Below you’ll find an easy step-by-step tutorial for how to draw a Tree Tutorial Video. This one helps students see how to draw some more realistic looking branches.
Tree Drawing
When it comes to learning how to draw a tree, drawing from real life is not really practical or even possible for most elementary art students. Even if they could go outside, not everyone has a nice view of a mature tree, standing all by itself somewhere, that they can sit down and draw. Not to worry though, there are lots of features that trees have in common, so once students learn more about them, they can start to draw more realistic trees all on their own.
Most students start out drawing a tree with a rectangle trunk and cloud shape on top. That’s great when they’re young, and just starting to see shapes. The next step though is to see more of the branch system that they have. This tutorial is made to show students how there is a randomness to the branches, but also a kind of formula to follow too. Adding more detail to drawings will always help them become better at it!
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Materials for How to Draw a Tree
Crayola Twistables Crayons for Kids
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STABILO Premium Fibre-Tip Pen Pen
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Pencils
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Drawing Paper
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Directions for How to Draw a Step by Step
Time needed: 30 minutes
How to Draw a Tree
- Draw one side of the tree.
- Add the other side.
- Turn the branches into a Y shape.
- Draw two larger branches below.
- Draw two larger branches still below.
- Add random shorter branches.
- Draw a bumpy tree line all around the branches.
- Add the leaf details, a ground line and clouds.
- Trace the drawing with a marker and color.
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