I used a large #8 round brush for this but the technique itself can be done with any size round brush. It looks different from the traditional fan brush or bright brush style. This tree reminds me of a whimsical style of Christmas Tree. I like the look of a slightly flocked Christmas Tree so I left a lot of green still showing through but you can add more or less. You decide how much snow you want to cover your tree. Start at the top, go left and right in a zig zag direction and tap very lightly. Paint the snow using the exact same technique you used to paint the green tree. Load it in titanium white the same way you loaded the green. Then generously clean your fan brush in water so no green residue is left on the bristles. You’ll want to make sure your green on your tree is dry, otherwise you’ll get light green snow. The bottom should be the widest part of the tree. There is still sky showing through open areas of this tree. And also remember that you don’t have to cover all the background up. Try to get the branch edges on the sides of the tree to be thinner so they go to a point. Think of it as filling in an invisible triangle. Your tree should be narrow at the top but get thicker, wider as you go down. Tap gently on the tip with the fan brush working in a left and right zig zag direction. Then hold your fan brush horizontally and gently tap just the tip of it to create horizontal strokes. When you start your tree, start at the top and make a little vertical mark with the tip corner of the fan brush. Stroke the paint on your palette a bit so all the bristles don’t get clumped together and there’s a nice even amount of paint on the bristles (especially on the tips). Then load your brush in Hookers Green Permanent (dark green). When I load my brushes, I almost always load them in water first and then I tap them dry a bit. Next you’ll need to make sure your background is dry before doing the tree! Use a hairdryer or just wait for it to dry. I went about 3/4 the way down with this blue and white combo.įor the hill, I used pure titanium white and painted the rest of the way down the paper but making the “horizon line kind of lumpy”.Īnd then I did a little “shading” on the snow ground by blending a little bit of light blue permanent on the very bottom and blending it back up in the white. To do that, paint an ombré sky with light blue permanent at the top (horizontal strokes) fading to titanium white. I did a very basic blue sky background with snow on the ground. These snow trees look best with a background that’s either dark or has enough contrast so the white snow shows up. If you haven’t checked out my post How To Paint A Tree With A Fan Brush, I encourage you to do so because I go into more depth about that over there.īut this is specifically how to paint a green Christmas tree with snow with the fan brush! 1.

Surface (I’m using heavy card stock but you can paint these trees on any surface)įan brush trees are a lot of fun to create and yield I high success rate because of the nature of the brush.

Light Blue Permanent (I used this to paint the blue background).

Colors (Your choice of greens can vary but I like to use a dark green and a light green for color variety).

Acrylic Paints (I’m using Liquitex BASICS but you can do these in any brand).

However, you can paint these Christmas trees on just about any surface – canvas, wood, rock, etc. I did the three demos on heavy card stock paper. This blog post tutorial is meant to help you step by step learn how to do the tree using three different simple techniques (one with a fan brush, another with a round brush and a third with a bright brush). There’s quite a few different ways you can paint Christmas trees! Depending on what style tree you want to do, different brushes and stroke techniques will make the tree look different.

How To Paint A Christmas Tree – Three Different Ways Round Brush TreeĪre you looking to learn how to paint a Christmas Tree for your next acrylic painting project?

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