Completed artwork Fantastic Fungi
- sarah816202
- Nov 19
- 2 min read
An interesting adventure into the fascinating world of fungi and imagination into different realms with our creative collective this week. Please take your time to look into each picture and notice the little details of each, some quaint, others quirky.
Andy - A very inspired piece of art based on a mushroom. Andy had a cousin who visited Greece and shared some photos of their visit, so he drew upon these and came up with this design for a house. It's dreamy in my opinion, what do you think? Created with soft pastels and watercolours.
Phil - Fun-gi artwork... Chris-fun-gi yellow and green; Debbie Duck fun-gi red and scarlet; Mark-fun-gi blue and red; Haley fun-gi orange and pink. These were all created by Phil on Sketchbook digital art app. Super colourful and love the creativeness he's used with these.
Barbara - A very different angle to mushrooms, Barbara explained she decided to go with an Alice in Wonderland theme with a twist... She was eating mushrooms to change her size, painted both red and blue, but her clothing had a gothic style edge to it... Why not! Loving this there's a whole new book story waiting to happen here, what are your thoughts? Watercolour painting.
Mandy - A fantastic Agaric Fungus with that distinct red dot cap! Mandy decided to transform the gills (white part) of her fungus into teeth, and what a set of choppers they are, so she has called her character Tommy the Teeth. Check out the smile on them!! Love it! They have an amazing character, I hope they aren't vicious in the woodland, that's all I can say... Felt-tip pens and graphite were used.
Sarah - 'Beefsteak Fungus' Fistulina hepatica
A bracket fungus that grows up to 30cm. When cut, it bleeds a red, blood-like liquid. It has red mottled flesh, similar to a hunk of meat... It grows on dead or dying oaks. Common in the UK and North America. They are edible, younger ones are better, being less acidic and sour and less rubbery. Watercolour with a little acrylic paint.
Mandy - worked really hard on this drawing, initially thinking the theme was Remembrance. And that's ok. It's a very good drawing, a powerful message behind it too, and this is the first time she has drawn a bird. The group brings together people to try something new and get out of their comfort zone. She then went on to draw Tommy the Teeth and got back on track with the theme for the week.
We certainly went on an adventure with our fantastic fungi with homes, foods, fantasy, cartoon characters and realism, looking at those found in nature.
Let us know your thoughts...
There's always a space for you if you'd like to join us in the Zoom art room, a different topic every week with a write-up. Feel free to drop us a message. I'll add the link, and you can pop in and check us out.
Some awesome pieces here
Love all the different interpretations, its so interesting to see the diversity of imagination and the varying resultant artworks :) xxx