Learning to draw trees from back before Youtube and Bob Ross. It’s true the subject matter is a bit limited but the colors are glowing. Imagery from the sketch books of Vere Foster, published in 1895 as “Studies of trees in pencil and in water colors.” The captions and text are by J. Needham.

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Front cover. Image 1 of STUDIES OF TREES IN PENCIL AND WATER-COLORS: Lessons in Foliage Contrasts; Oak, Ash, Beech, Etc. First Series. Vere Foster, artist. J Needham, author. Published in 1895 by Blackie and Son, Glasgow, Edinburgh and Dublin. Collections of Brigham Young University. In the public domain due to age. https://archive.org/details/studiesoftreesin00need/mode/1up
Front cover. Image 4 of STUDIES OF TREES IN PENCIL AND WATER-COLORS: With a Description of each Tree, and Full Instructions for Drawing and Painting by an Experienced Teacher. First Series. Vere Foster, artist. J Needham, author. Published in 1895 by Blackie and Son, Glasgow, Edinburgh and Dublin. Collections of Brigham Young University. In the public domain due to age. https://archive.org/details/studiesoftreesin00need/page/n4/mode/1up
Plate 1 – Contrasts of Foliage – the Oak and the Ash – by J. Needham. Image 11 of STUDIES OF TREES IN PENCIL AND WATER-COLORS: With a Description of each Tree, and Full Instructions for Drawing and Painting by an Experienced Teacher. First Series. Vere Foster, artist. J Needham, author. Published in 1895 by Blackie and Son, Glasgow, Edinburgh and Dublin. Collections of Brigham Young University. In the public domain due to age. https://archive.org/details/studiesoftreesin00need/page/11/mode/1up
Mountain Scene – Oak – Drawn by J. Needham. Image 21 of STUDIES OF TREES IN PENCIL AND WATER-COLORS: With a Description of each Tree, and Full Instructions for Drawing and Painting by an Experienced Teacher. First Series. Vere Foster, artist. J Needham, author. Published in 1895 by Blackie and Son, Glasgow, Edinburgh and Dublin. Collections of Brigham Young University. In the public domain due to age. https://archive.org/details/studiesoftreesin00need/page/21/mode/1up
Plate IV – Scene in Sherwood Forest – Drawn by J. Needham. Image 23 of STUDIES OF TREES IN PENCIL AND WATER-COLORS: With a Description of each Tree, and Full Instructions for Drawing and Painting by an Experienced Teacher. First Series. Vere Foster, artist. J Needham, author. Published in 1895 by Blackie and Son, Glasgow, Edinburgh and Dublin. Collections of Brigham Young University. In the public domain due to age. https://archive.org/details/studiesoftreesin00need/page/23/mode/1up
Plate V – Old Oak by the Wayside, Surrey – by J. Needham. Image 27 of STUDIES OF TREES IN PENCIL AND WATER-COLORS: With a Description of each Tree, and Full Instructions for Drawing and Painting by an Experienced Teacher. First Series. Vere Foster, artist. J Needham, author. Published in 1895 by Blackie and Son, Glasgow, Edinburgh and Dublin. Collections of Brigham Young University. In the public domain due to age. https://archive.org/details/studiesoftreesin00need/page/27/mode/1up
Plate VI – Ash by the Wayside – by J. Needham. Image 35 of STUDIES OF TREES IN PENCIL AND WATER-COLORS: With a Description of each Tree, and Full Instructions for Drawing and Painting by an Experienced Teacher. First Series. Vere Foster, artist. J Needham, author. Published in 1895 by Blackie and Son, Glasgow, Edinburgh and Dublin. Collections of Brigham Young University. In the public domain due to age. https://archive.org/details/studiesoftreesin00need/page/35/mode/1up
Old Ash-trunk – Drawn by J. Needham. Image 37 of STUDIES OF TREES IN PENCIL AND WATER-COLORS: With a Description of each Tree, and Full Instructions for Drawing and Painting by an Experienced Teacher. First Series. Vere Foster, artist. J Needham, author. Published in 1895 by Blackie and Son, Glasgow, Edinburgh and Dublin. Collections of Brigham Young University. In the public domain due to age. https://archive.org/details/studiesoftreesin00need/page/37/mode/1up
Plate VII – The Great Ash Scene in Surrey – By J. Needham. Image 39 of STUDIES OF TREES IN PENCIL AND WATER-COLORS: With a Description of each Tree, and Full Instructions for Drawing and Painting by an Experienced Teacher. First Series. Vere Foster, artist. J Needham, author. Published in 1895 by Blackie and Son, Glasgow, Edinburgh and Dublin. Collections of Brigham Young University. In the public domain due to age. https://archive.org/details/studiesoftreesin00need/page/39/mode/1up
Plate VIII – The Beech in Early Autumn – By J. Needham. Image 43 of STUDIES OF TREES IN PENCIL AND WATER-COLORS: With a Description of each Tree, and Full Instructions for Drawing and Painting by an Experienced Teacher. First Series. Vere Foster, artist. J Needham, author. Published in 1895 by Blackie and Son, Glasgow, Edinburgh and Dublin. Collections of Brigham Young University. In the public domain due to age. https://archive.org/details/studiesoftreesin00need/page/43/mode/1up
Plate IX – Old Beech Trunks in Burnham Wood – By J. Needham. Image 49 of STUDIES OF TREES IN PENCIL AND WATER-COLORS: With a Description of each Tree, and Full Instructions for Drawing and Painting by an Experienced Teacher. First Series. Vere Foster, artist. J Needham, author. Published in 1895 by Blackie and Son, Glasgow, Edinburgh and Dublin. Collections of Brigham Young University. In the public domain due to age. https://archive.org/details/studiesoftreesin00need/page/49/mode/1up

Vere Foster put out other books along the same lines including one about painting landscapes.

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