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5 Paint the lines for the gills but use a very

dark red because the mushroom is at
the lowest part of the mushroom. Use Tips !
dull down colours for places with
shadows because they dont tend Work in layers.
to show obvious lines.After finish
painting the gills make an overlay of Use a mix of different colours to make a blend.
oranges and red on the top of each
mushroom to make it more vibrant and lay down the base colours before adding details.
blended together.
Do not paint over the white areas .

Let the paint dry before moving on to another layer to avoid muddy colours.

Materials

Brush :rectangle brush , large round brush and small 0.2 detailing brush
Pentel watercolour : Red , Vermillion ,orange ,yellow ochre , purple, prussian
blue ,brown ,White.
Tissue
a jar of water

6 Colour Palette

For the last step using watercolour
pencils .Take a red and yellow pencil
and colour in the gills that has the
highest red contrast (middle part of the
gills). Take a brown colour pencil and
shade every top fold of the mushroom
indicating a shadow .lightly colour
yellow areas with a yellow colour
pencil .

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