How to draw trees with graphite powder and pencils 

Another simple and yet effective drawing - glad I found Smoothie!

Love watching such an accomplished artist teaching and imparting to others the skills in pencil drawing. Thanks so much.

Great news, I am looing forward to see those videos!!! And so happy I found tutorial like yours! I did that kind of drawing 30 years ago but forgot a lot ;) I fully agree, Dave Usher is indeed a great teacher and I am learning a lot watching the videos.

This is excellent, the way it start taking shape, coming to life. You are amazing!

Firstly, congratulations for your first demo video!!! It was so fascinating to hear all about the pencils and all the other materials you use. The tree is beautiful, thank you for showing us the secrets of drawing a tree with graphites. Well done Smoothie, many thanks!

Thanks so much for making this and all your videos. I've been into airbrushing for years where you can get away with very basic sketches, so I thought I would hone my drawing skills. Well after finding your videos I found myself hooked on the Graphite procedures. Your work is amazing. Thanks again.

Another wonderful and helpful video. I'm glad you picked it up and held it closer to the camera at the end, I saw many details I could not see earlier in the video.

I'm having fun & I'm so excited I clicked on your video! I'm very new to drawing & RU-vid videos have taught me everything I've learned. I've been practicing drawing trees....I LOVE YOUR TECHNIQUE of using the graphite AND the fact I can do it by scraping my pencils is not only ingenious it's really fun! Thank you for caring enough about us newbies that you took the time to make this & many more great videos! GOD BLESS!

Just found you and so enjoying these and having a go- thank you so much!

That was fantastic and a huge help!

Amazing technique, so glad I found you! Thank you for taking the time to share with us.

I just want to say that I think you are so talented and that I love your videos. ❤️

You make it look all so easy I will try it out and hope for the best....once again thank you

I never thought the draw realistic trees would be that easy thanks alot for this tutorial you deserve this sub from me

Beautiful technique, thank you!

Amazing! You were recommended by a watercolor artist I follow named Dave Usher and I am so glad he did. You are absolutely what I need right now to get my drawing to where it needs to be for my love of 1. art and 2. watercolors. I just might change to a #3 for drawing with your help. Thank you so much.

Wow, thank you for this tutorial and presenting your materials. I really love your style of drawing and how you use pencils. I would love to see more videos like that! :)

incredible work!!! thanks for the great tips

Love watching you draw. Thanks for sharing your teaching.

Congratulations, I love your drawings! Thank you for the demo, I really enjoyed seing the tree "getting alive"... more please ;). I will continue watercolor with Dave Usher but I will also go back to my pencil and re-try drawing!

I too am glad you have finally given us a demo! you have such a gentle patience to your drawing. This might explain my inability to achieve such beautiful results. You are so talented, and your art is so beautiful! Thank you Smoothie!

Absolutely brilliant. I'm retired and living in Thailand and do nothing much other than play golf. I bought some drawing supplies a few weeks ago and have been trying to learn to draw ever since. Having scoured the internet I have to say your videos are excellent. Thank you for taking the time and trouble.

Wish i had u as my teacher... But glad i found u sir... Ur videos r really helpful❤️

Damn, you make it look so easy. Thanks for sharing. Great videos.

Great demo. Thank you!

I really want to learn to do this, the problem I have is watching you is so so relaxing I spend hours watching and enjoying and never get round to drawing lol

Terrific video.....Just a tip that may help some people...I use my blue tack to clean my erasure pencils (both regular and retractable)...just poke the tip into the blue tack..give it a spin and it comes out clean....Thanks for this video Smoothie.

Congratulations on this wonderfully instructive and informative video! It's been a very busy week and I just sat down to view your work. I have such admiration and respect for all you artists, your talents, your skills and your dedication. I was mesmerized by the beauty being created right before my eyes. Thank you for sharing.

Great tutorial. I've learned so much from this lesson and BINGO my work improved instantly. Thank you so much.....

How fun is this medium? I have just started drawing and that's how I found you. Thank you for all the great videos. I am very drawn to dark, foggy, rainy landscapes.

You are a fantastic perfectionist!!!! I'm a new follower and I've watched 2 or 3 videos and I'm already learning a lot and I want to thank you. ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤ ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤🖊❤✏❤🖊❤✏❤🖊❤

Congratulations you did it , well done, now everyone can see all the effort that us pencil artist go to to produce a detailed picture, so meticulously done Smoothie, you have achieved a great feeling of depth and shape to the tree , it was nice to put a voice at least to those beautiful drawings , I think you will hear us chanting "we want more" X

I’m so glad too that I found you!

YOU ARE THE BEST......!!!!

Wow Thanks. Wielkie dziękuję za pokazanie techniki rysowania w czasie realnym .

Thank you for sharing your artwork great help

Very informative. I hope Ican do it nearly as well.

Thank you so much for the lesson and your time

Thanks...as a beginner this is really helpful.

Love this

Beautiful !

Awesome!

i love your style !!before my husband retired i loved to draw with charcoal..i won a few awards at country shows....i was just wanting to refresh my ideas when i came across your videos on you tube i bought a video download yesterday on drawing..it cost me $34.00 AU....your videos are so much better....more detailed...cant wait to sit through all of your work..Beverley

amazing 👏

Really interested in what you have to say but really can't hear! The demonstration is great, also never thought of using woodless graphite pencils the way you did and blender as a creative tool. Your voice is so soothing, no stress, no pressure, no rush to do anything. I have to try this!

