I enjoyed drawing a lot when I was a kid. One problem I always had – and I’m sure this is not unique to me – is that my drawings always looked much prettier in my head than they did on paper. So for this slow, post-holiday Friday post, I wanted to share a video I found recently demonstrating three simple ways to draw trees that I actually found really helpful.

This video probably won’t turn you in to a great artist or anything, but it does give you some nice basics to start with. This is what I turned up with after one viewing (I chose to go with the second technique demonstrated – it seemed to be the simplest).

Try it! Let me know how it goes.