How to Paint Leaves on Trees
Practise your leaves on a scrap board or canvas.
Try different brushes.
Clean the brush with a rag each time before re-loading it.
Do not clean the brush in water or solvent till you have finished the leaves.
Use a dark color and a pale color to practise. (Burnt Umber and White is OK)
Look at the pattern of leaves.
Paint wet-on-wet or allow your painting to dry at any stage.
Paints should all be of the same viscosity, thick paint will sometimes not come off your brush over an undercoat of thinner paint, the brush will pick-up the thinner paint rather than putting the thick paint down – oil paint can sometimes be too thick to come off your brush when ‘dabbing’, acrylic paint is usually OK.
An 80 minute Tutorial DVD ‘Chinny and the River’ is available at www.lenhend.com
Thank you Len for sharing these videos, they are great. I recently lost the use of my speakers but could still follow your technique. I have only done three landscapes which you can see on my website. Still have a lot to learn.
This is the bestlesson i have watched . I have enjoyed your way of teaching how to paint. tthank you so much.
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Wonderful demo so well taught. I watched your other videos too. What brush are you using in this demo?
I use a size 12 round hog bristle brush for most foliage but in this demo I think i was using a scruffy old 1 inch common house painting brush. Almost any brush will do, it is a matter of mastering the brush you have.