How to Draw Trees

How to draw realistic trees.
Hi everyone! Here's another tutorial video. Showing how to draw a variety of trees. I really hope this is helpful in some way. Please let me know what you think. Thanks!
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[@LethalChris1]

Hi everyone! Here are a few different drawings of trees I recently worked on! I hope this tutorial video helps out in some way. It's a bit of a longer video, but drawing trees like this is something I really enjoy and I wanted to share the process with you. Be sure to let me know what you think. And also let me know if you have any suggestions for future drawing videos. Thank you so much for the amazing support! Hope you're having an awesome day. :) -Chris

[@capitanrex9688]

LethalChris Drawing can u do makoa from paladins or widowmaker from overwatch I think she that would be cool!!! 😎😎😎

[@shryke9850]

Yes please do Widowmaker.

[@derpaderp2000]

LethalChris Drawing what do you recommend for beginning artists? I haven't drawn in forever and my skills are pretty bad

[@jayshadex]

LethalChris Drawing i had really hard time trying to draw trees thank you especially the leaves

[@jamesarwinmillagracia3323]

Can you draw Lenka Utsugi in god eater ?

[@AnksDilxMC]

Thanks! Now I can draw a tree properly without drawing a cloud on a stick.

[@memedealer7504]

Relatable af

[@OrchidsStuff]

ikr xd

[@urischic1668]

AnksDilxMC I can’t even draw a cloud-

[@hannahoang8788]

Urischic a thinking bubble, cloud same thing

[@oanad3981]

🤣🤣

[@redsalmon3708]

After 30 min of hard work drawing my little sister walks in and says “nice insect, why does it have so many antennas?”

[@7Heaven646]

WTF 😂😂😂

[@EmeraldEire7436]

That is one mean sibling

[@multitalentbd6334]

How to draw Painting Trees of Stars Acrylic for Beginnings Step by Step Nupur Drawing School kzbin.info/www/bejne/f4OzgH2gf82ihq8

[@GnoneckOG]

Should told her it was a stick bug.

[@shabernaldez1830]

I feel you bruh😂😂

[@Bluetheinkcat]

Letha Chris: Stay calm, it will benefit your drawing so much Me: *sweating and hand shakes*

[@vijaykumarkatakdhond8629]

I can relate to it...

[@anyarana1774]

omg same--especially on the branches

[@jeutdraw3021]

I love in my youtube

[@someone-vk6gk]

Relatable!

[@alenazhylin347]

same

[@ketu3k942]

i wish we could comment photos on youtube so we would see each other's results

[@kristsays_slackoff]

that would be great!!!!!!!

[@Ale-ig5mi]

@@kristsays_slackoff there's reddit r/art

[@hypnoleaf3390]

That be amazing

[@NewWorldCT]

that'd be tight but youtube is still in the stoneages.

[@kaitouW]

@@NewWorldCT Yea

[@reubenstecher9479]

When the shading is right, pencil drawings have a magic that you don’t see in colored art.

[@samdeacon7910]

I agree, for instance the illustrative sketches by Brian Froud... obviously they gain a new dimension with paper, but they also kinda lose something

[@nilsaiivyarts]

Reuben Stecher Absolutely 😊

[@chupacabra9357]

If the shading is good enough it'll easily upstage any pencil drawing. But if you suck at coloring like me pencil is your best bet.

[@ladyiris77]

They sort of give one a feeling of nostalgia.

[@LeonaSim]

Im 40 now i hope i can improve my drawing for coming addtional age :-)

[@anon7248]

I used to have a art teacher that would say "practice doesn't make perfect. It makes progress" and I've never found that more true until I tried drawing nature

[@nehalende1149]

True

[@louisovens15]

@karina ha ha

[@brainpowerrb3003]

💯

[@hazzatulislam8054]

Can you explain it a bit

[@anon7248]

@@hazzatulislam8054 the saying?

[@leandrosi4950]

"I'm gonna use my blender" Me: blends with finger They called me a mad man

[@shirodelgado6798]

This guy commentating the video he is like hey let me tell you more about how calm i am and about pencils

[@kobeni219]

Tee hee

[@hibironara7603]

Do it 😂

[@deeveevideos]

I love when they finger it!!!

