At almost 80 years old, this, my friend, is one of the best on trees I've ever seen. I've been painting off and on for many years, but I'm always thrilled when I learn something new! Thank you for thrilling me!
You are a beautiful soul….and my motivation! I am just starting with watercolor and I am 53years old, live in Canada…and hope to live as much as you are just to watercolor everyday…thank you for your motivation ❤️🥰👩🎨
Iam almost 78 an he is absolutely the best at explaining trees. I don’t paint trees very often because i have this issue.l have painted all most my live in all meds. An have never liked painting TREES. So now i can learn the right way.❤
I don't know if you've been told this, but watching your video gives me the feeling like I'm watching a BBC documentary. Aesthetic and educational. I think you would be just another perfect narrator!
The BEST watercolor tutorial on trees I have ever watched! I so appreciate how you have confined this lesson to specific skills to be practiced in order to be understood. Can’t wait for the next one. Thank you so much for sharing your passion and your gift!
I am not a natural artist...art, and drawing is not easy for me, but with your quiet detailed instructions and illustrations, I feel as though, yes! I can draw a landscape. I am thrilled to have found you on TH-cam. Blessings and a strong New Year to you.
I couldn’t say it any better, thank you Gail .🥰 What a great tree tutorial. The rigger brush, wet and dry textures, light and branch/trunk detail. I’m painting as I watch!
I searched for TH-cam tutorials on painting trees months ago and I was so disappointed with what I found. Your tutorial went beyond and above the rest as you explain how to paint trees in the context of where they are in the landscape. And how to merge them with the ground was such a good tip. Really good teaching, thank you!
Oliver, your tutorials are a goldmine for me. Yours is the only channel I've found that explains the small but crucial things that make such a huge difference in watercolor. You should get the Nobel Prize in watercolor (haha).. Many thanks.
I truly have a LOVE & HATE relationship with watercolours, but the hate comes from love so I will keep practicing watching this wonderful video that you Oliver made for all of us. Thank you so much again for sharing your knowledge and experience.
Once again, you’ve taught me something. This time I noticed that my trees always look uniform. I’m going to make rougher outlines so they have edges…oh, and practice them. Thanks Olly
Hello Oliver. I’ve spent years watching tutorials like yours and I must admit improved immensely in my watercolour painting. Your advice on layering, and being a bit more careful about the values between background and foreground just brought it home to me again. Being loose doesn’t mean being careless and shoddy. As you said very honestly, it is NOT easy. Look foreward to watching more tutorials, perhaps on how to simplify a scene ( my nightmare) Thanks very much.
BRILLIANT! This artist has taught me so much in this one video...I have learned to slow down..and think about what is happening..HE has gained a lifetime FAN of not only his works of art but his method and thinking. Everyone wanting to paint needs to see this Artist and listen to him. Thank You so much!
Your tutorials are SO good. I haven't seen anything like it anywhere in TH-cam. You're an awesome teacher! Thank you so much for all the effort you put into them ✨
Your comment at 9:15 regarding degree of paper dampness is SO important! This understanding is a game changer in the watercolor process. Once again, thank you Oliver!
I LOVE how his Style of Painting with Watercolors actually embraces the elements of the Medium so it APPEARS like a Watercolor Painting! The soft washes & random, "reckless" areas he seems to encourage are what I find most exciting & beautiful about his work. Color choices are exquisite.
0:00 Intro 4:38 What we're doing 6:44 Simple background 7:51 Colours, consistency and wet-in-wet timing 10:26 Background trees 17:00 Middle distance tree examples 22:43 Middle distance trees applied 28:36 Dense middle distance trees 39:37 Foreground tree 47:57 Dry brush leaves/twigs recap 51:38 Rigger brush for branches recap 54:12 Outro Thanks, Oliver! Some timescodes for my reference.
I painted with oils for years but was really struggling with watercolours. Then I found your videos and they have opened up a whole new creative world for me. I love your teaching style and your wonderful painting style. For better or worse, I paint along with every video and I am progressing. Please keep teaching us!
I believe it was Richard Feynman who once said "If you cannot explain something in simple terms, you don't understand it". I have not seen a more instructive but simple watercolour tutorial for some time. Well done Olly absolutely great to watch and learn at the same time.
