Painting Trees in Procreate Is Boring… Unless You Do This

Painting nature scenes in Procreate has a reputation for being tedious. In this video I break down Volume Lighting, the technique I use to light and paint trees, foliage, and branches by treating them as one solid, three-dimensional shape instead of a pile of individual leaves.

Once it clicks, painting backgrounds stops being the part of illustration you dread and turns into one of the fastest parts of the process.