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1 Draw the outline and wet the paper using a When the colour is set ,use a slightly dried

round brush and put down dark colours for 4 brush to paint the gills using brown colour
the gills . .Use this method when adding details you
dont want to be mixed together .Use red
vermillion on the cap to help blend between
red and yellow .As for the stalk use water to
spread the paint .Add a dark paint at either
end of the stalk and use a wet clean brush to
drag the paint to the centre .This will give a
gradient effect and control of the lighting .Be
careful of the paint spreading to white areas
that should not be painted .

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For the cap use a mixture of purple ,red,
vermillion and yellow .All of them deluted and
layer lightly.If the colour is too strong or the
paper is too wet .Use tissue paper to dab the 5
excess .Use the wet surface to blend things to-
gether with the brush .Be loose when colour- Go over areas that needed more colours like
ing and let the colour spread .Add a darker the cap of the mushroom ,the gills , and the
colour on places with shadows . bottom of the stem .Usea maroon , red and

brown colour pencil to further darken and
details areas such as the gills ,bottom of cap
and stalk .Use water and prussian blue for
the rocks at the bottom .

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