4 Tree Branch Studies in Watercolor, Ft. Renesans

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Studying tree branch patterns is a favorite art activity of mine. There are so many possibilities and so many unique characteristics and designs to be found in those patterns. I'll take you through 4 original compositional designs using tree branch pattern ideas from various photo reference I took.
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@tr33m00nk 4 ай бұрын

Very clear and instructive, thank you. Just so you know, 5 years on, this lesson/demonstration is still valuable and relevant to those of us trying to improve and get inspiration from the lessons.

@ralphanderson2603 3 ай бұрын

BEST WISHES 4 WIFE, prayers R with U folks!

@claudiahowell9508 Жыл бұрын

Wonderful to watch them come alive.

@deannerader6527 Жыл бұрын

Beautiful branches! This will be very helpful for the painting I was drawing today! Great instruction! Thank you for sharing!!!

@bramelsheretan 2 жыл бұрын

wow, the first video I've seen featuring the golden spiral, I know it well through photography, great video

@Alabamastrutt 2 жыл бұрын

I loved this video! BRANCHES! YES!!! ❤️

@annajordan5554 3 жыл бұрын

Loved watching this one , I think they are beautiful. Thank you!

@bevann716 5 жыл бұрын

I pray your wife recovers swiftly from her surgery. Merry Christmas to you and your family.....and Reese. Thank you for giving us your excellent videos.

@tatt-back 6 ай бұрын

Love your teachings.

@aliciamolloy5948 4 жыл бұрын

Love these studies, thank you Steve!

@jannettebeatsonberger2516 2 жыл бұрын

I got alot outta this Steve. Thank you!

@lindaholmes754 5 жыл бұрын

Thank you and have a very good Christmas.

@antoniaaarnoudse3995 3 жыл бұрын

Just wonderful all your videos we cobble them up one after the other many thanks

@watercolorartist646 5 жыл бұрын

Blessings and prayers to your wife and family . Have a wonderful Holiday! Thanks for all you do!

@barbaragemin5117 5 жыл бұрын

Thank you for all your wonderful demos this year Steve. All the best for your wife's recovery and have a happy and peaceful New Year

@ChasingTadpoles 5 жыл бұрын

Merry Christmas Steve to you and your family. Prayers for your wife. God bless you!

@ruthballardart 3 жыл бұрын

Really lovely and totally enjoyable to watch! TY!

@t2terri 3 жыл бұрын

Wonderful! Thanks for sharing!

@rainbowfox1934 5 жыл бұрын

It makes great sense to choose one tree in a landscape to detail and make unique. Thanks for the tip.

@pamelaburns1081 10 ай бұрын

In the 60’s we did this with Pantone markers and a box of Pantone color sheets (250 as I remember) to practice composition and mutable color(Albers). 2 semesters worth. Lol

@nameissturdy1390 4 жыл бұрын

I love looking at trees and their patterns in the winter. Thank you for the video. I hope your family is doing well.

@PamelaChase 3 жыл бұрын

I put some masking fluid in a small oiler bottle with a tiny tip ... works pretty well for fine lines

@carolebentley5697 3 жыл бұрын

Wonderful, I enjoyed learning this.

@bobbysands5385 Жыл бұрын

Great lesson! Thank you.

@TheBicycleLadyThings 5 жыл бұрын

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

@elsagrace3893 5 жыл бұрын

Oooh, gosh those are so pretty. This video did a lot for me. Now I know I’m not looney for staring at trees.

@pq1475 Жыл бұрын

I think it's great this video with your four explorations and comments about it. I love watching and listening to it. I try to take your teachings 😁🤩.

@paintlady2268 5 жыл бұрын

Awesome! Thank you for sharing. The top two remind me of days gone by lazing on the grass and looking up in awe at the intricate complexity of nature. Good memories. Great studies.

@GabrielleCarbonneau 5 жыл бұрын

I’m glad your wife is on the mend and I thank you for this study! Merry Christmas!

@maryaltabev5275 5 жыл бұрын

You are getting better and better! Thank you and good wishes for you and your family.

@lisecourville2405 5 жыл бұрын

merry X mas to you and your family. God bless you.

