Tree Bark Acrylic Painting

When painting trees realistically you need to pay attention to the bark.

Tree bark acrylic painting. In this exciting free video art lesson professional acrylic artist micah mullen demonstrates how to add depth and texture to your paintings using masking tape and an impasto painting technique. Trunks are wider at the base and may have large prominent roots and knotholes or peeling bark. Even tall slender trees are slightly wider at the base. Painting tree trunks white is a time honored method of young tree protection often found in orchards and tree farms.

To get a realistic painting of a tree trunk use different colors shades and techniques. Saplings adult birch trees and beech trees have smooth surfaces while the outer bark on most other trees such as maple or oak cracks and dries as the tree grows leaving behind a grooved rough surface. 1 begin by making a line with a flat or round brush and your desired. Mix a brown paint and a red paint together on a palette.

Painting the bark is more than just a layer of brown paint on your tree. Micah uses this process to create three dimensional bark on the trees in his paintings. There are several purposes but chief among them is to prevent cracking and splitting of the tender new bark which can allow introduction of disease insects and fungus.