I concur that this is wonderful and so inspiring, I tried a water colour correspondence course whilst working in Oman many years ago but the arid landscape was so difficult I did not continue with it. So many washing exercises that I thought when do I start painting. Now at 79 I am going to persevere and enjoy the coming spring and summer sketching some trees in Herefordshire, wish me luck and thank you, TH-cam is really great for learning stuff. I will have to make sure that I live a few more years.
Love this! When I was a child I was fortunate to see Victor Borge in concert. I spent the two hours in tears because he kept setting up to play and then pulling back into a joke. I wanted the music! I’m having echoes of the same here! One demo, to me any rate, is worth a thousand words! Love it though! Please do much more.
Such an incredible video, very understandable even for this Deaf person. I never could understand the use of rigger paintbrushes...but now I do! I'm going to be watching as many of Pyle's videos as I can!!! Thank you so much for the artwork, teaching, and the closed captioning!
This weekend, I went in search of a video on how to draw trees and ended up watching hours of Oliver’s tutorials. Great content that not only provides technique but also the principles and inspiration behind it. Well done!
This is such a wonderful tutorial, thank you so much for all the details and tips, I can't believe it was an hour long and I still wanted more at the end! Keep these videos coming, so inspiring!
I have been following your tutorials for over a fortnight now and been using it n my paintings . I have seen 2 full. Ideas this being my second. Have been painting for almost 9 months on my own watching many tutorials. But your tutorials are absolutely brilliant . You teach in a manner that not only has my painting improved by a few thousand percent in the last fortnight. Thank you . But you have made me want to learn it welll and will for the next couple of month practise from all your tutorials and improve my painting . Thanks had almost forgot then the joy of learning for betterment . Thank you 🙏
Oh my, that was so helpful! Yes, trees are magnificant! I love painting trees . Very helpful tips. I’m going to try the gray shadow color. I also think your sticky mix of neutrals in several of your palette wells was useful. Looking forward to your next tree tutorial.
New subscriber. Stumbled upon your channel. You are crazy good. Unless you’re a natural, it’s obvious you’ve been painting for years. No struggle, confident strokes. Very articulate. I know I’m going to enjoy whatever you post.
I saw this video about a year ago and learned so much. However I’ve started watching it again today and somehow am learning all the bits I missed first time round. There is so much info your videos that I can’t take it all in at once. Thank you for this.
Thank you so much for this wonderful lesson on painting my nemesis, trees. I have been painting for less than a year and have learned so much from your videos, especially this one. Thank you for your generosity of teaching, and all the effort that goes into making these videos. It is greatly appreciated. The color pallet that you use really resonates with me. Thank you from the U.S, Atlanta, Georgia.
Brilliant! Oliver, Your clear teaching style gives me so much hope. Thank you for bringing to my attention the ‘sticky paint’ on and thicker paint once the wash is finished. Those are two elements I’ve struggled with. I’m really learning from your videos.😍
The video helped me paint the most reasonable background trees I have yet been able to do. Your meticulous teaching style is just what I need. Thank you. Lyn
Yes I too appreciate the way you teach. Keen to get started and practice. Thank you for your time and thought. All the comments you share - you are very generous with passing on knowledge. Please DO make more tutorials that we can practice. Love love love it.
I am so happy I have discovered your channel. It's not easy to come about experienced artist like you. I just watch while I do other no brainer work, but hope to find some time to at least do these exercises.
Many many thanks! I'm 69 years old and only started painting two years ago and I'm glad I discovered your channel. I was never allowed to enjoy art lessons, I was always self-taught on TH-cam. You explain so well and thoroughly that it took me out of my comfort zone. How nice that there are people like you who share their knowledge and experience so generously! And please keep going, I still have so much to learn! Warm greetings from Germany!
Thank you Jenna......I don't think the day will come when tress cease to charm me; my role is simply to pass that on. Looking at your YT page - wow, love it! - flowers must have the same impact for you. Superb work.
Thank you for sharing, these techniques have been so helpful to me, as I am very new to painting. One of my favorite tips that you shared was on painting more natural tree trunk & branches by pushing down on the paint brush to get those variations along the edges. I have always struggled trying to get those random little "bumps" along the edges. You are the only artist / teacher that I have heard explain that simple, yet effective technique. I have watched 100's of "Tips & Techniques", & "How Tos" before I ever even picked up a brush, so although I'm a novice painter, I'm not a novice at watching watercolor videos. As much as I've enjoyed and learned in them, your video was the first to offer an "exclusive" tip, at least from my perspective, thus far. Simple as the tip is, it was the most helpful "tid bit" to improving my tree paintings, and I can't say how much longer it would have taken me to discover that w/o that your video. So, thanks again, I always enjoy watching your watercolor videos, and will continue to do so in the future.