@sherryseiden8408 Жыл бұрын

All of your videos are so fantastic and I'm learning so much! I've always loved the patterns of leafless branches against the sky in Winter. I haven't been able to successfully express what I'm seeing before now. I bought a rigger and it practically paints the branches itself! Your instruction makes watercolor painting a lot less overwhelming for me. Thank you so much!

@karenjohnson6487 5 жыл бұрын

I can tell you love trees. You render them beautifully. Makes a very interesting piece. Thank you.

@coastalwoman19 3 жыл бұрын

Awesome video, great teacher!

@brendacookiebreton4481 3 жыл бұрын

I loved this video! I must now try my own as I look at tree branches all the time. Great instruction.

@lindacarreira8106 5 жыл бұрын

Thanks for your wonderful tutorials this past year. So interesting and informative. Praying for healing for your wife. Merry Christmas and a new year filled with God’s blessings to you and your family.

@peterkimberley4311 5 жыл бұрын

I am sorry to hear about your wife . I hope she will have a speedy recovery and she will be in my prayers.

@charlesz8531 5 жыл бұрын

I'm a beginner drawer. Trees are fascinatingto me. However in the summer, they're all big lumps, hard to tell where the branches are. This is the first winter after I started to draw and boy, all the tree branches are so interesteting and unique. Like you said in the video, I take photos of them and try to use them as refereences. Thanks a million for this wonderful video! Peace!

@joycesnodgrass7068 5 жыл бұрын

I love this video! Trees, foxes, and sunflower are just lovely.

@maryanharrell5642 5 жыл бұрын

Oh, Steve, one of my two favorite subjects, birds and trees!!!! What a Christmas gift you have given me!! Thanks so much. I will watch this one several times, and I have learned so much from it about watching the way the branches grow. I love to study tree branches, too. I hope you and your dear wife and family have a very blessed Christmas and a wonderful New Year. God bless you all, and thank you for your wonderful teaching. You will never know how much you mean to this old painter down in Savannah!

@azbz1z2z75 5 жыл бұрын

Merry Christmas and prayers for your wife. Love Reese and your videos .

@sheelkhirbat9857 3 жыл бұрын

I'm simply love your artwork- trees , branches, rocks .... Best wishes from India!

@sybileberhart3439 Жыл бұрын

Wow!!! Love your tree branches and woody roots. So beautiful. The uh look so realistic. Thank you. I love trees and struggle so trying to paint or draw them. You make it look so easy and I know it is not.

@victoriagadd6831 4 жыл бұрын

Love these. Can’t wait to see more from you. Thanks Steve.

@drbettyschueler3235 5 жыл бұрын

I love your branch studies. I was thinking that your studies would look nice with the whole page framed and hung for people to see. It is a great example of how a number of small sketches can be used to make a completed work of art.

@soniamoore9776 3 жыл бұрын

Really useful and inspiring for my trees project

@lindysmith13 5 жыл бұрын

Merry Christmas.

@judystierle1473 4 жыл бұрын

This was so helpful‼️😍. Thank you

@rebeccajosteelman563 5 жыл бұрын

Love it, thank you, Steve, and sending holiday best wishes to you and yours.

@ruthinehennessy8705 5 жыл бұрын

Thank you for a wonderful Christmas present. When I watched this video the first time I went out in my own little yard and took pictures of the winter trees there. They are waiting for me to put the holidays away. Now, Christmas morning, I treated myself to another viewing of your video before the house gets crazy. Your quiet voice is a meditative way to start the day. I'm hoping your wife is doing well, recovering nicely. And I hope you are, too. The Good Lord knows it is often just as hard for family, especially spouses, when they watch their loved one struggle. Peace be with you, and Merry Christmas!

@arcticcompass 3 жыл бұрын

How have I missed this video for so long? I started wc about 1 1/2 years ago, independently did a few branch paintings and I'm certainly encouraged to continue on from this excellent video. You are the best, Steve! If I wasn't in the red I'd be a patron.

@vickie6228 5 жыл бұрын

Thanks so much for this. Speedy recovery to your wife and a Merry Christmas and blessed New Year!

