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How to Draw a Tree
Each picture adds one red line. Draw that line, then scroll to the next picture. Rub out any dashed helper lines at the end. First up: the leafy top.
Step 1: The leafy top
Start on the left above the middle. Draw a rainbow of big soft bumps up and over, stopping level.
Tip Lumpy is good: real trees are lumpy.
Step 2: Bumps underneath
Start where the rainbow ended. Draw 5 shallow bumps hanging down and across to meet the other end.
Step 3: The trunk
From under the leaves, draw a line straight down like a post, curving out into a root. Do both sides.
Step 4: Two branches
From the bottom of the leaves, draw a wide V down into the trunk and back up. Round off its point.
Step 5: Knot hole and bark
Low on the trunk, draw a small egg knot hole. Add a curved line beside it and 2 bark dashes.
Step 6: Leafy hills
Halfway up the leaves, draw a row of hill bumps from edge to edge, dipping like a smile.
Step 7: Apples
Draw 4 big round apples in the leaves, clear of every line. Give each a stem and a little leaf.
Step 8: Ground and fallen apple
Draw a long ground line under the roots. Add one fallen apple on the ground, with a stem and leaf.
Step 9: Colour the trunk wood
Colour the trunk and branches wood brown, around the knot hole, leaving the V empty. Colour the knot darker brown.
Step 10: Colour the leaves green
Colour the cloud of leaves green, going around the apples, and the little leaf on the fallen apple.
Step 11: Red apples
Colour the 5 apples red.
Your finished drawing
Follow the steps above and this is where you end up: a tree, drawn by you.