Wonderful video. Thank you.

You make it look so easy! Mine just looks so random and doesn't have that realistic form as yours does.

Sok videót megnéztem, hogyan kell rajzolni fát. Nekem nem sikerül. De csak a te rajzaidnál érzem, ez a fa él! Nagyon valóságos. Ezt nem lehet megtanulni, erre születni kell. Csodálatos képeid vannak! Köszönöm, hogy láthatom. (hungarian)

thank you. it's very helpful and clear :)

Great tutorial! So is your light source coming from the top right or some other direction? Thanks!

Muito bom o vídeo !

thank you You have rlly helped me

Wonderful drawing!

I am untreated in graphite drawing. i am fainted with it. would like to see more of your work. Anne

It helps me very much, Thank you...

thank you for the helpful videos.. your skill level is astounding! I would so very much love to see a real time lesson on drawing a near field tree ie foreground, close up tree. Is this doable? Thanks again. Yaqin

How do you fix a graphite drawing once completed? Love the denos!

Good fun!

Can you also draw a fir tree for example a red or white pine?

Thanks a lot ☺️

I'm having much better outcomes with this technique. Thanks, Teach!

Well that was a unique experience, at least it looks like a tree lol onto the next video drawing trees for pencil and wash !

Smoothie, do you have to sharpen the graphite sticks in a sharpener to get the lacquer off, or do you scrape it off along with the graphite when you apply it to the paper? I wouldn't think you'd want lacquer in the mix, right?

Очень полезный урок.. Большое спасибо.

How do you remove the lacquer coating from the graphite pencils you use?

hi there smoothie great video very inspiring. do you use the graphite pencils for drawing or just scraping them to get the dust off them? what grade pencil did you use to get the dust on this drawing? thanks iain

Beautiful! How do you 'sharpen' your eraser pencil please?

Очень познавательный видео урок!!! Жду продолжения очень интересует детализация в рисунке Спасибо.!!!!

hi very good videos. But I am having trouble hearing you and my sound is up as far as it will go.thanks

How does one sharpen a wood less pencil please? I'm. really enjoying your video tuition on pencil and wash and also wonder if they are in special order? Thank you. Juliette

btw, I have a jar of graphite powder and large mop brush, can I incorporate that with your method or do you have tips using that method as well.

Do you have any books out that you have written about pencil drawing?

I really like the look of the graphite powder. Ive been trying to do some landscapes in graphite powder but for some odd reason i doesnt look right when i do it i have the derwent pencil eraser and it doesnt seem to pick up the graphite not sure if its the vrand of paper i use or the brand of graphite.

Hi, You impress me each time. I fing after saw your video. For remplace graphite stick, i took a o.5 mechanical pencil and with a smal peace aoff sand paper a vas able to shade. You have to try. Taink for all Smoothie

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I haven't got any graphite pencils yet, so could could I scrape a B8 or the like until I can afford some graphite pencils?

great videos, thank you for sharing. Just a bit dark... throw in more light and keep going ;)

How are you cleaning the eraser when you move your hand out of the video frame?

What is an alternative for the blending pencil?

another question for you: i need some references like yours, where can i find these? i love your drawings!!

Love the Midlands accent btw. Melton Mowbray?

Hello, just became a member of your Patreon Channel. Can you tell me please why I can't see it from my phone? If anyone else out there knows that would be greatly appreciated as well. Ty And Great Job!, really like your style. Both drawing and personality!

what kind of paper you use, thanks

I have my volume up as far as it will go. Please adjust your mic. Thanks.

You may want to kick up the volume in your videos cause it's sometimes hard to hear, especially if you're listening to your video and it's raining outside.

someone send this man a microphone so we can better hear those creamy monotones

I really like your videos but you need to turn up the volume . I cant hear what your saying

very informative, thanks, but it is very hard to hear you?

Just a recommendation, you might get closer to your microphone. I can't hear you at all.

Good technique just wish you would speak little louder

Please speak loud I can't hear you properly

Very good vídeos, But the volume of the voice is Just Too low

I am sorry, but the volume is too low. I cannot hear the instructions. I would like to subscribe. Thank You:)

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Looks like a half eaten apple on a stick . . . *blinks* looks like actual tree in real life. Dafuq!

Well you need to improve sound quality. Sound like one that is hunting game.

your audio volume is very low.

For some reason, I cab barely hear you. Other videos are finei

Am I the only one who simply cannot hear the near-whisper of this narration (and some others of smoothie77's)? Even the low susurrus of the air conditioner when it kicks on provides enough low-level background noise to make the narration inaudible for understanding. It's not my machine-I have a Dell 17 7779 with MaxxAudio Pro, and it *cranks* on anything else, including other RU-vid videos (even some of smoothie77's), but some of them, like this one, might as well be muted. I love your instructional videos, and your techniques, but please, please review your audio levels before you publish. Any good video editor should allow you to boost your audio levels in post-production. Thank You! ;-)