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Tree Doodle

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Drawn: A forest edge: tall trunks behind, bushes in frontA forest edge: tall trunks behind, bushes in frontRule the trunks first. Overlap their feet with low rounded bushes and let one branch reach out into the open.

Next step Whole landscapes to draw Leaves, bark and cones up close

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Leafy trees 15

A crown filled leaf by leaf, packed below, loose on top Pencil the crown shape. Fill it with tiny ovals pointing every way, packed close below and loose on top.
A tall flame-shaped tree with a pointed tip A narrow leaf shape standing on end, widest low down. A stub of trunk shows under it.
A thick trunk with a dark knot hole and two eyes in it Draw a thick trunk with a dark oval partway up. Leave two small circles bare in the dark for eyes.
A tree as a cloud on a stick One straight trunk. On top, a bumpy outline like a cloud, wider than it is tall.
A tree crown built from many small C curves Pencil a rough ball. Go round and through it with short C shapes facing every way, thicker underneath.
A tree growing sideways out of a bank, then turning up Rule a steep slope. The trunk leaves it level, bends in an elbow and climbs. The crown sits over the drop.

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Leafy trees, continued

A tree of five bare branches, a leafy puff on each end Draw a trunk with five bare branches. Put a small bumpy clump on the end of each, with sky between them.
A tree of scribbled loops on a wide trunk Two lines for a trunk that flares at the foot. Above it, scribble overlapping loops into a rough ball.
A tree shaded as a ball: dark underside, bare top Pick a side for the sun. Hatch the crown darkest low on the far side and leave the top near the sun untouched.
A tree whose crown is two coins with a third stacked above Two circles side by side and one on top, overlapping. Erase the lines inside and add a short trunk.
A tree with branches showing through gaps in the crown Draw the bare branches first. Add the leaf outline over them in broken patches, leaving two or three windows.
A tree with roots spread as wide as its crown Draw the crown, then mirror its width below the ground line with roots that fork the way the branches do.
A trunk of spiral bands, like a wrung towel Draw the trunk as bands that spiral upward. Let each band run out into a branch at the top.
A wide tree, twice as broad as tall, with low limbs A short thick trunk. The limbs leave it low and nearly level, and the crown spreads like an open umbrella.
An apple tree: a round crown dotted with small circles Draw a round crown on a short trunk. Scatter small circles in it and give each a tiny stalk.

Pines and firs 15

A border of pines along a line, tall and short in turn Unit: one tall pine and one half its height, feet on the same ruled line, their lowest branches just touching.
A double-topped pine that forks near the crown Draw a tall pine but split the trunk two thirds of the way up. Each top gets its own small point of branches.
A fir as a bell shape with a scalloped hem Draw a bell, narrow at the top and flaring low down. Scallop its bottom edge and add a stub of trunk.
A fir of stacked arcs, each wider than the one above Draw five sagging curves, one under the other, each a little wider. Join their ends down the two sides.
A pencil-slim pine with its branches hugging the trunk The branches hug the trunk and point down. Make it four times as tall as it is wide, with a sharp tip.
A pine bough close up: needle fans off a twig, one cone Draw a knobbly twig. At each knob, fan out a dozen fine needles. A cone of overlapping scales sits near the end.
A pine from a tall letter A with three crossbars poking out Write a tall narrow A. Add two more crossbars below the first, each wider, and let all three poke out past the legs.
A pine from a tall triangle with a notched edge Draw a tall narrow triangle. Cut three small V notches into each side so it steps in tiers. A short trunk.
A pine in three tones: dark core, hatched middle, bare tips Fill the middle of each tier solid. Hatch outward from it and leave the very ends of the branches bare.
A pine like an arrow's feathers: slanted strokes off a spine Rule an upright line. Add pairs of strokes slanting down from it, short at the top and longer toward the base.
A pine on a cliff edge with roots gripping the rock Draw a rock ledge. The trunk leans out over the drop and two roots wrap down the rock face like fingers.
A pine seen from above: rings of branches round a dot A dot for the tip. Round it, rings of short spokes that get longer with each ring, like a wheel in a wheel.
A pine with a cap of snow on every tier Draw the tiers as three wide flared skirts. Along the top of each add a wavy band and leave it the white of the paper.
A pine with drooping boughs, like wet feathers From the trunk, each bough curves down and lifts a little at its tip. The lowest ones nearly reach the ground.
A tall bare trunk with a tuft of pine at the very top Rule a long trunk with a few broken stubs. Only the top fifth carries branches, in a flat ragged crown.

