Oil Painting Tips : How to Paint Leaves With Oils

Painting leaves on a tree using oil paints is more about creating depth, texture and dimension than it is about painting individual leaves. See a variety of ways to paint foliage in oil with a demonstration from a self-taught artist in this free video on oil painting.

Expert: Dawn Siebel
Contact: www.dawnsiebel.com
Bio: Dawn Howkinson Siebel is a self-taught artist. She has been living and oil painting in Boulder, Colorado, since 1994.
Filmmaker: Nile southern

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• oil painting
• art lessons
• painting lessons
• oil painting techniques
• oil painting on canvas
• canvas
• gesso
• oil paint
• brushes
• paintbrushes
• cleaning paintbrushes

[DTreagust]

really good thanks :)

[NoBodysFool77]

i was just thinking, Have you ever tried painting the back ground leaves first and then the trunk, Maybe that would add a little extra affect, .I just thought about it after watching your vid, i love your york alot.

[NoBodysFool77]

thank you, you shined alot of light on a little problem i have been in a current piece im doing. i would love to chat with you sometime about your views on how a your logic behind the rythem of individual parts of a painting, thanks again.

[kahlilartist]

amazing painting !!!!! btw .. nice tips

[keybored06]

gr8 .. i lov paintin leaves now :D

[ainanor]

Thank you for you tips! Did you mix your pait with something to make it more fluid?

[HananColours]

Wonderful .. thank you so much

[rockmonkey45]

Thank you dawn

[rockmonkey45]

That was really helpful

[cupupbutt]

Wow! You made something that appears difficult, so simple! :)