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Mushroom

Based on a photograph from a really awesome book about mushrooms. This one is called a parrot waxcap.

Here, I've tried to build color slowly from light to dark. I also just purchased a new set of brushes that I was eager to try out - in particular, a smaller round taklon and a cat's tongue brush. This was a fun piece to color and try new ways of expressing surfaces and edges.

I'm not a fan of the background, though. It feels a little rushed and it doesn't provide the contrast I was hoping for. Oh well. Next time.

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