[@yetiinmyspaghetti2029]

this confused me so much because i thought you were talking about a blender, like a kitchen item.

[@deborahgallo6730]

On the last video of yours Chris, I wanted to know where I was going wrong with drawing trees. Then presto, here you are showing us how. My grandmother was the expert at drawing and painting trees, she was born in 1888 from London. Now I hope I can draw a tree just like her. Thank you so much for the help and huge hugs from Australia.

[@sangkt7779]

whatever you draw simple or not it always looks amazing

[@LethalChris1]

:) Thank you sooo much!

[@gregorymoore1283]

Sasque Uchiha 9

[@JoyChandraDas]

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[@frankiecarias5071]

happy little trees

[@technoboop1890]

thats so cute =D

[@Re-bl5sr]

They don't look too happy.

[@bongaslt6543]

Bob eoss

[@itztaylor2.05]

Ré D'Arcy it’s from Bob Ross 😂

[@sigmasides1514]

Lol Bob Ross quotes

[@craigclark3001]

I always thought/said i couldn't draw so i set out to prove myself wrong. This tutorial was great, as a brand new budding sketcher this tutorial has helped me enormously. My trees don't look anything as good as yours but i am so proud of what you have helped me to sketch. This has developed my confidence and desire to sketch even more. Thanks!

[@JustMe-uc1lt]

Watching this yet again, Chris. It remains the best tree drawing tutorial on youtube. Well done.

[@charlidanielz1617]

It's all about to have a relaxed hand... 😆✌️

[@ravenz3856]

after all these years... that's how you do leaves!? I never knew how to draw leaves until now... great tutorial bro! keep up the good work :D

[@jeutdraw3021]

I love drawing in my chanel youtube

[@user-nr1is2nk4t]

Yes! I would try, and it would look stupid but I finally understand! 😂

[@ashbyking2533]

Thank you so much for the tips, they really helped me. I love drawing landscapes and backgrounds and trees are a BIG part of that. Looking forward to your next tutorial, thanks!

[@sataniccrow82]

I literally fell in love with your style. Thanks for sharing

[@multitalentbd6334]

How to draw Painting Trees of Stars Acrylic for Beginnings Step by Step Nupur Drawing School kzbin.info/www/bejne/f4OzgH2gf82ihq8

[@jeutdraw3021]

I love in my youtube

[@dylancoolidge7113]

Your art style is incredible. These are the type of drawings that I aspire to create. Thank you for showing your techniques!

[@NTHDrawandColor]

yes

[@annaheya2109]

This particular video got me into drawing! Five years ago and now it’s been recommended to me WOW

[@ygh1973]

Brilliant video, I went out took some pictures of an oak tree, really looked at it and used the photos to organically let the picture grow. I haven’t drawn properly in over 20 years and I spent four hours drawing it and I wish I could show you the results, I’m so pleased. You communicate really clearly. Thank you blood. ✌🏾✊🏾🤜🏾🤛🏾

[@sunshinegirlart866]

I love how excited you are about trees.

[@susangurvich910]

I really like this video. I've been using tutorials and working from reference photos, and I am so excited to be able to draw without doing that! This is what I am working towards. Thank you Chris

[@Ratatosk80]

Thanks for the tutorial. Made a drawing of the first tree. Found it tricky shading the trunk but got the hang of it eventually. Also made so many branches that when I added leaves it ended up a formless mess, no breathing room. Managed to fix it by adding an additional darker shade of leaves. Using the darker leaves to create forms in all the densely packed leaves. Happy with the result.

[@DonST22]

This was my first try and . . . . . Have to say I was not expecting the result I got. Your suggestions are really useful, thanks to you I drew really nice trees on the very first attempt and I'm an absolute beginner in drawing. Thank you

[@Shonas78]

I'm your fan... your techniques are inspiring, to say the least. Thank you for all your posts. Kudos from Brazil, man!!!

[@LethalChris1]

Thank you so much for the support!! :) I really hope these videos help out.

[@lennie4778]

I loved your idea of how to draw the leaves, thanks!

[@Nikki.Ash.Beauty]

Can’t wait to try these trees. I’m new to drawing and I enjoy landscape, especially trees. I loved how how some of your tips were very vague but had an impact such as using pictures as references/inspiration not to be exact. And then when you went over the leaves. I spend SO much time on the leaves and it looks forced. Your voice is soothing too. Glad I found your videos.