Thank you Oliver. This is the first tutorial I’ve watched. I’ve been painting for several years now, and have watched hundreds of tutorials. I found this an EXCELLENT tutorial on trees simply because you went into greater detail regarding just HOW wet/damp the paper should be to obtain the all important aerial perspective of distance and the difference between background, middle ground and foreground. I’ll need to pay even more attention to the water on my paper now. Thanks again.
Dear Oliver, you He is one of the few who teaches. I hope, thanks to your lessons and advice, I can paint some decent watercolours. At least I'm going to try. I do not intend to profit from it, but to enjoy the process. Thank you.
As a beginner in watercolor, I watched a number of TH-cam tutorials and read a few books on the subject. Your tutorials are the best! You explained the techniques in understandable terms and the demonstrations are just wonderful! Thank you 🙏🙏
Thank you so much for this tutorial. I am 64 and just began painting for the first time 4 years ago -- in acrylics and oil. Just two weeks ago, a friend commissioned me for a watercolor. I was intimidated by this medium until I watched this video. I painted a tree per your instruction and my friend loved it. So, now I am now going to watch all of your videos!! Thanks again!
Thank you so much for this wonderful and helpful tutorial. My petpeeve is painting trees. Loved all the tips about brush using and color mixing. Detailed with plenty of exercises. Greetings from Canada🙏
I just found this video! Your instruction is beyond any I have watched. Your pace and examples are perfect This video is so full of helpful information. After watching this (several times) I was able to paint my best trees, but more than that, I now 'see' trees differently. What a gift of teaching you have. I LOVED the prompt for practice at minute 48. I did that...with no intention of creating anything...just practice. Once I could be less worried about making a tree, I was able to really experiment and experience the technique, which by a miracle produced several wonderful trees. Thank you so much.
Finally someone that I can stand to listen to, I wasn't bored at all ,I'm 72years old and I love painting trees and mountains ,I've been painting for a long time but mostly with acrylic ,but I always found it difficult to do my blending and shadowing, so I decided to try watercolor and I'm having great fun and my children want all that I do,and it's all because of you ,you've taught me more in an hour than anyone else ever has,and for that I'm truly grateful ,with a grateful heart ,thank you.
I loved this tutorial, especially how clearly you explain the mechanics of painting trees in the foreground, middle ground, etc. Well def try this very soon. Thank you for sharing this. Thumbs up!!
I really enjoyed your video and I'm grateful for your advice and willingness to share your experience and knowledge! Thank you and I look forward to viewing more of your content as I explore the world of watercolor!!
How wonderful to listen to your ideas in creating a desirable painting! Trees particularly but it’s the detail that interests me. Thanks….you’ve made my day! Back to painting!!!!
My word, what an engaging tutorial. I love trees and have just started sketching and painting. Fertile ground indeed. I love how you explain how, why and also express the joy of doing.
Absolutely fantastic !! As a begginer at watercolour this was by far the best tutoriaI I have seen, thank you so very much for sharing your brilliant skills x Until now I wasn't all that interested in landscpes but you have just thrown a spanner into my brain and made me instantly love it lol..and your voice is very very easy on my ears ,thank you once again..
Excellent tutorial! I would love to see how you would paint palm trees. I love tropical scenes but struggle with palms. Thank you for sharing your knowledge.
i'm glad i stumbled upon this video! i'm currently trying to re-learn how to paint after a bit of a pause, and the calm, stress-free and well structured way in which you explained your approach to painting is something i feel is going to help me immensely. already tried the shape practices for middle and foreground trees, and i can't wait to test them out in the wild.
I have only been painting a few months and trees are my are my stumbling block. This is a very good tutorial and I am so glad that I found you today. Can’t wait to watch part 2 but first I am going to spend some time with my rigger. Thanks again. Looking forward to watching more of your videos.
