Trees, in Color

debiriley30/03/2018art, painting, photography, watercolorsinspiration, nature, pen and ink, Watercolor Landscape, watercolor techniques

watercolor color chart, watercolor swatches for trees, painting trees, debiriley.com

Outdoors, fresh air.

Wandering through the woods. Its lovely out there! Inspiring.

I’ve combined two of my favorite things, painting and nature…. trees.

Inspired

As I mentioned in my last post, zen strolls, I’ve been working.

Creating.

Inspired by the trees, in color.

watercolor mixing chart, landscape colors, debiriley.com — Palette 1 for Tree Bark

Watercolor Charts

Two Basic color charts in watercolor.

Easy. And fun to do, well worth your time!

You only need 3 paints.

cobalt blue pb28
permanent rose pv19
winsor lemon py175

Combining these 3 Paints, in various ratios & blends, create wonderful new colors to use.

I’ve only shown these two charts, but I’ve created over 200 mixes from the 3 paints.

The color mixes shown, are great for trees, bark, foliage, branches, and earth.

For more, on Color Mixing, see color mixing foliage, browns, color mastery, charts.

forest stroll zen meditation, nature inspirations, watercolor lessons, debiriley.com — Zen Stroll

Zen Stroll – The inspiration.

morning nature walk, inspirational watercolor ideas, debiriley.com — a beautiful morning – another inspiration

From Inspiration, to studio and the processes.

painting watercolor trees from nature, debiriley.com — a quick demo – Ink over watercolor washes

The unifying line work created by the ink, brings the image together as well as helps to emphasize the texture of the bark in this quick demo piece.

Contrasts

In Art, its all about Contrast.

Showing one demo example of “rough” texture is good; but showing the opposite, is even better.

Below: the silky, fluid washes flow downwards as the pale golden colors stream towards earth.

Its appearance of smoothness, of silken soft bark, is in direct contrast to the “rough textured” image above.

easy watercolor trees, Tree trunk watercolours debiriley.com — Tree trunk – a study of smoothness – charging technique

tree bark dry brush watercolours debiriley.com — Dry Brush Technique for rough bark

What’s Next!?

I’m thinking…..

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16 thoughts on “Trees, in Color”

wordsfromanneli says:

30/03/2018 at 4:33 am

Wonderful tree trunks. Love the way you make those colours work for you.

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1. debiriley says:
  
  02/04/2018 at 2:36 am
  
  thanks Anneli, 3 tubes of paint! they’re the key 🙂
  
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Maureen Sudlow says:

30/03/2018 at 6:08 am

love these – sometimes I despair of ever getting to this stage…

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1. debiriley says:
  
  02/04/2018 at 2:35 am
  
  I understand. But….. you Will. Get there! art is a skill. skills can be learned. skills can be practiced….. & with practice, Mastered.
  And, seriously – always Maureen, look for evidence of progress in your work: from your #1 image to #10, to #15, #20, to #30, #40 🙂 cheers, Debi
  
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  1. Maureen Sudlow says:
    
    02/04/2018 at 8:47 pm
    
    Thanks Debi ❤
    
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Andrew Seal says:

30/03/2018 at 2:45 pm

Two great inspiring posts Debi. My BP is definitely down after enjoying them both 🙂

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1. debiriley says:
  
  02/04/2018 at 2:27 am
  
  smiling! thanks Andrew, glad to be of help 🙂
  
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Val Boyko says:

30/03/2018 at 9:18 pm

I wish I had you in my pocket. You are so inspiting Debi 💛

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1. debiriley says:
  
  02/04/2018 at 2:15 am
  
  thank you Val.
  And vice versa, the feeling is mutual. 🙂
  
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Evelyn Flint says:

31/03/2018 at 6:31 am

I love the colour charts Debi – I especially like the more textured shades. And your trees are lovely – the rough and the smooth! Inspirational… !

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1. debiriley says:
  
  02/04/2018 at 2:13 am
  
  thank YOU! the contrasts of the outdoors, are so intriguing to me…. I wanted to share that. Glad that you ‘felt’ it Evelyn!! 🙂
  
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Charlie O'Shields says:

02/04/2018 at 12:02 am

Beautiful!! I love those colors!! Such fabulous mixes! Your tree trunks are gorgeous, Debi! 😍

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1. debiriley says:
  
  02/04/2018 at 2:09 am
  
  thank you Charlie, being outdoors is one of the greatest joys!
  
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louiseaprimeau says:

03/04/2018 at 12:19 am

This post was really helpful in seeing how to achieve different textures on tree trunks. Thanks Debi.

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1. debiriley says:
  
  03/04/2018 at 1:16 am
  
  thank you, so glad that the contrasts were useful 🙂
  
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jennifer barrile says:

03/04/2018 at 7:42 pm

Enjoying your zen stroll in nature posts. Love seeing your color palette mix for the tree bark, beautiful color combinations. Ive always found comfort and inspiration from daily walks.

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