Q&A for How to Draw a Bonsai Tree

For leaves, you should use smaller brushes and the trunk should have a medium sized brush. The pot should have a much larger brush than the others. For the soil, you can try using the back of a small paintbrush and dab some lighter-colored paint like light brown, and for the rocks you can mix some white/bit of gray. The bottom of the pot should be dark brown, and the trunk should also have a little bit of gray/white. If you're drawing the background, you could have a little bit of light blue/gray and mix them up.

Sure. It doesn't have to just be a bonsai tree. You can draw whatever else you want in the picture.

Of course! Use whatever colors you like.

Try sketching in individual leaves, or draw short lines in the leafy parts to indicate more detail. Make some leaves out of place to mimic reality.

To make a drawing look like it is far away, draw it smaller and less detailed. In a larger image that you're coloring, you can use slightly bluer colors than the foreground to make it seem like it's fading with distance.

Of course! A sunset would have amazing contrast against the green of the tree.