Earth Day! How To Draw A Pine Tree + Hahnemühle Sketchbook Mini ...

Making trees look realistic is one of the biggest frustration among those in my drawing classes, so I hope this little video demo helps!

Supplies for this project are linked at the end of this post. Compensated affiliate links may be used at no cost to you.

While this demo is in fountain pen, I think it illustrates the idea well for Copic and pencil artists too – making trees “imperfect” and varying branches so they look natural!

Video

In the first 3 minutes I quickly talk about a few of my fountain pen sketchbooks – then the demo will start. Watch the video below or click HERE to see it on YouTube.

Here’s a downloadable version if you’d like to print it out and stick it in your sketchbook for reference. (I tape the end of things like this into a page so it doesn’t fall out!)

The Hahnemühle Lettering pads of bright white paper I’ve been drawing on for a while are excellent and come in a variety of sizes; I LOVE how smoothly my pen glides over the surface!

The Hahnemühle Nostaligie Book is on heavier paper, 90lb, and it can handle light washes from time to time – a nice option to have in a pad! As with all these sketchbooks it lies flat – though keeping a clip or a band handy may help to hold down a loose-flying page.

I picked up the large Hahnemühle Grey Book – a good size option!

The Rainbow journal by Shizen Design has paper that’s nice and smooth – but its thin like the Grey and Capuccino books, so it can’t handle super heavy inking. But oh what fun it is to have a rainbow!

Supplies

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• Eco TWSBI fine nib
• Rainbow journal, Shizen Design
• Hahnemühle Lettering pads
• Hahnemühle Cappucino Book
• Hahnemühle Grey Book
• Hahnemühle Nostaligie Book

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