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Scribbling

Tips !

Work in layers.

Being patient while hatching
will create a nicer finish

Alternate between pencil to avoid scratch
marks from hard graphite pencils

The amount of hatching strokes will
determine the lightness or the darkness of
an area .

Materials

Any kind of drawing pencils set
Pencils used : 2B , 6B and 8B
Kneaded eraser

Colour Value

This purplish red hue mushrooms scientific name is Tricholomopsis rutilan .Despite the
tongue twisting scientific name it is adorably called plums and custard mushroom in-
dicating plums for the purple coloured cap and custard for the yellow gills .Eventhough
the name has a sweet tone to it unfortunately this fungus is very bitter and inedible
.The technique i use for this mushroom is called scribbling a simple and fast technique
that takes a short time to complete.Just like a kid with crayons simply make circle
squiggles repetitively .Light areas require far apart scribbling while darker areas needs
more pressure and a more tighter scribbling. Time taken 1 hour .

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