Trees In Bloom Finger Paintings For All Ages!

Tonight is the wonderful Jewish holiday of Tu B’Shevat, the new year for fruit bearing trees, so what better time than to get the family together, or carve out some time for yourself, to paint some artful and whimsical almond trees in bloom! Okay, if you wish they can be cherry blossom trees, no problem! And best of all, you can choose to do this trees in bloom painting project without using any brushes at all, just fingers and a few q-tips, imagine that! That is right dear readers, finger painting isn’t always for little kids, it can be great for any age!

The trees in bloom paintings that I’m sharing with you here were painted based on an online family friendly painting class by my friend Amanda Evanston, and the class is called Brushless Botanicals: Chagall Trees! Perfect, right? (Chagall was Jewish and includes many Jewish themes in his paintings, so get inspired by Chagal and paint anything floating in the sky!) There’s a whole section about Chagall which is really interesting, in addition to several painting lessons to create trees inspired by Chagall. I took it one step further to create trees in bloom, and added some paint pen details as seen in the painting above, but you may choose to stick with just your fingers……there are no rules folks! Also, do take a look at Amanda Evanston’s Facebook page every Wednesday, starting today, for some free mini classes, including one today (up for 24 hours) that uses spaghetti as a painting tool, don’t miss it!

Okay, back to our Tu B’Shevat scheduling, lets paint some joyful trees in bloom, and I’ve even painted some on milk cartons, which together with these paintings are this year’s holiday decorations! Okay let’s take a closer look……

This almond tree painting in bloom, owes its look to a final layer of paint pen, namely bright pink, white and some black sharpie. Sometimes it is all about the tiny details!

Now this painting, which now lives on only in this photo, wasn’t exactly giving me joy, so I cut it in half and made two single tree paintings, the one above and the one I’ve shared below! One of the really wonderful things about Amanda Evanston’s classes is that one learns to create in batches, to create for the sake of creating and that nothing is precious. So the idea of cutting up a not so sucessful painting to make two that I do like, goes hand in hand with that, and is part of the creative process. No precious paintings folks, just lots of creativity!
This little sweetie was painted with my fingers and q-tips, and at the end I added those cyclamen in bloom (a native species here in Northern Israel) with a white paint pen and a pink paint pen. And yes some black permanent marker!
Ah yes, and this painting, another one that lives on only here, such is the creative journey. I do like it, but in my attempt to add what I felt was missing I messed it up entirely, and that dear readers is why it is important to create in batches, and to create in order to progress, not for the perfect end result.

Celebrate Tu B’Shevat by painting a whole gallery full of fruit trees in bloom, what an amazing way to honor the holiday and create memories!