Full colour step-by-step downloadable pdf lesson for you to print off and follow as you paint. Includes list of materials, easy instructions and extra tips. When you live in Australia you can’t help but notice our beautiful gum trees. They are ideal painting subjects. I photographed this gum tree in the Flinders Ranges, South Australia, right near a path to the famous Cazneaux Tree. The light was perfect, creating some lovely colours on the trunk and beautiful shadows to the left.