So helpful and inspiring, thank you so much Olly! I am really enjoying these videos, more than I can express in words. I've just ordered a copy of Mr Deakin's Wildwood book too - thank you for sharing your knowledge and know-how with us 👍😀💕
I'm a 55-year-old teacher in the states. Learning to paint is a new endeavor for me. Your approach and teaching style checks every box for me. I love your technique. Thank you for making these videos. I continue to watch them over and over and learn something new each and every time.
Thank you Olly! I have been eagerly awaiting this video and it is excellent, so helpful! I love that you are encouraging exercises rather than completing a full landscape!
Thank you for this video. You paint beautifully, wonderful to watch and listen to. I love to paint trees, and your instruction will certainly help me improve.
Another wonderful video, Oliver. I appreciated your insights on shade side color mixes and connecting trees to the landscape. Very timely stuff for me!
What a fantastic tutorial. Didn't know whether I should stop it and start at once trying things out or watching it to the end at first. Thank you so much!!!
At almost 80 years old, this, my friend, is one of the best on trees I've ever seen. I've been painting off and on for many years, but I'm always thrilled when I learn something new! Thank you for thrilling me!
You are a beautiful soul….and my motivation! I am just starting with watercolor and I am 53years old, live in Canada…and hope to live as much as you are just to watercolor everyday…thank you for your motivation ❤️🥰👩🎨
I'm 67, and actually I am a complete novice. But I agree with you! And I admire you so much for being a life long learner.
The comment I wanted to say...🤗
So grateful to have found your tutorials! You’re such a good and talented teacher❤
Iam almost 78 an he is absolutely the best at explaining trees. I don’t paint trees very often because i have this issue.l have painted all most my live in all meds. An have never liked painting TREES. So now i can learn the right way.❤
I don't know if you've been told this, but watching your video gives me the feeling like I'm watching a BBC documentary. Aesthetic and educational. I think you would be just another perfect narrator!
Well, that's a lovely compliment - thank you Chonlada.
The BEST watercolor tutorial on trees I have ever watched! I so appreciate how you have confined this lesson to specific skills to be practiced in order to be understood. Can’t wait for the next one. Thank you so much for sharing your passion and your gift!
That's a very kind comment Gail - thanks so much.
I am not a natural artist...art, and drawing is not easy for me, but with your quiet detailed instructions and illustrations, I feel as though, yes! I can draw a landscape. I am thrilled to have found you on TH-cam. Blessings and a strong New Year to you.
I couldn’t say it any better, thank you Gail .🥰 What a great tree tutorial. The rigger brush, wet and dry textures, light and branch/trunk detail. I’m painting as I watch!
Couldn't agree more!! Wait for the next one.
Wonderful tutorial!
I was on my way to give up my watercolorpainting when I found you here. What a teatcher you are! Thanks a lot!
Now I have som hope!
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I love that you put the spider in a safe place!
I searched for TH-cam tutorials on painting trees months ago and I was so disappointed with what I found. Your tutorial went beyond and above the rest as you explain how to paint trees in the context of where they are in the landscape. And how to merge them with the ground was such a good tip. Really good teaching, thank you!
Thanks Sherry - delighted to hear that you found it helpful.
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The eye brain relationship is complex
You have a great knack for both clearly explaining and demonstrating
Thank you so much
So very helpful
Thanks Julie - you're very welcome
Oliver, your tutorials are a goldmine for me. Yours is the only channel I've found that explains the small but crucial things that make such a huge difference in watercolor. You should get the Nobel Prize in watercolor (haha).. Many thanks.
Oh, yes!!! The Nobel Prize in Watercolour for Oliver!!!
hahah yes watercolour is wise and peacefull
You had me at “Let’s get out into the landscape for inspiration.” Loved your teaching style and results. Thank you.
I truly have a LOVE & HATE relationship with watercolours, but the hate comes from love so I will keep practicing watching this wonderful video that you Oliver made for all of us. Thank you so much again for sharing your knowledge and experience.
Once again, you’ve taught me something. This time I noticed that my trees always look uniform. I’m going to make rougher outlines so they have edges…oh, and practice them. Thanks Olly
Good to know - thanks John. Yes, uniformity and trees never sit well together.
I'm a beginner in painting and I like your tutorials, a patient teacher. Thanks Joe
Hello Oliver. I’ve spent years watching tutorials like yours and I must admit improved immensely in my watercolour painting. Your advice on layering, and being a bit more careful about the values between background and foreground just brought it home to me again. Being loose doesn’t mean being careless and shoddy. As you said very honestly, it is NOT easy. Look foreward to watching more tutorials, perhaps on how to simplify a scene ( my nightmare) Thanks very much.
