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    Drawing & Painting Trees in the Landscape

    By Claudia Nice

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    Draw & Paint Realistic Trees in All Four Seaons

    Bestselling author and naturalist Claudia Nice is back with another studio essential for every landscape artist. Drawing & Painting Trees in the Landscape features Claudia's best tips and techniques for painting trees of all kinds in their natural settingsfrom the majesty of mountain evergreens to the delicate pink blossoms of cherry trees in spring.

    With her inspiring artistic style and in-depth visual instruction, Claudia starts with the basics, showing you how to break down reference photos and open-air vistas into simple shapes, colors and textures. Follow along as she skillfully guides you through every step of creating vibrant compositions anchored by glorious trees and foliage, including:

    • Drawing and sketching techniques for mapping out successful compositions
    • A variety of basic tree shapes you can reference and copy; featuring more than 40 conifers, hardwoods and deciduous trees
    • Proven color mixes for painting an array of vibrant huesfrom the many different greens of foliage to the soft pastels of spring blossomsusing watercolor, oil, acrylics or mixed media
    • Step-by-step instructions on drawing and painting important details, such as the weathered textures of bark, the sculptural shapes of bare branches in winter, aged mossy trunks and more
    • Techniques for working smart in any medium, such as using simple watercolor washes for distant foliage, adding details with pen & ink, and "knife painting" in oils for interesting dimensional effects

    Whether your goal is to make accurate field sketches for your journal, paint what you see on your travels through the countryside, or just capture familiar views of your own back yard, Claudia makes the process fun, easy and satisfying. Like a walk in the woods, with every step you'll relax, enjoy and learn something new.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherNorth Light Books
    Release dateAug 16, 2011
    ISBN9781440320583
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    • 2/5
      Claudia Nice is an accomplished artist and has created several incredible books on drawing. However, I think this one tried to bite off more than it can chew. Most of her other books are not focused on "how to draw" so much as teaching you how to render, which is creating more detail and realism in your drawing. I think that's where this one went wrong. It's supposed to teach you how to draw and paint trees, but I don't think it did a great job of it. Very little time is spent talking about how to draw trees--which is the basic skill you need to have for the rest of the book. Then, moving forward, Claudia gives several step-by-step demonstrations using 4 different mediums. Yes, you read that right. Four. She covers pen and ink, watercolor, acrylic, and oil. The demonstrations range from something a beginner could possibly copy, to slightly more detailed and advanced techniques. That being said, I don't think enough time was spent on any one medium for someone to walk away feeling they had truly developed a strong skill. If you're really interested in learning how to draw trees, you're better off grabbing a book by Denis John-Naylor, or if you're really serious you could go for The Anatomy of Trees by Rix Vicat Cole (which is also here on Scribd to read). You can also find good tutorials for drawing trees from Dianne Wright or Mike Sibley, online free of charge. For painting trees in watercolor, you may want to go for books by Terry Harrison, Geoff Kersey, or Adelene Fletcher. For painting trees in oil (or acrylic for that matter), I'd look into the classes offered by Michael James Smith, who also posts free Youtube videos. Basically, this might be one of the last books I would pick up. Surprisingly, this is one of the few books written by Claudia on Scribd, where you can read everything inside of it without a problem. That's really too bad, haha!