Drawing Trees Weekend

What to expect

Every time I run a landscape course people say they find drawing trees so difficult. They are a challenge! How to draw or paint trees that have form and solidity whilst also describing their individual shapes and the fluttering texture of their foliage is not easy. This will be two days immersed in the beauty of trees. Behind Long House Studios is an eight acre wood, full of the most amazing and varied trees, including a giant and beautiful 'champion sycamore'. In the bottom of the valley are the windswept, slightly stunted trees that withstand the blast of the winter weather. Down beside the mere are the drooping, gentler shapes of the willows beside the water. We will look at the masters of drawing trees from Rembrandt to Moore to Tacita Dean, considering media and approach. We will explore the effect of working at different scales and how to depict trees as part of a landscape as well as beautiful beings in their own right. By the end of the course you will have experimented with many ways of drawing trees and return home with renewed confidence and inspiration! This course is suitable for all abilities.