Bare, drooping, odd trees 15

A bottle-trunk tree: a huge trunk with a tuft of twigs Make the trunk as wide as a barrel and narrow it only at the top, where a few short twigs stick out.
A box of a tree house wedged in a fork, ladder hanging A small box with a window sits in the fork. A ladder of two lines and five rungs hangs to the ground.
A candlestick tree: limbs that leave level, then turn up Draw a short trunk. Each limb goes out level, then bends straight up, and all of them stop at the same height.
A clipped tree: a neat box of leaves on a straight trunk Rule a square with slightly rounded corners on top of a thin trunk. Fill it with tiny even marks.
A leafless old tree with a hollow and one snapped limb Draw a thick trunk with rough bark lines. One limb ends in a jagged break, and a dark hole sits under it.
A leafless tree built from a Y that keeps splitting Draw a Y. Turn each tip into a smaller Y, and each of those into one smaller again, until the tips are hairs.
A staked sapling: a thin stem tied to a post in two places Rule a post. Beside it draw a stem no thicker than a line, tied to the post twice, with a few leaves at the top.
A stump with a single leafy shoot growing from its side A short cylinder with rings on top. From low on one side, a thin stem rises with three small leaves.
A tree leaning on a forked prop under its heaviest limb Draw a trunk that leans hard to one side. Stand a forked stick under the low limb to hold it up.
A tree seated on a boulder, its roots running down the rock Draw a rounded rock. Seat the trunk on top of it and run the roots down over the rock into the ground.
A tree with a rope swing on its lowest limb Draw one limb out to the side. Two lines drop from it to a short plank that hangs a little crooked.
A tree with a small spiral wound on the tip of every limb Draw the trunk and limbs as usual, but finish each one by winding it into a small spiral. No leaves.
A tree with two trunks grown together into one arch Two trunks rise a stride apart, lean in and join overhead. One shared crown sits on top of the arch.
A weeping tree of hanging lines A short trunk and a few arching limbs. From each, draw long lines hanging straight down, nearly to the ground.
A wind-bent tree with its crown streaming to one side Lean the trunk a little. Sweep every branch the same way and let the leaf mass trail off in a point.

Groves and seasons 15

A fall tree with leaves coming down as small commas Draw a round crown with gaps in it. Scatter comma shapes in the air below and a small heap at the foot.
A forest edge: tall trunks behind, bushes in front Rule the trunks first. Overlap their feet with low rounded bushes and let one branch reach out into the open.
A hillside of trees as rows of small bumps Draw a slope. Cover it with rows of small arcs, large and clear at the bottom, shrinking to dots at the top.
A path into the trees, narrowing to a point Two lines that close as they climb the page. Trunks stand along both sides and bend over to meet above.
A row of round trees along a road, shrinking Two road lines meet at a point. Stand round trees along one side, each smaller and closer than the last.
A spring tree with blossom as clusters of tiny circles Draw bare branches. Along them, bunch tiny circles in threes and fives, and let a few drift off.
A summer tree at noon, its shadow pooled round the trunk Draw a full round crown. Under it, a flat dark oval on the ground, the same width as the crown.
A tree in slanting rain, the ground bare beneath its crown Draw a round crown. Slant dashes of rain all round it, but leave the ground under the crown bare and dry.
A tree line on the horizon: a strip of tiny pines and rounds Rule a horizon. Along it draw a narrow band of very small trees, points and domes mixed, with no trunks.
A wood drawn as trunks only, front ones darker Rule upright trunks of different widths from top to bottom of a box. Fill the nearest solid, hatch the rest.
A wood in snow: bare trunks, white on one side Draw upright trunks. Leave a strip bare down the same side of each and ink the rest. No ground line.
An orchard: rows of small round trees with shadows Dot a grid in pencil. Draw the same small round tree on every dot and a flat oval of shade beside each.
One small tree on the crest of a smooth hill curve One smooth curve for the hill. The tree stands at the highest point, small, with clear sky all round it.
Three trees on one line: round, tall and pointed Give all three the same ground line and different heights. Let the crowns overlap a little.
Treetops from above: packed circles with dark gaps Fill a box with bumpy circles of different sizes, touching. Ink the small gaps left between them.

How this list was compiled: Original list written for Draw This Next on 2026-10-02: 60 tree doodles in four kinds (leafy trees, pines and firs, bare, drooping and odd trees, groves and seasons), each marked easy, medium or hard, with the shapes it is built from and the first strokes to draw. Kept apart from nature-drawing-ideas, which studies bark, leaves and cones, and from the Christmas trees on christmas-doodles: no Christmas tree is listed here. No item repeats a title from any other list on the site. No facts are stated. Licence: own work

How it works

A tree doodle is a trunk and one shape on top: a cloud, a spike, a ball of loops. Each of the 60 here names its shapes and gives the first strokes.

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A pine tree doodle from strokes and arcs

Try a pine like the feathers of an arrow, slanted strokes off a spine, or A fir of stacked arcs, each wider than the one above. Keep the branches short at the top and longer toward the base.

Easy to draw woods

A wood is trunks, not whole trees. Rule upright trunks of different widths, fill the nearest solid and hatch the rest. Groves and seasons also has a path into the trees, a wood in snow and treetops from above.

Make the trunk wider at the foot than at the top, even on the smallest tree.
Leave gaps in a leafy crown. Sky showing through makes it read as leaves.

Questions and answers

What is the easiest tree to doodle?

A tree as a cloud on a stick: one straight trunk with a bumpy outline on top, wider than it is tall. Easy, under More filters, holds 20.

What are some cute trees to draw?

An apple tree: a round crown dotted with small circles, A fir as a bell shape with a scalloped hem and A tree with a rope swing on its lowest limb. Round crowns and short trunks keep a tree cute.

How do I doodle a tree in winter?

Draw a Y. Turn each tip into a smaller Y, and each of those into one smaller again, until the tips are as fine as hairs.

Are there Christmas trees here?

No. Decorated trees are on the Christmas doodles list. These are trees as they grow: leafy trees, pines, bare and drooping trees, and groves.