This is a really great tutorial. I am relatively new at watercoloring and appreciate lessons like this so much. Thank you.

For months I have been seeing many tutorials about watercolour, recently about landscapes and trees. You, sir, are amazing teacher! So many great tips, I love your communication style, I'm excited to see all your other videos and wait for more.

I love how he explains what other find obvious. It’s those things that make him so much better as an instructor. I keep saying “Ah ha!!” I am so excited I have found his videos!!!!

Your demonstration of tree foliage was very helpful. Thank you.

I have followed Geoff for years, first on SAA then on KZfaq. I like his tutorials and his choice of subjects. I am now retired and have the time to pick-up where I left off, with my painting. Thanks Geoff

This is absolutely one of the best watercolor tutorial! Thanks Geoff!

My daughter wants to learn how to paint landscapes in water colour. So I decided I'd help her out by searching for videos I think she should watch. I have only watched the first 5 minutes and already I am commenting because I am so impressed. There are several reasons: 1. Unlike other tutorials, you show what you started with, without a lot of extraneous gabbing. 2. You showed the selection and mixing of the colours AND your selection of paint brush. 3. You demonstrated how to hold and use the brush as well as what NOT to do. In other words, you did not talk a lot on just the technical side (color, lighting, composition). Instead you described and demonstarted the brush stroke technique to use. 4. Your first 4 minutes showed me a recognizaable tree and you have only STARTED. Your video may be almost 4 years old, but it one I am going to suggest to anyone who is a beginner and wants to learn how to paint water colour landscapes. Thank you.

I love how you use the grainy paper to make the tree. That's ingenious! That makes a beautifully realistic tree. I admire you for giving away your secret to how you make your tree look so realistic. Well done, Mr. Kersey! The 240 people who gave your technique a thumbs down don't appreciate how beautiful your technique or we'll never know why they gave it a thumbs down. Their loss!

Bellissimi! ...Sembra fattibile...anche per me... Mi eserciterò, speriamo bene! GRAZIE DI VERO CUORE!

Love your tutorial

I feel like my blood pressure dropped watching this guy teach water painting. Real life experience behind the brushes, colors, and palettes. Another Boss Ross, but with water painting, lol. Good job, Geoff Kersey.

Good lesson on dry brushing, thank you!

you brought me back to life today.. thank you so much. I used to love to paint and have won many competitions.. and got so engrossed in academics that completely lost touch of art. Working 14 hrs a day, first time in many years I feel alive and fresh! Eternally grateful to you

Thank you for your generous sharing. 🙏

Very helpful. I rewatch this from time to time and always learn something new. Thanks!

Wow. Incredible light in your studio. The production quality of your tutorial surpasses most television offerings. Fantastic crew and great tutorial. Thank you so much.

Hello Geoff, just want to say thank you for your brilliant tutorials! I've struggled with my trees, as it's been many many years since I picked up a brush, but at last I've found someone who has shown me how to paint trees that I want to paint! I'm in my 70s now, and your voice is so calm and relaxing that I feel confident now that I really can paint a tree that I like!

Just starting with watercolor and this was an excellent tutorial on painting trees. Thank you Geoff!

Thank you Mr. Kersey for your tutorial! I loved so much!

Thanks Geoff! This is the best watercolor tree painting tutorial on KZfaq!

I have really been struggling, everything ending up in the trash. I came across this video, gave it a go, and my desire to paint has been restored. THANK YOU.

I like the way you show what colours to mix to get the various effects. Not many tutors do that!

man, i wish i could show you the one i drew before i googled how to do this, and the one i just did with your video...night and day! and everybody thought the first one was good lol, thank you so much

Geoff, you have given the best technique I have ever seen for dry brush. The trees and foliage are outstanding. Thank you for sharing.

thank you from an American cousin. I've been looking for someone that can paint a clear, yet simple, evergreen.

Happy I discovered you! Thank you!

I love your work and tutorials, Mr.Kersey. Thank you!

Thank you so much for this wonderful tutorial. You are a very good teacher and an excellent painter!

I have been struggling with trees for the longest time until now! Thank you so much for this east to follow, informative lesson!

What a great teacher. He is easy to listen too, and I also love as well how he mixes his paint on the fly too, as another had mentioned earlier in a comment. Why do why like such a thing as that? I think it is because, he is just a very genuine guy and authentic. As for myself, I'm so wager to paint that I'm always mixing my paints as I go!

