To create it, start at the top, and make a small sideways “v.” Then, go back in the opposite direction and make another. Rather than being a solid, colored-in shape, the suggestion of a tree is created by a line that goes back and forth, increasing in width from top to bottom. If you want your Christmas tree to have decorations, you can add a star on top, garland, ornaments, and anything else you like.

For a realistic look, each triangle should be slightly larger than the one above it.Ĭolor in your triangles and add a tiny brown rectangle for the trunk. You can change the shape and appearance of the tree by choosing to overlap the triangles a lot or not much at all, as shown in the examples below. Just stack three triangles on top of each other to form the body of the tree.

This is one of the most traditional looking ways to draw a pine tree, and if you can draw a triangle, you’ve got it made.