BRILLIANT! This artist has taught me so much in this one video...I have learned to slow down..and think about what is happening..HE has gained a lifetime FAN of not only his works of art but his method and thinking. Everyone wanting to paint needs to see this Artist and listen to him. Thank You so much!
These middle ground trees will be my morning homework, thanks
Your tutorials are SO good. I haven't seen anything like it anywhere in TH-cam. You're an awesome teacher! Thank you so much for all the effort you put into them ✨
Your comment at 9:15 regarding degree of paper dampness is SO important! This understanding is a game changer in the watercolor process. Once again, thank you Oliver!
I've been painting for 3 years so still a relative beginner. This lesson on trees is perfection and is the best I've come across. Thankyou so much.
This tutorial is a beautiful Christmas present for all of us who love trees and watercolour ! Thank you Olly .
You're welcome Rosine - thanks for the kind comments
I LOVE how his Style of Painting with Watercolors actually embraces the elements of the Medium so it APPEARS like a Watercolor Painting! The soft washes & random, "reckless" areas he seems to encourage are what I find most exciting & beautiful about his work. Color choices are exquisite.
0:00 Intro
4:38 What we're doing
6:44 Simple background
7:51 Colours, consistency and wet-in-wet timing
10:26 Background trees
17:00 Middle distance tree examples
22:43 Middle distance trees applied
28:36 Dense middle distance trees
39:37 Foreground tree
47:57 Dry brush leaves/twigs recap
51:38 Rigger brush for branches recap
54:12 Outro
Thanks, Oliver! Some timescodes for my reference.
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Thank you a lot, Oliver, for your explanations given with so much calm, patience, good sense and kindness. So interesting !!
You're welcome Christine - thank you!
I painted with oils for years but was really struggling with watercolours. Then I found your videos and they have opened up a whole new creative world for me. I love your teaching style and your wonderful painting style. For better or worse, I paint along with every video and I am progressing. Please keep teaching us!
Even though I’ve been painting all of my life, watching a fellow artist’s process is wonderful. We never stop learning. Thank you, great video 👍
That's very kind - thank you.
I believe it was Richard Feynman who once said "If you cannot explain something in simple terms, you don't understand it". I have not seen a more instructive but simple watercolour tutorial for some time. Well done Olly absolutely great to watch and learn at the same time.
That's very kind Peter - RF certainly knew what he was talking about
@@oliverpyle-ourlandscape4442 My pleasure.
Thanks. Trees are a captivating subject. It is wonderful to see how such simple brush strokes can create a “scene.”
Thanks Larry - that's one of the aspects of watercolour that I enjoy so much. It's perfect for quickly rendering trees.
This is so amazing to watch and learn from! I'm a beginner and I found this so easy to follow, no rushing, just calm and autenthic
Excellent - so pleased it helped, and always feel free to get in touch if there are things that seem unclear as you start off with watercolour.
I concur that this is wonderful and so inspiring, I tried a water colour correspondence course whilst working in Oman many years ago but the arid landscape was so difficult I did not continue with it. So many washing exercises that I thought when do I start painting. Now at 79 I am going to persevere and enjoy the coming spring and summer sketching some trees in Herefordshire, wish me luck and thank you, TH-cam is really great for learning stuff. I will have to make sure that I live a few more years.
Your explanation of your process is very helpful.
Love this! When I was a child I was fortunate to see Victor Borge in concert. I spent the two hours in tears because he kept setting up to play and then pulling back into a joke. I wanted the music! I’m having echoes of the same here! One demo, to me any rate, is worth a thousand words! Love it though! Please do much more.
Such an incredible video, very understandable even for this Deaf person. I never could understand the use of rigger paintbrushes...but now I do! I'm going to be watching as many of Pyle's videos as I can!!! Thank you so much for the artwork, teaching, and the closed captioning!
The camera is too far from the work. Hard to see the actual paint and strokes.
This weekend, I went in search of a video on how to draw trees and ended up watching hours of Oliver’s tutorials. Great content that not only provides technique but also the principles and inspiration behind it. Well done!
