How do you draws a deciduous?

Answer 1

Deciduous trees differ from species to species and from season to season.

The "trick" to drawing any natural thing is observation.

As a general rule of thumb, a deciduous tree looks much like its leaves.

For example:

A maple tree, when you look at it in the winter, without its covering of leaves, still has the basic shape of a maple leaf.

The trunk comes up straight, but for a fairly short distance before it starts to branch out.

The branches at this point tend to be quite robust and straight. As they move out from the main trunk they again branch off into smaller branches which are also quite straight.

Once you have established your trunk and branches you may if you choose start to add in the leaves.

A maple has full coverage in a medium to dark green and they will high-light in the sunshine with a light gold-green colour.

The finished canopy will have the rough shape of a maple leaf with a slightly spiky outlive, not a round or ball like outline.

If you should choose to draw your maple tree in the autumn, you will find the leaves vary from light gold-Oranges to deep crimson red and most of the warm shades between.

As you start to develop your powers of observation you will see more of the differences in the trees around you.

One more bit of advice, nature is rarely perfect, so a flaw or variance from one tree to the next, even if they are the same species will give your drawing a more natural look.