[@ThePubliusValerius]

Beautiful. I love your technique to add the "idea" of detail. I often get too hung up on the details, and need to learn this technique.

[@tadcarrolltc]

This is amazing! I am just learning how to draw and I am so fascinated by it. It relaxes me and opens a whole new world of expressiveness. Thank you!

[@ginasartcorner5686]

They all look amazing! Great explaination :) I think its great that you show how to make it simple and yet realistic

[@dodo.3462]

How to draw a pine tree for kids

[@NTHDrawandColor]

me too

[@moniqueabbett]

I made the aspen twice - once into a birthday card for my son along with a quote about forest bathing. Love your drawing lessons!

[@islafletcher1877]

I was looking at how to draw different types of trees and found this very useful. Thank you so much for creating this so now my trees will look a lot less awkward and planned.

[@jacobknox2380]

Man your trees are incredible! You've definitely inspired me to keep trying to get better. Your leaf advice was a life saver 👍 thanks

[@fletcherkoehrsen1879]

I like the simple look of the trees, the nature drawings are always my favorite!

[@LethalChris1]

Thank you. :)

[@viianapoa7448]

Years from now everything will have come to leveled up technological modification esp of arts, but this outstanding idea of doing the art (manually) by hand is going to stay forever. It's just so amazing to do things in details by hand alone:) Your work is awesome!

[@debbiejohnson781]

I’m new to your channel and love it! As a newly retired Elementary Art teacher, now I’m hoping to do more Art for me, (rather than lesson plans and samples!) A student asked me early in my teaching how to draw a tree…I broke it down and called it a “Y tree” basically you add lots of Y’s and W’s etc then add details and shading! I had two fellow teachers, that had been my students, that both remembered and use the “Y tree” method to this day!!

[@simpleartideas]

Wow! They look like real trees... even better than that. Love your simple and detailed video of drawing basic things. Nice!!!!

[@LethalChris1]

Thank you so much. :) I really hope this video helps out.

[@cerisskies]

Felt really stuck with drawing trees and then watched just the first 55 seconds of you laying down the roots (pun intended) of that first tree, and I already felt that I knew where to go cheers

[@teflonpan115]

daaym. by minute and a half mark it already looks like something out of an old Disney movie. great work.

[@hypnoleaf3390]

This helps so much. I also learned new textures just with a pencil. Thank you so much!

[@danielaesparza4452]

i love the calm music while drawing really fits in with the drawing about nature and trees. Great video as always and it really helps so thanks for showing us.

[@LethalChris1]

Thank you so much for the support, Daniela. :)

[@artatulsharma8813]

Daniela Esparza #artatul

[@kaiyan425]

the leaves were so satisfying thank you. I will try this tomorrow

[@LethalChris1]

Really glad to hear that. :) I hope this helps out! Thanks so much for watching.

[@yaseminmae1314]

This video is amazing. For the first time in my life, I managed to draw a tree that doesn't look like a elementary school drawing! Amazing explanation and of course drawing skills :) Thanks!

[@MegaEvoguy]

Hi Chris, I just wanted to thank you for this video and so many of your others. I am a rank amateur who just started sketching a month ago (I'm an evolutionary biologist and historian of science by trade). I've always told people that I can't draw, and there is no point in my even trying, because my brain does not work that way. It took 57 years, but I realized how wrong I was. Now I am learning to sketch for the love of it, and as means of pure relaxation. Your videos have been extraordinarily helpful on that front.

[@Majortom756]

Love the video and your drawings are beautiful! My suggestion for future video[s]: Do them in real time, maybe where you explain your technique with a little more detail, for beginners like myself who have very little technique. These time lapse videos are good for seeing your overall process, but it would help to see exactly what you're doing with your hand to achieve different effects. Thanks!

[@libimyheart7855]

I agree with you. If I try to copy something it doesn't work well but when I just simply use it for I aspiration it works much better.

[@marysandrabrininstool780]

Thank you soo much for sharing your talent and knowledge. I'm 61 and picking it back up after many, many years and if God so wills it, I shall be leaning heavily on your tutorials.