This is such a wonderful tutorial, thank you so much for all the details and tips, I can't believe it was an hour long and I still wanted more at the end! Keep these videos coming, so inspiring!
I have been following your tutorials for over a fortnight now and been using it n my paintings . I have seen 2 full. Ideas this being my second. Have been painting for almost 9 months on my own watching many tutorials. But your tutorials are absolutely brilliant . You teach in a manner that not only has my painting improved by a few thousand percent in the last fortnight. Thank you . But you have made me want to learn it welll and will for the next couple of month practise from all your tutorials and improve my painting . Thanks had almost forgot then the joy of learning for betterment . Thank you 🙏
Oh my, that was so helpful! Yes, trees are magnificant! I love painting trees . Very helpful tips. I’m going to try the gray shadow color. I also think your sticky mix of neutrals in several of your palette wells was useful.
Looking forward to your next tree tutorial.
Thanks Terry - those sticky mixes are real time-saver as your washes are drying up on you.
Rewatching your video for a third time in as many months. Thank you for sharing your knowledge and taking the time to make videos.
New subscriber. Stumbled upon your channel. You are crazy good. Unless you’re a natural, it’s obvious you’ve been painting for years. No struggle, confident strokes. Very articulate. I know I’m going to enjoy whatever you post.
while in awe of the paintings that you make, i am truly grateful for the learning that you also give. thank you.
I really love those longer tutorial with your calm voice over it. It is an immersive experience - calming as well as instructive. Thank you.
Thank you, Oliver, for such a wonderful tutorial on painting trees. So very helpful!
You're welcome Betsy
I saw this video about a year ago and learned so much. However I’ve started watching it again today and somehow am learning all the bits I missed first time round. There is so much info your videos that I can’t take it all in at once. Thank you for this.
Thank you so much for this wonderful lesson on painting my nemesis, trees. I have been painting for less than a year and have learned so much from your videos, especially this one. Thank you for your generosity of teaching, and all the effort that goes into making these videos. It is greatly appreciated. The color pallet that you use really resonates with me. Thank you from the U.S, Atlanta, Georgia.
Thanks for the kind comments - vey much appreciated and greetings to you Atlanta.
"embrace the trees" - love your teaching Olley - many thanks - such great videos
Brilliant! Oliver, Your clear teaching style gives me so much hope. Thank you for bringing to my attention the ‘sticky paint’ on and thicker paint once the wash is finished. Those are two elements I’ve struggled with. I’m really learning from your videos.😍
Thanks Becky. Preparing ‘stickies’ really helps.
The video helped me paint the most reasonable background trees I have yet been able to do. Your meticulous teaching style is just what I need. Thank you. Lyn
Thanks for producing and sharing this video. I’m sure my trees will look better after watching your demonstration.
Thank David, and give those exercises a go - they're great for building confidence with trees.
Yes I too appreciate the way you teach. Keen to get started and practice. Thank you for your time and thought. All the comments you share - you are very generous with passing on knowledge. Please DO make more tutorials that we can practice. Love love love it.
It's a pleasure Maretta and thank you for the kind words. More to come........
I am so happy I have discovered your channel. It's not easy to come about experienced artist like you. I just watch while I do other no brainer work, but hope to find some time to at least do these exercises.
Many many thanks! I'm 69 years old and only started painting two years ago and I'm glad I discovered your channel. I was never allowed to enjoy art lessons, I was always self-taught on TH-cam. You explain so well and thoroughly that it took me out of my comfort zone. How nice that there are people like you who share their knowledge and experience so generously! And please keep going, I still have so much to learn!
Warm greetings from Germany!
Greetings to you in Germany - and thank you for the kind comments. I'm delighted you're finding the videos helpful
You are such a great teacher and thank you for so generously sharing your talent and insights. You’re a breath of fresh air and totally inspiring 😊
Thank You Oliver, each time I watch you I am learning how to use my natural abilities .
I really adore the colors you come up with, they are so nice and soothing. Thanks for the awesome tutorial 🙏🏻
I LOVE your instruction on trees, this is charming and lovely!
Thank you Jenna......I don't think the day will come when tress cease to charm me; my role is simply to pass that on. Looking at your YT page - wow, love it! - flowers must have the same impact for you. Superb work.
