Page 23 - the art of mushroom

Cross-Hatching

1 Start with a pencil outline .

2

With a 2B pencil,The first layer is
simply light hatchingto differrentiate the
light parts and dark parts.
Use the X pattern when shading.

3

Add darker shades under each fold on the
mushroom cap to make the texture more
prominent . so from the top of the fold is
dark , the middle is light and darker at the
drop. there is white tuffs on the strings
therefore just shade inbetween it .
As for the sten shade diagonally to
The coprinus comatus or known as the shaggy mane mushroom stay truhtful to its show the direction of the light . Use the
name as the top part of the muhroom looks like its peeling and creating a tuff texture. 6B pencil for this step.
The top part is white but it gradually gets dark at the bottom creating a strings of
blacks with white tuffs. This technique is called cross-hatching .It is done by stroking
the graphite in an X pattern .It will gives off texture and the direction of the light aswell
as the texture of the mushroom . Hatching can be done in any direction .Time taken 4
hours

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