OK - for those painters of you who are sitting there with paintbrush in mid-air waiting to get at those mushrooms again here are the next steps!
(Here is Part 1 - https://eastwitching.com/2013/02/09/art-demo-watercolour-fly-agaric-mushrooms/
But first - here is how they have ended today after the work I did on them this afternoon…I popped them in a virtual frame to give them that magical space that all art needs.
Please click on the images as they will come up nice and big for you to see.
I read somewhere that the art of good painting is knowing where to stop and that a painting can be interesting at several points in its creation.
I just hope I’ve picked the right place to get off!
Wow that painting is absolutely stunning! I almost expect there to be a little fairy perched on top because they look so magical!
Well hold onto your hat as I feel the need to introduce and animal into my fly agaric scene - thanks for the comment Claire!
They’re so pretty, you almost want to eat them. I said almost!
Hi Milka - thank you! They are very paintable because of their colours and shape aren’t they.
Have you ever seen any in real life? I haven’t yet.
I grew up in France and I saw some a couple of times in the woods. They’re called “amanite tue-mouches” in French, fly killer, but obviously they kill more than flies. We’re taught very early on to never touch them because they’re common to see. If you’ve ever read the comic strip The Smurfs, they are featured in almost every story. They must be more common in Europe than in the US.
Oh where in France? I lived and worked in France - Dordogne, Charente, Alsace-Lorraine and Vendee. That must have been great to actually see them but yes - they are very toxic. I know the smurfs and the imagery of this mushroom is so popular everywhere I think….
Near Paris, but I vacationed in a lot of places. Most of the mushrooms are edible there, fortunately.
Aha! MMM yes - I ate a lot of cepes down in the Dordogne!!
wow this really turned out beautiful! I love the red of the shooms against the blues.
Thanks Wazeau - I am having trouble with the last two images of the demo as when I click on them to get them up big they are not working - ,,,,