@@oliverpyle-ourlandscape4442 Thank you! Yes, you're absolutely right, flowers do that for me! 🤗🌸
Thank you for sharing, these techniques have been so helpful to me, as I am very new to painting. One of my favorite tips that you shared was on painting more natural tree trunk & branches by pushing down on the paint brush to get those variations along the edges. I have always struggled trying to get those random little "bumps" along the edges. You are the only artist / teacher that I have heard explain that simple, yet effective technique. I have watched 100's of "Tips & Techniques", & "How Tos" before I ever even picked up a brush, so although I'm a novice painter, I'm not a novice at watching watercolor videos. As much as I've enjoyed and learned in them, your video was the first to offer an "exclusive" tip, at least from my perspective, thus far. Simple as the tip is, it was the most helpful "tid bit" to improving my tree paintings, and I can't say how much longer it would have taken me to discover that w/o that your video. So, thanks again, I always enjoy watching your watercolor videos, and will continue to do so in the future.
Thank you Oliver and for the book recommend too.
Looking forward to watching the next video. 🙂
Thank you Oliver. This is the first tutorial I’ve watched. I’ve been painting for several years now, and have watched hundreds of tutorials. I found this an EXCELLENT tutorial on trees simply because you went into greater detail regarding just HOW wet/damp the paper should be to obtain the all important aerial perspective of distance and the difference between background, middle ground and foreground. I’ll need to pay even more attention to the water on my paper now. Thanks again.
I'm now a patron........HELP ME!!! This is the best tree I've painted yet!!
Wow!! This is what I have lookwd for...a step by step explanation regarding that beautiful transparent look with distance trees.
Thanks so much...
You're welcome Gwen - glad you've found it helpful
Dear Oliver, you He is one of the few who teaches. I hope, thanks to your lessons and advice, I can paint some decent watercolours. At least I'm going to try. I do not intend to profit from it, but to enjoy the process.
Thank you.
As a beginner in watercolor, I watched a number of TH-cam tutorials and read a few books on the subject. Your tutorials are the best! You explained the techniques in understandable terms and the demonstrations are just wonderful! Thank you 🙏🙏
Thank you so much for this tutorial. I am 64 and just began painting for the first time 4 years ago -- in acrylics and oil. Just two weeks ago, a friend commissioned me for a watercolor. I was intimidated by this medium until I watched this video. I painted a tree per your instruction and my friend loved it. So, now I am now going to watch all of your videos!! Thanks again!
This is great. I often try to paint trees but am never very happy with the results. Thanks for sharing this with us. 🙏
You and me too Jay! - it's just a case of having fun with the process and keeping on learning from what we weren't satisfied with.
This has been one of the best tutorials I have ever followed. Very indepth as to how and why trees need to be painted a certain way. Thank you!
Thank you so much for this wonderful and helpful tutorial. My petpeeve is painting trees. Loved all the tips about brush using and color mixing. Detailed with plenty of exercises. Greetings from Canada🙏
Greetings to you too, and thank you! Hopefully there's something there to help you with your tree painting.
I just found this video! Your instruction is beyond any I have watched. Your pace and examples are perfect This video is so full of helpful information. After watching this (several times) I was able to paint my best trees, but more than that, I now 'see' trees differently. What a gift of teaching you have. I LOVED the prompt for practice at minute 48. I did that...with no intention of creating anything...just practice. Once I could be less worried about making a tree, I was able to really experiment and experience the technique, which by a miracle produced several wonderful trees. Thank you so much.
Love this tutorial - so explanatory and not too complicated to follow - thanks so much
I cant express how what an amzing teacher you are Oliver,thankyou so much .
Please keep posting...we love your tutorials...
Finally someone that I can stand to listen to, I wasn't bored at all ,I'm 72years old and I love painting trees and mountains ,I've been painting for a long time but mostly with acrylic ,but I always found it difficult to do my blending and shadowing, so I decided to try watercolor and I'm having great fun and my children want all that I do,and it's all because of you ,you've taught me more in an hour than anyone else ever has,and for that I'm truly grateful ,with a grateful heart ,thank you.
very kind of you Linda - thank you
I loved this tutorial, especially how clearly you explain the mechanics of painting trees in the foreground, middle ground, etc. Well def try this very soon. Thank you for sharing this. Thumbs up!!
What a wonderful ambiance you've created in you videos-thank you so much for sharing a part of your life.
I really enjoyed your video and I'm grateful for your advice and willingness to share your experience and knowledge! Thank you and I look forward to viewing more of your content as I explore the world of watercolor!!
