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What's Your Biggest Tree Painting Struggle? (Here's What You Told Me)
Hey Artists,
A couple of days ago, I asked what your biggest tree painting struggles arecand wow, the response blew me away.
Over 60 votes in the poll here, plus over 100 email replies from my list. Same struggles kept coming up again and again:
- Foliage that ends up overworked and blobby
- Making trees look 3D
- Not knowing where to put the light and shadow
- Struggling with mixing greens
- Just not knowing where to start
One person summed it up perfectly: "I can do fairly well with the trunk and limbs, but I struggle with getting the leaves in an organic shape. I can easily end up with lollipop trees."
Sound familiar?
So I recorded a quick video this weekend, tackling the biggest one — how to paint convincing trees without painting every single leaf.
👉 WATCH VIDEO HERE
And if you prefer to read, I also wrote a full blog post on this:
👉 READ BLOG POST HERE
But honestly, this is just the beginning.
Next week I'm going even deeper on trees, and I have something specific coming that I think you're going to love. Stay tuned.
Drop a comment below. Did any of these struggles resonate with you? 👇
Cheers, Sam
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What's Your Biggest Tree Painting Struggle? (Here's What You Told Me)
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