Tree Bark Acrylic Painting

Painting the bark is more than just a layer of brown paint on your tree.

Tree bark acrylic painting.

In this exciting free video art lesson professional acrylic artist micah mullen demonstrates how to add depth and texture to your paintings using masking tape and an impasto painting technique. Kevin hill shows you how to paint a close up tree. When painting trees realistically you need to pay attention to the bark. Mix a brown paint and a red paint together on a palette.

When painting a tree the trunk and leaves are the foundation of your painting. To get a realistic painting of a tree trunk use different colors shades and techniques. Saplings adult birch trees and beech trees have smooth surfaces while the outer bark on most other trees such as maple or oak cracks and dries as the tree grows leaving behind a grooved rough surface. Micah uses this process to create three dimensional bark on the trees in his paintings.

1 begin by making a line with a flat or round brush and your desired. T depends on the type of tree the season you are painting and the play of light on the trees and branches. Trunks are wider at the base and may have large prominent roots and knotholes or peeling bark.