How To Draw Pine Trees Intro: Hello, everyone, and welcome back to another drawing glass. In this drawing class, we're gonna draw one of my favorite trees, and these are pine trees. Now you can add these trees into any art drumming that you're doing. So let's get started with a few basics you will need. Browse 4,915 incredible Pine Tree vectors, icons, clipart graphics, and backgrounds for royalty-free download from the creative contributors at Vecteezy!
A pine tree is one of the most beautiful trees in the world. There are about 126 species of pine trees in the world. These trees are evergreen, so its beauty is maintained in every season.
And the beauty is further enhanced by snow falling on pine trees in the winter season. pinewood is widely used all over the world.
And if you or your kids are looking for a drawing of a pine tree, then follow (#2. pine tree drawing easy) tutorial below. Both tutorials are shown in a very simple way.
#1. Pine tree drawing
This step by step tutorial shows you how to draw a pine tree. Here the drawing is explained with a total of 5 steps. And each step is explained with examples.
Step.1 First, draw a long triangular shape
Pine trees are somewhat triangular, so first draw a long triangle. If you want to make the pine tree drawing small, keep the triangle small, and if you want to make it long, draw the triangle longer. And draw the triangle very lightly because it has to be erased later.
Step.2 Draw the tree leaves and branches
Now you need to draw the leaves and branches of the tree in the outline of the triangle. Lower branches of the pine tree are larger and the upper branches are smaller and lean slightly towards the ground. The top of the pine tree is narrow and the bottom is thick.
First, draw the left side of the pine tree, then draw the part on the right side. You can draw a vertical line through the middle of the tree so that the two sides are equal. It will look a bit like a zigzag shape. Then draw the bottom part of the tree.
Step.3 Now draw the trunk of the tree
Draw two lines side by side from the middle of the bottom of the tree. This will be the trunk of the tree. And draw a horizontal line at the end of the trunk of the tree, which will be land.
Congratulations your pine tree line drawing is complete. Now if you want to color the pine tree then follow the next steps.
Step.4 color the tree leaves
Everyone knows that the leaves of the tree are green. But the young leaves of the tree are lighter in color than the old leaves.
So to give a nice realistic effect to the drawing, first paint the tops of the tree branches with light green.
Step.5 finish the tree drawing color
Now paint the empty parts of the tree with dark green color. You can use a black pen(pencil, marker) to highlight the drawing.
You can use anything you like to color the pine tree (colored pencils, paints, markers, etc…).
materials
- a4 paper
- pencil
- color
- eraser
#2. How to draw a pine tree easy for kids
Step by step pine tree drawing in one image
Step.1 Draw the branches and leaves
Step.2 Now draw the tree trunk
Step.3 color the tree
Step.4 Add some details to the pine tree
![Pine tree drawing pencil Pine tree drawing pencil](https://thumbs.dreamstime.com/z/old-tree-knothole-10053281.jpg)
Step.2 Now draw the tree trunk
Step.3 color the tree
Step.4 Add some details to the pine tree
Conclusion
This tutorial shows that even with a very basic easy drawing and simple color you can still end up with a very nice looking pine tree drawing.
If you like this tutorial and would some more similar easy drawing tutorials check the following links:
Christmas tree drawing
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The last time we painted together, we tackled the subject of deciduous trees. Now I'll show you a method to draw and paint pine trees.
I am tackling these trees separately; is because they are different types of structures, and while the basic principles of drawing remain the same for both, they are worth practicing separately.
To begin with, here is a Plein air graphite drawing of a pine tree. Right away, you'll notice that the main thing to understand here is the same as the key to drawing deciduous trees well: Keep a balanced level of detail.
That means that you don't draw the whole tree as a simple triangle shape, ignoring the individual branches and gaps where the light shines through, but also you don't draw individual needles unless you are very, very close.
Our brain sees all the details but doesn't perceive it all at once. So, if you draw something too detailed- it will just look messy. This is also good to remember when drawing portraits.
I recommend drawing all types of trees in graphite while outside so that you can focus on their forms without being distracted by colour mixing and managing paint dry time.
Even when you're experienced, it is still a good exercise. Now, the painting tutorial portion of this blog post will demonstrate how to paint a backlit Pine tree so that you can focus on the basic silhouette of the subject.
Pine Tree Drawing Black And White
Once you have drawn a very light outline of the tree and the ground, use some masking fluid as shown to keep the ground defined.
You will then use a wet on wet method to add the blue sky, leaving the bottom white and then adding in a tiny hint of yellow ochre at the bottom to suggest evening golden light.
Remove the masking fluid and add a light wash of yellow ochre to everything. In my picture, it looks like the masking fluid is still there, but that is because sadly the masking fluid I bought alters the surface of the paper to be tinted a little bit yellow and then absorb the colours more darkly.
I'm sharing this anyway because it proves the importance of quality supplies when you use watercolour. Even an experienced painter will struggle with poor quality supplies.
Add some deep, cool browns and greens as well as some more yellow ochre to flesh out the tree trunk and the ground. There's a bit of vegetation in a field just behind the tree so I'm starting to define that now.
Add another layer of brown, and if necessary, blend it with your finger a little to make the transition from the ground to the field look a little more natural. Some shadows will be more starker than you expect.
Now, it is time to add the final colours to the pine tree itself. Use a cool and very subdued green mixture. Always have the point of the brush facing towards the edges of the tree and use that point to create the suggestion of individual branches.
Individual needles won't show here because we are too far away from the tree. Don't go over a place you already painted too many times, because that will make the edges too dark and the middle too light, and that's very hard to fix if not impossible.
Now, let the previous layer dry completely because, to define more branches and add dimension, you need to be able to sharply define more branches over the top of the previous ones.
Use the same technique as the previous layer, using the point of the brush to suggest the shapes of the branches.
Blending some wet paint into other wet paint is fine here because shadows fall more softly in some places than in others. Still, you want most of the lines to feel jagged and suggest branches.
Remember that pine tree branches generally turn upward instead of downward (there are always exceptions, but that's what they are, exceptions).
A huge part of making a tree look real is to take careful note of that tree species' growth pattern and what directions the branches take. If the branches fork, where do they fork and how often?
Realistic Pine Tree Drawing
These are things we don't think about when we're just casually looking at trees, but they're very important for painting a tree.
Trees are more difficult to draw and paint than many of us expect, but they're so important because they make up a huge part of the landscape around us.
Also, when you master drawing trees, you can be creative in how the trees embody the mood of a setting.