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Painting winter trees with David Bellamy

David Bellamy demonstrates painting winter trees in watercolour

Use pastels to paint trees in winter

Leafless trees can be full of colour. Follow Jenny Keal's demonstration to help you to paint winter trees.

How to draw winter trees

Follow Sandra Orme and create a scene of winter trees with evocative winter light using charcoal and soft pastels.

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Five simple ways to paint trees in watercolour

Discover five techniques for painting effective trees with Charles Evans

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How to use pastels to paint trees in the landscape

Steve Hall looks at trees in the landscape and the materials and techniques he uses to depict both summer and winter trees in pastel.

How to paint summer trees with Jenny Aitken

Jenny Aitken shows how to paint summer trees to accompany her August 2019 article in The Artist.

How to paint watercolour trees with Julie Collins

Julie Collins advises on possible colours and colour combinations for trees, both traditional and imaginative, with tips on how to plan and paint them.

How to paint snow-covered trees using masking fluid with Terry Harrison

Terry Harrison shows ways of using masking fluid to create snow-covered trees.

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Aspects of the landscape - skies, trees and grasses with Martin Taylor

Martin looks at various aspects of landscape painting in this 1993 article from The Artist.

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How to paint a winter tree with Adelene Fletcher

Taken from her new book, Kew: The Watercolour A-Z of Trees and Foliage, follow Adelene as she paints a black walnut tree in winter.

The appeal of bare branches by Andrew Wright

Andrew Wright enjoys sketching and painting the complex silhouettes and unexpected colours of trees in winter.

Watercolour painting with James Fletcher Watson

The author encourages the student to examine trees more closely in order to use them successfully in painting compositions

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