Landscape Tutorial-How to Draw a Dead Tree Pt 2 of 2

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Welcome back everybody. This is part 2 to how to draw a tree tutorial. Last video was the tree anatomy and the basics on just how to draw one. This video is going to focus on the detail process including the shading and form.

The sketch started out by just using cylinders and manipulating the shape of it. The shading process of the tree will be using some charcoal. The name of the charcoal is Generals. And ill be using hard medium and extra soft.

You need to establish where the light will be coming from to enable you to understand where the highlights and shadows will be on the tree. Where the light hits the tree will be very light and where the light doesn't hit the tree will be very dark.

The cylinders are only there to help you understand the basic shape of the tree. You leave the cylinder shape on the page and just shade over everything.

The branches and twigs takes some practice. You almost need to twist the pencil in your hand as you are drawing.

With the last parts of the drawing, you want to keep it irregular and unique to help to replicate what a realistic tree would look like in the real world. It really helps to go out and take some reference images or go on google to find images. It is always a plus to have an image next to you to always look back to when you are stuck or dont know where to draw in something.
This whole drawing took me just over 20 minutes or so.