I've had a lovely week drawing more mushrooms, this first one is almost the size of a plate, found in the forests of Brittany by Luba and Hervé a few weeks ago. They picked so many in one day that she had to preserve most of them by freezing of drying and pickling in brine.
Here is a photo of their finds from one days foraging. Lots of boletus and tiny chanterelles which were delicious in a tart she made for our supper one evening.
But back to Belarus and here are a pair of strange ones with yellow heads and speckled black and white stems. I used my Derwent drawing pencils for this one, they are a lovely collection of earthy colours with muted greens and greys. The leads are soft and creamy and work beautifully on the mi-tientes paper.
Last night I copied a photo taken by my sister in law Trish in her local West Sussex woods. I drew it last year in my sketchbook and it was nice to do it again on pastel paper with Pablo pencils which are smooth and fine and lovely for mixing in layers. I left the test swatch on the side so you can see the different colours I have used. The light wasn't very good so I had to guess if I was using the right shade and it was a lovely surprise this morning to see it in daylight although I did have to erase and replace a bit of rather bright blue that had got in which didn't work at all!
In case you're wondering, the best way to erase coloured pencil is to use a putty rubber in a dabbing motion because if you rub you will spread the colour into other areas and dirty the colours.
Next time I hope I will be showing you the finished picture.
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