Page 30 - the art of mushrooms

Tonal 1 Draw the outline of the

mushroom and the drips at
the bottom ,its okay if its not
detailed as it can be adjustable
whilst shading.

2

Next step is to darken the spots on the cap so
that afterwards so that you can shade lightly
over it to make the dark parts blend in with the
light .

3 The mushroom has dark upright line

patterns .Using a 6B at the bottom of the
cap make curved vertical strokes to show
that there is a flare at the bottom .This trick
This grim looking mushroom is a Coprinopsis atramentaria or known as inkdrop mush- will make the drawing looks like it has
room .It got it's name from the visual of ink dripping from its cap .Such a weird and volume.Take a 4B and shade from down to
fascinating thing grows from spring to autumn and is edible but highly poisonous when up gradually applying less pressure in the
consumed with alcoholThe grey-brown cap is initially bell-shaped before opening, light area.
after which it flattens and disintegrates causing it to look like its melting.The colour of
this muhroom is greyish brown with black drips at the bottom ,a good reference when
working with graphtes.Tonal technique is shading using gradient ,layer after layers from
light to dark .Time taken 5 hours

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