Drawing Trees
In this workshop, Katie Stack and Adam Ming will lead you through a series of exercises to draw trees with unique shapes, texture, and personality!
In other words, there will be no more boring trees!
In this one hour workshop, you will begin by drawing what you think a tree looks like, and that way of drawing a tree will quickly become the one way you never draw trees again! (Dramatic? Maybe, but we do think the point will stick with you!) Next you will discover one skill that unlocks new ways of creating texture, and finally you will complete two exercises:
Planting a Forest
Drawing a Tree Portrait
It’s a jam packed workshop full of practical skills that can be applied to trees and to your future drawings of any subject.
Trees Before and After This Workshop:
Regular arthlete Yumiko Kitazono drew the trees below during the first bit of the workshop:
They’re really sweet trees and the colors are great, too! They are recognizable as trees, and they totally work.
But… because our goal is to push you and help you grow during Art Gym… look at the tree portrait below that Yumiko drew by the end of the session:
Wow 😍 Now that’s a super interesting tree! It feels so specific, like a real tree, not just like an “emoji tree” like one of these: 🌳🌲🌴
Instead, she chose a unique tree shape, colored it using her signature Neocolor pastels, and added extra texture.
Yumiko elevated how she draws trees just by doing the 2 exercises during this workshop.
Catch the replay to do these exercises, too!
What You’ll Learn in This Workshop:
How to avoid drawing “boring” trees
A skill for creating unique textures for trees (or for anything you draw!)
How to experiment with mark making to create more visual interest in your work
How to set up your sketchbook for experimenting and play so you can sketch without expectations (that’s when the real discoveries happen)
The Benefits:
Creating a texture library that you can use when drawing anything
Setting aside time to make messy drawings, without any expectations (we spend time painting BLOBS in our sketchbooks during this workshop!)
Time to connect with fellow illustrators in a supportive space
Sharing your work in the gallery and getting inspired
Art Gym Gallery
Share your work in the Art Gym Gallery!
Here’s some work by Adam Ming and Katie Stack
Want your art featured in the gallery? Join the next live session or watch this replay and submit your work. You can showcase your art here:
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