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4 When the colour is set ,use a slightly dried
brush to paint the gills using brown colour
.Use this method when adding details you Tips !
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 Work quickly while the paper is still wet
spread the paint .Add a dark paint at either
end of the stalk and use a wet clean brush to Use a mix of different colours to make a blend.
drag the paint to the centre .This will give a
gradient effect and control of the lighting .Be Do not use too much water to avoid paper buckling
careful of the paint spreading to white areas
that should not be painted . Be careful of white areas

Keep on building up colour to have a nice saturation

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

Colour Palette

5

Go over areas that needed more colours like
the cap of the mushroom ,the gills , and the
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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