Geoff, you're a wonderful and talented artist and watercolour teacher!

He is so easy to listen to and he explains it so well

I really enjoy the way you teach this technique, I will watch your site more in the future, thank you.

Very helpful thank you so much!

Excellent demonstration. I’m looking forward to painting some trees.

Thank-you for this video tutorial! I love the numerous tips you give throughout this video - it really helps me as a beginner. I love your book too - "Painting perspective, depth & distance"!

Excellent tutorial! Thank you very much, Geoff!

Very helpful lesson, clear, concise and doable. Thank you!

Thanks, Geoff. Nice lesson. Generous, helpful and enjoyable.

I first subscribed to his watercolour tutorials because of this tree tutorial video. I am not arty at all, never painted anything in my life, but now I’m painting landscape scenes I’ve never imagined myself doing before so this has been so amazing

Such GRACE! Thank you. Very skilled and sensitive. Beautiful.

Your hands are blessed ❤

Thank you once again Geoff for an excellent lesson. So understandable with new tips and techniques every time which really helps my work to improve.

Mr. Kersey - Thank you for a really wonderful lesson! I can't wait to go put it to practice! So beautifully explained with wonderful video as well! Call me grateful!

Thanks for sharing.I love your trees work.

Thank you so much for the demonstration. Very helpful and appreciate how you move it along at just the right pace.

Thank you Geoff I used this with my online zoom art class which I share with military families having a fun relaxed hour or two with watercolour!!we enjoyed recreating your technique - thank you x

Thank you for the simplicity of your teaching.

I can't wait to watch more of your videos. Very inspiring and you are great at teaching what you love down to the detail.

You just blew my mind with such simplicity... Thank you!

You’re the absolute best instructor! Love watching you. I’m a beginner and this has been so helpful!

Really enjoyed your demo many thanks love the use of the brush strokes.

Thank you so much for your tutorial!! Extremely helpful. I really appreciate the fact that you show how you work through little mistakes here and there, as it's a lot more realistic; I think many artists (beginner artists, etc) feel as though when they make a mistake, their artwork is gone. It's refreshing to see how those mistakes can be utilized in a painting, instead of *ruining* it. Your art is beautiful! Thanks so much again. :)

This is so beautiful! The explanations are so clear and straight forward. Its so clear that from basic strokes, you can control more complicated paintings. I am enjoying every single video you do. Please do as many as you can. Your work is amazing. Thank you very much for sharing.

Thank you so much for demystifying the tree. The scumbuling effect makes a hugh difference. Its nice to hear why it is important to do something rather than just being told to do it. You are a good and true teacher.

Your trees are beautiful. Thanks for sharing!!

Thank you, Geoff. I've followed you for many years on Art Tutor (still do) and have learned much from you. My favorite paintings are landscapes that include trees. This was a great tutorial, as always.

Absolutely love how you teach as you explain everything so simply and clearly.

This is my favorite tree tutorial. I’ve seen it many times. Thankyou

Geoff I have been watching you since you were a young un and still watching, funny thing is landscapes are not my thing to paint but I like watching.

The last tree was my favorite!

Wow. Thanks Geoff. Can't wait as a brand new begginer to try these techniques out. Colour mixing especially. Looks fun. Your teaching tech is so clear. Again thank you from John. 69 years and never to late to learn something new.

Wonderful tutorial! Thanks so much for sharing. Cheers from Canada!

All your paintings are so beautiful!

You are an amazing teacher. Loved the way you teach. Thanks for this tutorial 😊🙏

I’m very new at painting and have been searching for tutorials. I really like the way you teach and can’t wait to try this as my trees look terrible but now I know why.

Very clear explanations. Magistral!!!

Great teacher!!!! Excellent instructions and explanations!! I can’t wait to try this out. Thank you!

Geoff first time I've watched your videos and you have such an honest, gentle voice that is pleasant to listen too but I think what brings it al together is the close up details we get to see and you make it very simple to break down the picture and paint what you see. You've made a follower out of me, thank you very much. I could watch you all day. By the way your work is mesmerising, brilliant. Loren Melbourne Australia :)

My first effort to enter the world of water color and this instruction captured my attention. He made the concept very exciting, interesting, and encouraging for a beginner in his seventies! Thanks Geoff Kersey.

