How to draw an autumn tree step by step

2024 Author: Leah Sherlock | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 05:25

What could be more beautiful than nature? Juicy spring greenery, bizarre snow-covered branches, crimson autumn leaves… Nature attracts, probably, everyone, and many would like to try to depict at least a piece of nature on paper. However, not everyone can be artists and paint complex landscapes. Someone would really like to learn how to draw at least one tree, not to mention something more complex. It is for people who really want, but do not know how to draw, this lesson is intended. From the article you will learn how to draw an autumn tree in stages, getting great pleasure from the process and the result. This master class will help you not only draw a picture, but also teach you to see the right lines, build them, which means it will help you to depict a real landscape in the future.

How to draw an autumn tree

So, let's get down to ourmaster class. Take a sheet of paper, pencil and colored pencils, an eraser and repeat step by step!

Step 1. Draw the trunk

Let's start with the trunk. Don't know how to draw a tree trunk? It's very simple! Draw two parallel lines at a fairly impressive distance (unless you are going to depict a birch). Draw lines to mark the root of the tree. Next, the trunk should go into wide branches. Look at the picture below, they look like snakes, draw them on your piece of paper.

Step 2. Detailing the branches

Now we detail our branches. Add small, thin branches to make the tree look more natural and not look like a kid's drawing. If you do not know how to draw a tree branch correctly, look at the picture below. Remember the rule: branches should not be duplicated, turn on your imagination and do not mirror exact copies. In addition, to achieve a slight 3D effect, draw some branches more clearly, and some, on the contrary, only mark with hatching.

Step 3rd. Bark effect

How to draw a natural autumn tree? Add subtle lines on the trunk and on the branches. They should not be perfectly even, on the contrary, the lines should create a bark effect. Make "islands" in some places, as shown in the picture below.

Step 4. Add color

Now it's time to add color to your tree. deep brown redcolor draw the lines that you sketched in the previous step.

Step 5. Coloring

Light brown pencil paint over the remaining parts of the tree. Make sure all your lines have the same direction!

Step 6th. Let's make the image three-dimensional

Now let's start applying shadows. Draw shadows along the outline of the tree with a medium brown pencil to make the image look more voluminous. If you have never de alt with shadows in a drawing, check out how it is done in the picture below.

Step 7th. Aging the tree

You can make your tree "older" if you like. To do this, take a dark brown pencil, paint over the red-brown areas and deepen the shadows.

Step 8. Autumn

So we got to the last step in the story of how to draw an autumn tree. It remains to add small yellow leaves. Draw miniature leaves on the thin twigs and color them with yellow-orange and reddish pencils.

Now you know how to draw an autumn tree. We wish you success in your future endeavors!