Two mushrooms with rounded caps and short stems, one overlapping the other; cap undersides visible only at the near rims. Black and gray fineliner drawing on warm textured sketchbook paper.

Drawing referenceAbout reference use

Mushroom fine ink study

Two mushrooms with rounded caps and short stems, one overlapping the other; cap undersides visible only at the near rims. Practice structure, perspective and developed values in fine ink.

Nature & plants Challenging Fineliner70 min, at your pace

A way into the drawing

Establish the main shapes
Place two unequal cap domes.
Connect the structure
Connect the stems and clarify the overlap between mushrooms.
Develop the drawing
Resolve the connected planes and overlaps, then build layered details and a full range of local values. Preserve clear paper highlights.

A small thing to tryReserve the darkest marks for the underside rims.