Acrylic Painting Tree Bark

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Acrylic painting tree bark.

Painting tree trunks white is a time honored method of young tree protection often found in orchards and tree farms. 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. 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. Even tall slender trees are slightly wider at the base.

Micah uses this process to create three dimensional bark on the trees in his paintings. T depends on the type of tree the season you are painting and the play of light on the trees and branches. Looking for longer more detailed pai. To get a realistic painting of a tree trunk use different colors shades and techniques.

Please hit like add some comments and subscribe for more. Subscribe for more videos in the future. When painting trees realistically you need to pay attention to the bark. Trunks are wider at the base and may have large prominent roots and knotholes or peeling bark.

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. 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.