@tedkeasey8625 5 жыл бұрын

I loved the exercise on tree branches. Sometime, can you do another video like this on painting different types of rocks? Also, different kinds of flowing water?

@SouthernArtGallery 5 жыл бұрын

Best wishes to you and your family.

@phebefriddle9133 5 жыл бұрын

Loved this one, I have a photo on my phone as my backdrop. It was taken in early spring, bare trees set against a blue sky. I too love the branches.

@Florence4462 5 жыл бұрын

Could not believe you were doing a demo on precisely the topic of tree branches that I have tried to master for the last few months!! BRILLIANT! Thank you Steve for this watercolour Christmas present. Wishing you a very Merry Christmas and good wishes for your wife. 🎄🙏🎨

@janenewman6601 5 жыл бұрын

Just amazing and so inspiring

@gorway7 5 жыл бұрын

Best wishes to you and your wife, hope she feels better soon. Have a great and blessed Christmas Steve. ...Reese too!

@essietangle9931 5 жыл бұрын

All the best to your wife, you and your family! Thank you so much for the video also. Merry Christmas and a Happy/Healthy New Year. It will be great to break these up as referral videos.

@tinaschmidtsart 4 жыл бұрын

This is an awesome lesson! I noticed in your videos that the trees are especially detailed and lively, very organic! You make these things we take for granted so interesting. Thank you for sharing!

@elsagrace3893 5 жыл бұрын

Merry Christmas, Steve. This video is a special present to me. Bless you. I love figure drawing, painting but I’ve moved far out in a rural area and have run low out of money for gas and drawing meet ups. Can’t go to the coffees shop to draw people. So now I’m doing the trees and landscape. I really love it! I love the beauty of the trees and trying to capture it. Landscapes are new for me. Plus I follow my cats around and try to draw them while they are moving. Also the sheep and chickens. 😄

@KweenBee37 5 жыл бұрын

Wow, so beautiful

@paulinehughes5325 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you very helpful Stay safe!

@barbe847 5 жыл бұрын

Thank you for your video and art design explanation. I always wanted to take an art class and feel like your explanations were informative. I will try to listen to other of your videos and try your watercolor suggestions.

@jensorenson9145 2 жыл бұрын

Hey tripped over your channel you make it looks so easy! I take care 9f my mom with dementia and i desperately need an outlet. I want to learn water color so bad ..

@silvanacecchini9701 5 жыл бұрын

Wishing you and yours a very Merry Christmas and a healthy New Year. Hope your wife gets well soon. Thank you for gifting us with your gift all year.

@margaretosullivan5367 5 жыл бұрын

Steve, I’m in awe at your talents- so easy to listen to and inspiring to watch. Thank you! Blessings of healing to your wife and peace and joy to yourself at Christmas.

@sleepyparrot. 5 жыл бұрын

Sending lots of well wishes for your wife and warm greetings for you and your family this Christmas.

@Artistlife1 5 жыл бұрын

Yesterday I went to the art store and bought Arches Cold Press watercolor paper. Today I fell in love. I fell in love with Arches. Thank you for all your teaching. I’ve learned so much. Have a great Christmas.

@maryanharrell5642 5 жыл бұрын

I have watched this video again, Steve, having saved it on my watch again list. I loved it so much! I really love to draw and paint trees and this one is such an inspiration to me. Thanks again, Steve.

@jaimeanderson9238 5 жыл бұрын

Yeah, I've been waiting for your new video. Your trees are always wonderful. Thank you:)

@agnesparker2782 5 жыл бұрын

Nice! Thank you for taking the time to share this study. Very helpful. Wishing you and yours a blessed Christmas.

@jenniferbutcher8393 5 жыл бұрын

Merry Christmas! I'm praying for you and your wife as she recovers. Thank you for being such an inspiration to me, and for guiding me in my watercolor adventures! I can believe how much my painting has improved , between the techniques and using equipment and paper that you have demonstrated. God continue to bless you! ❤

@lindakazel6611 5 жыл бұрын

Thank you! I really learned a great deal. I hope your wife is on the mend and that you and your family have a Happy, Healthy Holidays.