[@sharonaleong2748]

This really got me going with getting back into art. Thank you. I appreciate your talent and calm and instructional way of teaching. All the best

[@Xturnia]

When drawing trees you break the rule of consistent smooth lines.😂 I like it.👍

[@prodbyevanhardt]

I cant believe how good this is

[@LethalChris1]

Thank you!!

[@SerenaSarah]

You are amazing! Thank you! I spent probably an hour doing just one tree and it doesn't look as good as yours, but it still looks good. Thanks for posting!

[@DowntheRabbit_Hole]

Just discovered this video last night, and this is one of the most helpful videos I’ve ever had for drawings in general! Thank you so much!

[@rachmalabyad1138]

thank you very much, this tutorial really helped me a lot in drawing trees for my architectural sketches.

[@dynamitethunderstruck8723]

I just tried this out and just a TIP for the first tree: make sure that your branches are thin enough :) Mine would've turned out much better

[@Joebbbbbbb]

yeah thats what i found trying to draw the tree also

[@baridharap9798]

Helpful. I have tired this. As I am not a good artist like you, I couldn't draw as beautiful as you. But your tutorial really help me to improve my sketch of trees. THANK YOU SO MUCH

[@stevendavenport7603]

great thanks for your tips I had a rough Idea on how to do trees but with your advice and teaching I can draw with much more natural and clean detail for trees to make it look more realistic. Great work love it so much

[@easysketches-todrawwithpen6832]

that is best tree sketch and drawing. Good video, thanks!

[@crystalcub3027]

Plzzz do one of theese following things: •An enchanted forest •The 20 style challenge •Realistic vehicle tutorial •a clothes tutorial Or a flower tutorial

[@LethalChris1]

Amazing suggestions!! :) Thank you so much.

[@necropious3273]

I love the way that you make it easy to understand what you are doing and why. Beautiful drawings!

[@mojopikon2910]

Beautiful tecnic and results. I allways thought the most difficult is to create branches that come to ones view or go towards the fuge point. Thanks for the video I'll try to apply these advices.

[@mydiyjungle6075]

i love drawing trees i seem to be deeply connected with trees i do put doors windows and climbing vines in them even staircases and such .... thank you for these examples great work

[@nolanmarec7770]

"the idea of details" one thing that took me years to understand

[@loricharpentier1654]

Those are gorgeous! You made it look so easy. I never even thought about the bark of the tree or what kind of tree for that matter. Thank you for this lesson. Amazing!!

[@EDINIAdiscoveries]

Thank you so much, LethalChris. You have inspired me to start drawing again and show my drawings on my own channel. Love your technique.

[@marou8703]

That moment when you stop everything you are doing bc it's a LethalChris Drawing notification x)

[@LethalChris1]

:D Wow! Haha thank you so much for the awesome support!!

[@marou8703]

Thank you for your reply !!!!

[@edbrookes6593]

Marou r

[@oliviaharpwood9751]

Your art is so amazing! And what you said actually made some sense, which is worrying but refreshing

[@mrplot6286]

Great explanation , calm sound , step-by-step instruction , totally masterpiece

[@bethanyhughes8584]

Thank you! This video helped me with drawing trees quite a lot. I'm currently in a children's art competition and my field of art is drawing. The theme of the competition right now is landscape. Unfortunately, I've never been good at drawing trees, but this will definitely help improve my score! ^^

[@happymicrobe8123]

Awesome drawing, very helpful! I have my troubles with natural randomness although it creates the picture magically on the paper all by itself. I don‘t know whether you made a video on drawing rocks and stone and boulders etc. before, but this would also be very appreciated. Thank you and keep on drawing! :)

[@s.gerritse3038]

I'm sending pictures of the most amazing trees, you will be obsessed with all my forest expertise

[@prettyupsetnerd5118]

I can't escape from musicals anyMORE

[@bunkerjonesy7905]

Rainbow Dragon

[@mikemurray3518]

I would like to see them

[@TheBonsaiGarden]

I’m a bonsai enthusiast and lover of trees. This was a great video Chris - I’m binge watching your content now. Relaxing and also instructive. 👍🌳🌲🌴

[@steelpaine9932]

Those are gorgeous! Beautiful work.

