mushroom season

24 October 2024
Paint a parasol mushroom in watercolours
Paint a parasol mushroom in watercolours

It's that time of year when our forest walks take forever as I have to stop at every mushroom not matter how small. There's so many different ones this year because we've had a very wet autumn and, although I'm not brave enough to pick edible ones for myself yet, we have kind neighbours that have been keeping us well supplied with forest bounty :-)

This one is a parasol mushroom, although it's new and hasn't made it's parasol yet. I loved the dark markings on this one, each one sticking out of the cap a little and the very top-heavy cap itself is so cute.

Happy painting!

Full step by step watercolour tutorial to paint this mushroom is on Patreon and Renee's Studio.

Thanks to Wunderphotos1951 on Pixabay for the reference photo.

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