Friday, 18 March 2011

In the Woods

Went walking in my local woods the other day in glorious sunshine,and found some of these curious fungi. Heres my sketch:


They have such a great name; 'Scarlet elf cups' (Sarcoscypha coccinea) and are a vivid red colour. They live on dead,rooting wood and usually have moss accompanying them;which sets off the red beautifully. I had to bring this stick home and draw them!
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5 comments:

  1. Paul Parsons18 March 2011 at 16:23

    Nice study.

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  2. Claire19 March 2011 at 15:49

    thanks Sid

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  3. Julie Whelan23 March 2011 at 12:18

    Love all the textures in this study :) xox

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  4. Sigrid Frensen27 March 2011 at 15:54

    They are so amazing. I did them last year and I was amazed by the intense orange red colour of these little mushrooms. Nice to see yours now, Claire ;)

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  5. Sigrid Frensen27 March 2011 at 16:00

    Had to search for mine of course. Don't know if you've seen it before. Actually... it has been almost a year now since I last saw my painting ;)) Nice to see it back after a year.
    http://sigridfrensen.blogspot.com/2010/03/scarlet-elf-cups.html

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