How To Color Trees: 4 Simple Tree Styles For Calm Coloring Moments

Coloring trees is one of the most relaxing ways to bring life and warmth into cozy coloring pages. In this guide, Southern Lotus shares 4 easy and beginner friendly ways to draw and color trees, inspired by soft storybook illustrations and calming nature scenes. These tree styles are perfect for cozy coloring books, stress relief coloring, and gentle creative practice at home.

This tutorial focuses on simple shapes, soft blending, and layered details, making it ideal for anyone learning how to draw trees for coloring pages using alcohol markers and acrylic pens.

1. Heart Tree

This tree style feels cute, cozy, and full of warmth. It works beautifully for love themed pages, gentle scenes, and playful illustrations.

• Color and blend the base from light to dark red shades using R120, R15, and R412.
• Add depth by shading the inner areas with the darkest red R015.
• Draw heart shaped leaves on the lower parts using a dark red acrylic pen R313.
• Repeat the heart shapes with lighter reds R312 and R23 to soften the texture and create a fluffy finish.

2. Cherry Blossom Tree

This style feels soft, dreamy, and romantic, perfect for spring scenes, peaceful gardens, and calm nature illustrations.

• Color the tree base with a light yellow tone, then add soft pink shading using YR11 and R23.
• Add falling petals and texture with a pink acrylic pen RV09.
• Deepen the foliage by layering darker pink dots using RV013.
• Finish by adding flowers and falling petals with a white acrylic pen 101 for a light, airy effect.

3. Yellow Blossom Tree

This tree feels bright, cheerful, and full of sunlight. It works especially well for open fields, countryside scenes, and happy storybook pages.

• Fill the base with light and dark yellow shades using Y111 and YR112.
• Outline the foliage with a yellow acrylic pen Y54 and lightly sketch branches with a pencil.
• Draw cross shaped flowers using dark yellow YR511, then add lighter yellow highlights with Y63.
• Finish with soft highlights using the lightest yellow acrylic pen YG03 to keep the tree glowing.

4. Wisteria Tree

This style feels calm, elegant, and slightly magical. It’s perfect for fantasy scenes, peaceful gardens, and dreamy landscapes.

• Fill the base with a soft purple shade using RV29.
• Add darker shading and draw hanging vine strands with V014.
• Repeat the vines using lighter purple tones RV011 and RV013, adding gentle highlights on top.
• Finish with tiny flowers using soft pink RV210, yellow Y63, and white acrylic pen 101 for a delicate touch.

These four tree styles are simple to follow, beginner friendly, and easy to adapt to any cozy coloring page. By changing just a few colors and textures, you can create trees that feel playful, peaceful, or magical without overcomplicating your process.

If you’d like to practice these tree styles right away, we’ve prepared a free printable tree coloring page for you to download and enjoy.