5 Essential BRUSHWORK Techniques for Painting Trees and Foliage

Are you struggling to create painterly and Impressionist trees and foliage in your landscape paintings? In this video, I'll share 5 essential brushwork techniques that will help you take your tree and foliage painting skills to the next level. I'll demonstrate each technique with step by step instructions to help you practice in your own time. Whether you're a beginner or an experienced painter, these techniques will help you create trees and foliage with volume and interesting shapes. So grab your paints and let's get started!

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00:00 Solve the problem of flat shapes
01:31 Use brush direction
01:53 Soft edges
02:09 Hard edges
02:19 Combine similar shapes
02:46 Use sky holes
03:26 Precise brush marks
03:56 Paint shapes within shapes