Category Archives: Trees

Here is a compilation of all 15 paintings done for my personal tree challenge.  It was a great learning experience and will be useful in future paintings.  There’s a new challenge right around the corner .  .  . stay tuned. To see … Continue reading →

Oh wow, Day 15 finally arrived!  Only my 15 days are unlike any calendar I know – oh well, thank you for sticking with the project I learned a lot and hopefully will be able to carry some of the … Continue reading →

Would you agree that I should change the title of these “Day” Challenges to “(Name of Subject) Project?”  I haven’t exactly followed the “15 Days”, perhaps we could consider them business working days, LOL! For Day 14, I concentrated on Gum … Continue reading →

Fall is a great season for brilliant colors and seeing that I have little practice, I figured that Day 13 would be devoted to Fall colors highlighting a Maple Tree. This oil pastel measures at 9×6 and was painted on cream tinted Mi-Teintes pastel paper.  … Continue reading →

Getting down to the home stretch now, only three to go. For today’s tree I selected Pines using a Colorado Trail setting, had a wonderful reference image to work with from pmp, but used a lot of artistic license in … Continue reading →

Today I tried my hand painting a silhouette of a large Oak Tree with the sun setting in the background. This oil pastel is an 8×10 painted on Mi-Teintes gray tinted pastel paper.  I’ve wanted to paint several silhouettes but have … Continue reading →

Was a little concerned I wasn’t going to make today’s tree challenge. This oil pastel is of a Crepe Myrtle (6×8) on Mi-Teintes cream tinted pastel paper.  I just love these trees – they are plentiful in the US both Southern … Continue reading →

Here is what I call an experiment that went bad, with no return . . . I’ve never painted a Weeping Willow tree before and decided to include one in the 15-Day challenge.  I didn’t realize that it would be a “real” … Continue reading →

Today features another tree found in North Texas.  Live Oaks are lower to the ground with the branch structure spreading out to the sides.  The trunks and branches are thick, and this one produces loads of acorns.  I used the a Live Oak … Continue reading →

I think it was blogger, OutsideAuthority, that asked whether I was going to paint a Leyland Cypress – well how could I not?  We had the most gorgeous one in our backyard – so OutsideAuthority, here you go! Leyland Cypress trees are … Continue reading →