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I love watching the leaves change color in the fall. There are so many different color combinations you can see in fall trees. So, today I am going to teach you how to paint four different fall trees. Let’s dive in and see how it’s done!

Full video tutorial will be at the bottom of this blog post!

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Supply List:

Watercolor Paper

Watercolor Paint

Watercolor Paint Brushes

Two Cups of Water

Paper Towel

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Paint Colors Used:

Sage Green

Burnt Umber

Cadmium Yellow

Orange

Alizarin Crimson + (little amount) Payne’s Gray

Violet + Payne’s Gray + Alizarin Crimson

Burnt Sienna

All of these colors can be found in this perfect beginner set of watercolor paints. This is the exact set I am using in the video above to create this painting. I highly recommend this product to you if you are looking for a beginner set of paints.

Another fun fall DIY Craft is, Easy DIY Rustic Wooden Candy Corn.

Let’s Start Painting!

Green and Brown Fall Tree:

Grab your round brush and load it up with sage green paint. Begin tapping in the green leaves in the shape you would like your tree to be.

without rinsing your brush dip it into the burnt umber paint mixture and begin filling in some sections with the brown paint.

You will want to have more green than brown paint around your tree.

Now, create a darker mixture of green by adding a little bit of Payne’s gray to your sage green paint mixture. Then tap in some darker green to add some shadows.

Play around with the colors and shape of your tree. Once the tree looks the way your want it to we will add the tree trunk.

To add the tree trunk dip your brush into your Payne’s gray paint, and draw a think short line at the bottom of your tree. Tip: always start smaller you can always add more paint, but it is VERY hard to take any paint away. The bottom of the tree trunk should be slightly larger than the top.

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Yellow and Orange Tree:

We are going to paint the yellow and orange tree very similarly to how we painted the first tree. Start by dipping your round brush into the Cadmium Yellow paint mixture and begin tapping in the leaves in the shape you would like this tree to be.

I chose to make this tree taller and thinner than the green and brown tree.

Once the Cadmium Yellow paint is where you’d like it on your tree, without rinsing your brush dip it into the orange paint mixture and begin tapping in orange leaves wherever you would like them. Use the picture below as a guide.

This tree trunk is going to be slightly more detailed than the last tree trunk we did.

Create a light paint mixture (more water than paint) of Payne’s gray paint and create a think line for the tree trunk.

Then dip your paintbrush into a darker mixture of Payne’s gray paint and begin tapping this color in on the side of the wet tree trunk.

Let this layer completely dry, then add think curved lines to the tree trunk to give your tree trunk a birch tree look. Once your yellow and orange leaves are dry add some thin tree branches up into the leaf area. Use the picture below as a guide.

Pink and Orange Tree:

Dip your brush into your Alizarin Crimson paint and tap in the shape of your tree. Then once you are satisfied with where your pink paint is tap in some orange paint.

Next, let’s add our tree trunk. Dip your brush into the light gray paint mixture and paint in a thin line with a “Y” shape on the top of the tree trunk. Tap in some darker paint to the left side of the tree trunk and add a couple of thin lines into the leaves and off to the side.

Burgandy, Pink, and Orange:

This tree is going to be slightly different because we are going to add three layers to our leaves instead of just two!

Begin by loading up your round brush with a light wash of Burnt Sienna. Use this color to tap in the leaves in the shape you would like this tree to be.

Then without rinsing your brush tap in the pink paint mixture randomly around and inside the orange paint.

Now to top it off tap in the burgundy paint all over the tree, still leaving areas where you can see the orange and pink leaves.

Let’s finish this tree off with our tree trunk.

Begin with add a small think line using Payne’s gray paint. Make the bottom of the trunk larger than the top. Next, add a thin line off the right side of the trunk going up into the leaf area.

Add a few thin lines throughout the leaf area to give the appearance of the tree trunk going up and through the tree.

Full Video Tutorial

That’s It! You’ve Painted Four Fall Trees!

Congrats, on painting some beautiful fall trees! I hope you enjoyed painting with me today!

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How to Paint Fall Trees with Watercolor