Page 70 - the art of mushrooms

Illustration 2

Tips !

Use a combination of regular and watercolour pencil.

Work in layers.

When blending the colours together go the opposite direction of the previous
colour to make blending more smooth.

Darker background will make the drawing look more realistic.

Use colour pencil for the outline instead of regular pencil so that it will blend
with the shading .

Materials

Faber castell tri colour pencil
faber castell watercolour pencil
eraser .

Colour Palette

This is a velvet shank mushroom ,it resembles a freshly baked buns and is edible too.This
Mushroom is a perfect study for pencil colour as it has a lot of challenge in finding the
correct colour for the highlights and shadows .Despite being brown in colour it uses a
lot of colour range to match the colour it has. The reflection on the top of the cap has a
blue hue to it instead of white from the velvety texture of the mushroom .It has a dark
watercolour pencil regular pencilcolour top but a slow decline in gradient towards the brim of the mushroom ,you can learn to
control pressure and colour gradient by following this tutorial . Time taken 7 hours.

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