@cockatielnation5425 5 жыл бұрын

Lovely!

@wizkidsvideos 5 жыл бұрын

Happy healthy holiday to you and your family. ❤️❤️❤️

@shirleysrussell6235 5 жыл бұрын

Loved it. Thank you.

@CouzCat 5 жыл бұрын

I love trees in spring after a rain that turns the trees & branches very dark just as they're about to leaf out. That very pale green of the just emerging leaves & dark wood is a beautiful contrast. Thanks for all you share.

@annewright8184 5 жыл бұрын

Absolutely gorgeous! Hope your wife is having a good recovery. I missed hearing about her operation. Hope you and all of your loved ones are having a wonderful 2019 and that the year will be a wonderful one for you!

@onemig00 5 жыл бұрын

This is so amazing, Steve! And hope your wife is doing much better. Sending love and positive vibes to you!

@donnad7373 5 жыл бұрын

Beautiful branch study! I'll definitely use some of the techniques shown. Love trees and unusual branch shapes & designs. Thanks for your great videos.

@joycesnodgrass7068 5 жыл бұрын

Thank you! Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

@aprilharvey2225 5 жыл бұрын

Thank-you for the reminder on how important little studies are. Happy new year

@susanhamilton1822 5 жыл бұрын

Most excellent, fabulous tutorial. Thank you Steve. Wishing a speedy recovery to the Mrs. and a very Happy Holiday to you and the family. See you next year.

@vani519 5 жыл бұрын

Wishing you and your Family a wonderful Christmas!!!

@HajraMeeks 5 жыл бұрын

Wishing your wife a full and speedy recovery, Steve, and you and your family a blessed Christmas season. 🤗✨🎨

@mindofwatercolor 5 жыл бұрын

Thank you Hajra! Right back at ya!

@barbrajoan2554 5 жыл бұрын

Wishing you and your family a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. Steve thank you for all you do .

@chrisr5362 5 жыл бұрын

Wishing you the best for your wife, Steve! All the best for the New Year! Thank you for sharing your amazing art with us. :D

@alvinafriesen4452 5 жыл бұрын

Thank you for the great tutorial. Have a wonderful Christmas.

@rhondacarson3990 5 жыл бұрын

Wishing you and your family health and happiness over this holiday season ..I love your tutorials....you make learning from you a joy.Thank you.

@annewatman677 5 жыл бұрын

Thank you for another wonderful video. I learn so much from you. Have a wonderful Christmas, and all of your followers will look forward to seeing you in 2019!

@Evi_Evi86 5 жыл бұрын

Well wishes to your wife and off course wishing you a merry christmas!

@joanporter916 5 жыл бұрын

I love your work..demos..and refreshing manner..God bless you and your family and Merry Christmas from Ohio

@susanmarland2104 5 жыл бұрын

Thank you for giving your time to do this video I learned so much, especially to see the ordinary through different eyes. May you and your family have a blessed Christmas.

@nicks931 5 жыл бұрын

Merry Christmas, love your show! Thanks for everything.

@Lorens-art 5 жыл бұрын

Another brilliant lesson with Steve, thanks from down under. Loren:)

@klo3525 5 жыл бұрын

thank you and merry christmas to you too!!

@poisontail8990 3 жыл бұрын

I've seen people go out with casein and paint plein aire. They say they've been watching too much James Gurney. After we had a blizzard last week here in Finland, I felt driven to go out with my camera to capture some winter scenes. Particularly for reference. I realised I paid so much attention to all the trees and the branches - how the snow how fallen on them, how the wind had built a snow cover on the wind side and how water hade frozen as drops all over some trees. I think I've been watching too much Steve Mitchell. :D

@marlamcdaniel7690 5 жыл бұрын

OH I LOVED that!!!!! I plan to do some study's of my own... thanks for the video!!!

@rashone2879 5 жыл бұрын

Wonderful video! I am a lover of trees for the reasons you describe. Branches offer endless possibilities for design and elegance. I work in pen and ink and take hundreds of tree photos. MI love tramping through woods discovering drawing possibilities. Merry Xmas and Happy New Year and many rewarding drawing and painting adventures.