Paint a Watercolor Tree in the Fall

Step by step watercolor tutorial for painting a tree in its autumnal splendor

Image by the author.

As summer passes and the shades of nature ebb towards beautiful shades of red, yellow and brown, trees become an irresistible subject for painting. In my local park, the beeches and oaks are all on the turn, but it is the maple trees that express this change of season so…