Oliver I am, indeed, so grateful for your amazing tutorials. Many many thanks. Jillian.
Thank you sooooo much. Best lesson on painting trees ever…..just what i needed….can’t wait to practice your tips.
Thanks so much Suzanne - happy painting!
How wonderful to listen to your ideas in creating a desirable painting! Trees particularly but it’s the detail that interests me.
Thanks….you’ve made my day!
Back to painting!!!!
Really nice!! Thanks so much for you beautifull explanations, easy, clear and so generous.
Very kind Elsa - thank you.
My word, what an engaging tutorial. I love trees and have just started sketching and painting. Fertile ground indeed. I love how you explain how, why and also express the joy of doing.
I'm not a watercolour artists, but watching you paint is just wonderful :) Your voice and how you engage is just fabulous :) so glad I found you :)
Thank you so much!
Your tutorials are really good. The first clear concise advise on distant ,middle distance and foreground. I’ve been given .
Absolutely fantastic !! As a begginer at watercolour this was by far the best tutoriaI I have seen, thank you so very much for sharing your brilliant skills x Until now I wasn't all that interested in landscpes but you have just thrown a spanner into my brain and made me instantly love it lol..and your voice is very very easy on my ears ,thank you once again..
I have been taking lessons for over 5 years.....this has been the most helpful in painting trees I have ever heard!!!
Excellent tutorial! I would love to see how you would paint palm trees. I love tropical scenes but struggle with palms. Thank you for sharing your knowledge.
There aren’t so many of them in the south of England, but I’ll put it on the list. It would be an interesting exercise
Outstanding instruction video. Clear and concise. Plus you care enough about nature to remove a little spider to safety! Love that!
i'm glad i stumbled upon this video! i'm currently trying to re-learn how to paint after a bit of a pause, and the calm, stress-free and well structured way in which you explained your approach to painting is something i feel is going to help me immensely. already tried the shape practices for middle and foreground trees, and i can't wait to test them out in the wild.
You are a master of watercolours, they all have a peaceful atmosphere, so relaxing !
Thank you very much for this wonderful tutorial. The way you do it is so smooth!
I wish you a beautiful, free and happy new year!
That’s very kind of you Marie - a pleasant and peaceful New Year to you too
I have only been painting a few months and trees are my are my stumbling block. This is a very good tutorial and I am so glad that I found you today. Can’t wait to watch part 2 but first I am going to spend some time with my rigger. Thanks again. Looking forward to watching more of your videos.
So helpful and inspiring, thank you so much Olly! I am really enjoying these videos, more than I can express in words. I've just ordered a copy of Mr Deakin's Wildwood book too - thank you for sharing your knowledge and know-how with us 👍😀💕
I'm a 55-year-old teacher in the states. Learning to paint is a new endeavor for me. Your approach and teaching style checks every box for me. I love your technique. Thank you for making these videos. I continue to watch them over and over and learn something new each and every time.
Thank you Olly! I have been eagerly awaiting this video and it is excellent, so helpful! I love that you are encouraging exercises rather than completing a full landscape!
thanks Louise - those exercises should help and they're always fun to do.
Wow! Great video, thanks! I loved seeing you out in the landscape and gently treating a spider. ☺️
Thank you for this video. You paint beautifully, wonderful to watch and listen to. I love to paint trees, and your instruction will certainly help me improve.
Most kind Norma - thank you. Trees are wonderful subjects…..happy painting!
Your tutorial on trees is the Best Olly! Love your teaching style!
Another wonderful video, Oliver. I appreciated your insights on shade side color mixes and connecting trees to the landscape. Very timely stuff for me!
That's very kind of you Matt - thank you.
What a fantastic tutorial. Didn't know whether I should stop it and start at once trying things out or watching it to the end at first. Thank you so much!!!
This was VERY helpful...and INSPIRING!! I'm putting your instruction into practice right now!!
Excellent - happy painting David!
Those summer trees are so stately and serene the way you paint them, evocative of a hot and still summer day.
This is such a helpful video. I just love the colors you use and how you make it look so easy. Thank you!!
Thank you Kathleen
thank you Oliver. how lucky to have you here to teach us
This was an amazing tutorial! Thank you for sharing your exquisite talent!
Thanks Judith, that's very kind.