[@SwoleTommyPickles]

How the hell am I here 1 minute after upload, I'm not even subscribed

[@LethalChris1]

Haha! :D Thanks for watching! I really hope the video helps.

[@user-yi1kj6yn8g]

Luck

[@czpv2128]

Well get on that

[@mikemurray3518]

you must have clicked on something that brought you in here my friend lol have a nice day

[@zmanv568]

Swole Tommy Pickles magic

[@stevenskadal]

Great tip! I especially love the way you do the leaves. That's going to help me a ton with future projects. Thanks!

[@kevinellis3081]

The piano background music is AMAZING. I listen to that meditation app all the time!! Edit: mine still looks like i had seizure holding a gallon of paint and fell on a piece of paper

[@cherylhancock1183]

Your tips on drawing leaves was so very helpful to me in adding leaves to my trees. Thank you so very much!

[@petrusgandamana]

Another thanks from me Chris for your tutorial

[@xXXBongToker420xXx]

4:44 To be quite honest, that was one of the best and most detailed tree sketches I've ever seen. You deserve every view! Especially since you talked us all through on how to draw a tree like it!

[@naotoseri9572]

I will definitely try those! I really like the first one. Good job! And thank you for showing in detail how you did it, that's the best was for us to learn!

[@susanleitch1230]

Loved this. So helpful. Never has anyone sounded less like they deserve lethal in their name

[@priceless444]

lethal Chris,,,, you are my new art teacher

[@LethalChris1]

Awesome. Thank you for the support. :) I really hope my videos help.

[@priceless444]

Sure they do,,,, all the way from Africa am looking forward to your support artwise

[@edfederenko2596]

This one made me subscribe without even seeing what else you do. Love your trees and your teaching! Looking forward to exploring your videos.

[@Storin_of_Kel]

Who needs a reference image when we have this channel?

[@kraftyiam]

Marvelous instructions - gosh I do so love trees - thanks for sharing !

[@noname-sq3js]

You deserves more subscriber cause theybway you teaching are good and clear

[@negativerainbow2455]

no name and you need an english course

[@alexanderwinkel1791]

Hey Chris, Good Video! What Pencil do you use? And i Cant make the Branches i dont know Why but it always looks Bad. :(

[@ladyiris77]

Absolutely, breathtaking!!!!!

[@dffulmer1]

A pleasure to watch you, sir! Thanks so much for sharing your talent!

[@evacornelissen7547]

love it, Chris. so beautiful

[@LethalChris1]

Thank you so much, Naomi!! :)

[@LordPinky455]

Thank you, that was a fantastic vid! You make it look so easy. Looking forward to exploring your channel!

[@seanshamma5972]

Great stuff I love shade work from since childhood it's being a while since I picked up my pencils and sketchpad think i will after watching.

[@naomicoleman6701]

Love your teaching style @lethalChris Drawing I learnt a lot and my trees are so much better.

[@harrywest5447]

OMG amazing trees are my fav spent two year studying them so thanks for this video 😊 Would be cool if you did some fantasy trees too. Also how do you do your black borders?

[@LethalChris1]

Thanks for the support! I hope the video helps out. :) Ooo that's an awesome idea - definitely interested in attempting fantasy trees!! For the black borders - I measure them out and pencil them in first, and then I use a Pigma Micron 08 over the top.

[@dramrulkhokhar6156]

your sketching is very good. and the tips are helpful

[@LethalChris1]

Thank you very much. :)

[@gary-ti3xj]

Thanks Chris. I found this tutorial extremely helpful!

[@Woahitsaturtlegynecologist]

I’ve never been very good at trees, but I just made my best one ever with this video! It actually looks like a tree!

[@phillee2711]

Its Friday night and I'm here learning to draw trees.

[@soviet_onion_4208]

🧖🏿‍♀️

[@kommissarlive9773]

*Puts on monocle*

[@tilly4108]

*Eats Crumpit*

[@soviet_onion_4208]

u tryna say somthin boi

[@user-ty7ls1qh3q]

????

[@annemorin1857]

I liked your relaxed style of teaching. My results were better than before! My problems are with shadows on branches; I still need to work on that and will watch your video several more times. Thanks.

[@lukesheather8323]

You have such relaxed easy to follow manner in your instructions’ they really flow well. thanks for making these.