. The first one and the toothpick are my favorites

[@rosemariecooke9616]

Loved all of these trees! While you were trying to fix the first one I was saying no no no..because it's made such a great misty forest tree. It's my fav but I will be trying all of these! Also appreciated the tree brush idea. Thank you for all you do. You were the first artist I subscribed to after a friend in a beginner watercolor class I was taking showed me your channel & I've been hooked since & love what you do. Your honesty is so refreshing. 🧡

[@cherylsateriale9967]

These are wonderful!

[@janehere49]

wonderful video Emma thank you!!!!!

[@liaclark2393]

like them all , depending on what you want to achieve

[@maryjones3369]

I really enjoyed these tree tutorials! Great ideas..thank you so much❤️

[@liachristy7779]

Awesome tutorial Emma. I learn a lot from you.. thank you.

[@LeahMcKenzie-pc5oc]

I love the toothpick! But I love all of them, thank you Emma

[@maggieshontz3501]

Love this Emma. Thank you.

[@WatercolorKari]

Wowwwww, the toothpick technique! 😍 I've never seen that, so cool!!🌲

[@virginiabaer1110]

Emma, I think I like the first and second trees best but I must try all of them. The first one would be great for background trees, you are so right. And some snow on trees would sparkle them too. Fun trees!🥰

[@Justathimbleful]

You could be a "hand" model! Beautifully expressive gestures. Thank you for the close-ups so that we can actually view the marks as you make them. Wonderful to share other instructors' techniques. Thank you for giving us a sense of belonging within the overall art community. Really love the J.Peacock tree 🌲

[@lisamccort6777]

Wonderful video Emma and I liked all the trees.

[@lyndal.2119]

I loved the 2 trees at the bottom. But I will try all 4 of them and see. Thank you for showing that.

[@josephinemiller4780]

The first tree reminds me of a misty/foggy morning!

[@WatercolorwithMegan]

Ohh, that first one is amazing! I've been watching Jackie Peacock lately too 🥰🙌🩷 I haven't heard of Sarah, though. Excited to check out her channel.

[@colindavies8977]

Thank you, being new to watercolour I love watching your tutorials they have helped me so much. Thank you ❤

[@myepiciskgjjfhvdhffbffb1190]

They were all pretty cool but my favorite has to be the spray bottle tree

[@FannaTurano]

Hi Emma! I like the foliage brush best, and it also works quite well to "mis-cut" a fan brush, which we seldom use. Gorgeous!

[@yvetteafrangui518]

I like the second one with the brush you cut it uneven

[@pgugliot]

Perfect timing for me! I was just struggling a little with Evergreen trees and voila…there was your tutorial! Thank you! And I actually couldn’t pick a favorite. They all turned out so well! Now I’m going to check out Jackie Peacock. Thank you for that too! 🥰

[@Kreative_Rainbow]

Those are all so cool!! 😎 I think i liked the bristle style, but the water spray got a good background shape to it, and the salt added more lovely texture!! 🥰 I think a combination of the methods would produce a great evergreen! 🌲 I was wondering how you do a snow laden or ice storm tree??

[@loril9193]

Great tutorial! I'm definitely going to do this today.

[@ewwwobbie]

I love all your trees and will definitely try all of them!

[@joprescott1980]

I think they all look fab. I look forward to giving them a try.

[@revsound7857]

Love the foliage brush technique and salt addition is so cool-actually love them ALL! I’m new to watercolor! Great instruction Emma, thanks so much!!! Love your tutorials! ❤👩‍🎨

[@greetjenijdam]

Wow. Hopelijk leer ik het ook een keer met deze goeie voorbeelden. Great work and beautiful.

[@janiceheger291]

All of these are really great.

[@paulinedavis3660]

Loved the foliage brush one, but honestly they all are good😊

[@windywednesday4166]

Very nice! ❤ I love that first technique. The fact is so organic. ❤

[@karenlewis632]

cool. I have a spritz water bottle, mini size, also a half spray bottle, by T. Holtz, but I'm thinking for the first tree I'm going to try a tooth brush, at an angle, I'll try to circle back and let you know ...thanks for the inspiration. Also I saw an artist usa a fan brush it looked like the first one, and had a background like your first one looked like, so she did the green mixed with some purple, like you have done...and dabbed it into the middle. and very little water at that point, my tree had spred so when I darkened in the middle it looked awesome after it dried...!

[@laverneshade4933]

OMG!!! Great techniques!!! Thank you!❤

[@Blumenliese]

I love them all, thank you dear Emma for these tutorials 💚

[@sherylpiche9878]

I loved it! Thanks for all you do.

[@carolynlandes7338]

My favorite is spray bottle, but loved all

[@joanl3115]

3rd one with salt and foliage brush 👏🎄🖼🎨🖌️

[@Gloria-qy3dd]

Can't pick all great.thank you for taking us through.

[@judycarl1964]

Fun fun fun!

[@lindalankoff9443]

Wow! Thank you so much. Love the foliage brush, I will make one. awesome tip! As well as the toothpick technique. Sure glad I found you

[@paulamoors]

I think the fourth one is my favorite with the misty kind of look.

[@yandd8072]

beautiful!! will try this technique

[@Debbie-w1z]

Love them all!

[@melodycrites3145]

Each of these would work…depending on your need. Thank you!

[@ireneerobichaud9550]

❤❤I love them all, and I will have to try them all.

[@annehebert6959]

These were fabulous - thank you

[@cynthiamorianti3719]

Thank you, that was great to watch.

[@AnneSmith-mu2ph]

Thank you Emma 🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧❤️❤️❤️

[@mjpete27]

Hullo Emma, this was a very nice video and demonstration of different techniques for painting trees! I liked the spray bottle technique the most in this video. I have been painting more fall transition foliage and brightly colored trees of different types. I love painting the Japanese Maple! I often wonder at the different types of trees that are most common in the New England area of the US? I looked it up once, but I do not remember what is there just now. I am wondering how many of these techniques will work with them? I like the saying : There is no poorly painted tree, even the most imperfect tree, is a perfect tree!

[@tonyabeauchamp3087]

Try a glass calligraphy pen instead of a toothpick! If the painting starts to dry, the nib of the calligraphy pen can be dipped in paint.

[@dawnimms2292]

I liked the first tree. X Dawn x Spain x

[@geraldinedavid2442]

My fave is the last tree🤗

[@anngrimm6599]

Spray bottle, hands down!

[@mywifetheartist]

So cool. ❤❤❤

[@monicar6347]

the first one you did looks good. The one side looks like sun rays shining on it.

[@stina-h]

Love this video, thank you! The first tree made me go "ooh" which conveniently spooked my cat and stopped her from attacking the brush on the screen 😂

[@gowrishankark.jkrishnaveni8504]

Super mam keep it up 👍

[@barbjursic9300]

I had to buy a "combing" brush for a workshop and it works great for evergreens - I haven't been able to find another.

[@robyounce644]

Can you share a close-up picture of the foliage brush you created in your Patreon love these techniques!

[@annie63-h63]

My favorite was the first one. Enjoyed the process on all of them!

[@SharonMiitchell]

😊I like the tooth pic tree

[@sheilagilleland4312]

In other words a hack😳❤️

[@bethkruzich8028]

Are you going to do a Christmas advent again this year?

[@gowrishankark.jkrishnaveni8504]

Mam we use fan brush for pine trees . Which is also easy.

[@IrinkaYoga]

awesome! could you paint birches?

[@sallykirkstephens8415]

Tgankyou for talking as you go . Music is nice nut nowhere so helpful as you being honest in real time