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Two Tree Techniques - Drip Trees & Reductive Painting.
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This BobBlast illustrates the three steps I take to practice painting painting "ethereal" trees. The two techniques are my Drip Trees and painting a Single Tree, using Reductive Painting.
Drip Tree Technique:
Step One - I always start my "drip trees" as wet drips loaded with color.
Step Two - I work with many layers of drips, elongating them into tree trunks, letting the paint dry in between the layers. I will also shape the tree tops and make sky holes so the birds can fly through!
Step Three - The final stage is where I go in with an opaque color and do a little negative-shape painting to get rid of the trunks that are not needed. Reductive painting is the "official" name for this technique.
Single Tree, Reductive Painting Technique:
This lesson starts off with making a mess with up to four colors plus black and white. I dab the paint on with a paper towel - dab, don't scrub. You don't want to make mud. After covering the entire paper with paint dabs, let it dry.
Using your creative visualization, use a large brush and opaque paint to get rid of everything that does not look like a tree! This is negative shape painting. Don't forget tree trunks, branches and sky holes!
The above lesson and much, much more are featured in the mini classes I am giving in my Workshops, Trade Shows & Expos all over the country! There are two more Trade Shows in 2018.
Artisan-Santa Fe Expo, September 27-30, 2018
Santa Fe, New Mexico
Jerry's Artarama Art of the Carolinas, November 8-11, 2018
Raleigh, North Carolina
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