Trees are an important part of many landscape paintings. If you're learning to paint landscapes, make sure to add trees to your practice list.

In this edition of 15-Minute Sketch: Trees (bottom of page), we've found 5 copy-right free reference photos for you to practice drawing trees. The video will cycle through each of the five reference photos for three minutes each for a total of 15-minutes of drawing practice.

If you want to see how painters approach landscape subject matter checkout:

The Language of Landscape in Watercolor with Dale Laitinen

Fearless Watercolor with Linda Baker
Acrylics the Watercolor Ways: Stephen Quiller Paints a Landscape
Landscape Drawing Basics with Claudia Nice

Here are the images from the video:

Image 1, Image 2, Image 3, Image 4, Image 5

If you'd like to spend more time with an individual reference photo, hit pause or find the original in the links above. Please note: The video has no sound.