Painting Trees in Watercolor & Mixed Media 

Discover the beauty of trees through watercolor and mixed media in this recorded live class, where I guide you through my complete artistic approach to painting trees with confidence and creativity.

What You’ll Learn: 

 Understanding Different Types of Trees – Explore how to approach various tree shapes.

 Composition & Golden Ratio – Learn how to arrange trees effectively within your artwork using strong composition principles, including the golden ratio for balance and harmony.

 Essential Techniques in Watercolor & Mixed Media – Master a variety of watercolor techniques combined with drawing pens, fountain pens, and watercolor pencils to enhance textures and details.

 Creating Textures & Natural Effects – Discover how to bring tree trunks and foliage to life using different materials and layering methods.

 Effortless Painting Approach – Learn how to achieve a loose, expressive style that looks natural and effortless.

What’s Included in the Class: 

• 4 Sketches & Composition Studies (A4 / 8x10”) – Practice different tree types, composition ideas, and techniques.
• Final Large Artwork (A3 / 12x16”) – Apply everything you’ve learned in an improvisational painting session, using all the techniques from our studies.
• Step-by-Step Recorded Live Class – Learn at your own pace with unlimited access, so you can revisit lessons anytime. 

This class is designed to give you a solid foundation in painting trees, so you can confidently create your own tree paintings from reference or imagination.

Access is NOT time limited! 

Click below to join the class and start painting today!

MATERIALS WE ARE GOING TO USE IN A CLASS: 

Paints:

Your usual watercolor paints set

Colors - complete freedom of creativity, the class is not limited to specific colors.

All the colors that I use could be replaced with others.

I would talk about and explain my general approach to colors choice and explain why it is not so important to have exactly the same colors.

However for your convenience you will find colors that I use almost in all my paintings in attached file after registration.

Brushes:

• A Hake brush with a wide soft hair for wetting the paper.
• Also your usual work kit: it is important that you have brushes that are convenient for you to work with in several sizes - both for large washes and for details
• It is advisable to have a liner brush with a small diameter and a long hair.
• It can be a classic liner or you could use Chinese calligraphy brushes of different sizes.

Paper:

• paper for sketching - you usual sketchbook or loose sheets (90-100 gsm for sketching)
• 2-3 sheets of watercolor paper 100% cotton cold press in size A4/ 9x12'' for quick studies and 1 larger sheet of the same paper - could be about 12x16'' /A3

Other tools:

• Water bowl x2
• Spray bottle with clean water
• Graphite pencil 2B/4B or charcoal for sketches and eraser
• Medium or coarse salt
• Fountain pen or liner pens
• Palette knife
• A piece of thick cardboard about 3x10 cm.
• Watercolor pencils in several natural shades - brown, gray, green.
• You don't need a lot, 3-4 pieces will be enough.
• (At class I would show both watercolor pencils and additional tools that can be used in work, but you definitely could work without them)
• It is also not necessary, but you can prepare a bamboo pen (a sharpened stick of bamboo sold in art stores) or replace it with a dry twig of a tree by sharpening it with a stationery knife.