Thank you Geoff for this. As a newby to painting it was so helpful and clear and you named all the colours you used. Many don’t.

Muchas gracias por el tutorial. Es perfecto! Claro y preciso. Es Ud. un gran maestro, gracias por su generosidad.

Have always had trouble painting trees. This was a great lesson & am anxious to try it.

You are such a great teacher not because you’re talented (ofc you’re talented no doubts) but because you explicitly reveal what to be done and what not to be done and why without hiding anything ❤️❤️❤️

Thank you Geoff, wonderful tutorial. Keep them coming, please!🙏🏼❤️

You explain everything precisely and clearly without over complicating things, thank you. You have a new subscriber.

Fantastic lesson

Wow ! Just found your channel. You are a wonderful teacher you are answering all questions, Value, paint consistency, brush handling and strokes. I am new to watercolor painting and all painting and your teaching style is exactly what I have been looking for. I am excited to see more of your excellent videos. Many thanks!

You're absolutely wonderful. I love your technique. You're delightful & thank you for sharing.

So relaxing watching you paint.

Wonderful tutorial - thank you for explaining this so well!

Your tutorial is so VERY helpful. Thank you for helping us learn how to paint trees.

Just got into painting 🌲 trees, perfect!

"You don't want to make it look like a Woolworth's Christmas Tree"... oh how lovely! I love this tutorial, thanks Geoff. Helps enormously as I traverse the watercolour journey myself. Amazing how many different colours, brushes, paper, etc. x

I just LOVE painting trees, mountain scenes, water scapes (lakes, streams, ocean) - ANYthing in nature, really, including wildlife, but have had a hard time finding tutorials online that explain the sequence & timing of each step - and really have had a hard time getting my pine trees to look less flat (like a comb) as well as achieving that depth without getting my colors all muddled. After watching your video (which happened to come up in my feed), I Subscribed! I'm going to try some trees right now using a few different water color sets while keeping in mind; 1. Mix your colors first 2. Wet the area with clear water 3. Start at the center of the tree & work your way outward 4. Use the side of the paintbrush (not the tip) to scumble in the color for texture & spacing 5. Lay down the lightest color first, then the darker tone on the shadow side, then touch in the highlights using the tip of a smaller round brush 6. Fill in gaps with suggestions of the trunk all the way around and up 7. Touch the base of the foliage where it meets the trunk with a bit of main tree color to blend over the top of the trunk so the trunk appears to be behind the foliage. THANK YOU! VERY Helpful! :)

Indeed a good tutorial. Helpful I sure have learnt your painting techniques. Thank you

Fantastic tree tutorial!!! Bravo! 👍👍

Wow ! Thanks so much. Great to see your technique displayed here. Impressive, indeed.

Thank you this was very enlightening.

I’m looking at your art around the room and how you relate to a beginner with your instruction. Wow your generous in how you speak to a untrained artist. I’m grateful for your reasoning, speed, and clarity. Wonderful! You make me think perhaps I can paint a tree like you. Humn, my potential has exploded. Ha ha ha. Upon execution I suspect oncoming humility. Thank you.

Love your techniques and can’t wait to try this

Wonderful teaching technique…thank you for the clear exclamations. I’m almost ready to try watercolor now!

Really love your work and teaching method...very informative yet no rubbish talk no dilly dally...fantastic subject to my interest...

Always loved watching you tutor. So beautiful and relaxing. Thank you!

Everything about this video is perfect...the instructions..the camera angles. Just great.

Excellent Geoff!

You are such a good teacher! I can’t wait to try!

Beautiful! Thanks for educating us.

You make it look so easy! Very effective yet so simple...thankyou! Very inspired now to have a go!

I'm a total beginner who is trying to teach himself the "big-brush" or "fast-and-loose" style of watercolor popularized by the late Ron Ranson. Hence, I have watched many, many videos on various aspects of watercolor painting. Geoff, this is absolutely, positively the best tutorial on trees that I have EVER seen! Moreover, I think the vast majority of your techniques will "translate" well into my work with the 2" goat-hair hake brush (supplemented by a 1" flat brush and #3 rigor). Thank you VERY much for your clear, logical explanation and demonstration.