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  1. Print plates with a painted mushroom on a green shelf
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    Chanterelle Plate

    One finished plate of a chanterelle, with a line drawing to colour.

    • 4 pages

  2. Red-capped toadstool on a pale blue backdrop
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    Fly Agaric Plate

    A red-capped mushroom with fern, as a plate and a line drawing.

    • 4 pages

  3. Close-up of a cut bolete cap and pores
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    Bolete Plate

    A brown-capped bolete, cut open, with its pores and stem drawn in detail.

    • 4 pages

  4. Open sketch journal and paint tin on green board
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    Field Journal Pages

    Forty blank pages with a frame for a sketch and lines for your notes.

    • 40 pages

  5. Grid of nine line drawings, some part coloured
    PDF

    Forest Floor Colouring Book

    Twelve plates of mushrooms, moss and leaves to colour in at home.

    • 12 plates

  6. Mushrooms, pencil and sketchbook against moss green
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    Mushroom Sketching Guide

    How to see a mushroom, draw it in an evening and paint it, step by step.

    • 36 pages

Courses

Printed to order

Merch

My designs, printed to order and shipped by Printful.

A watercolour of mushrooms on a table beside a real mushroom.

About

About me

I walk in the forest with a basket, a pencil and a small tin of paints. I draw a mushroom where it grows, then take the sketch home and turn it into a plate: one subject, a name, a line about it and a few notes. I have drawn a hundred or so, and the plates fill a drawer.

I do not teach anyone to eat what they find. I draw them. The plates, the journal pages and the guide are the part that is useful to you if you want to draw too, and the two courses go from a first pencil sketch to a finished watercolour plate. All you need is paper, a pencil and something that grows.

Cap and Gill

A short letter every other Sunday from the forest and the desk: one mushroom, one drawing lesson and one thing to try.

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Questions

How do the downloads arrive?

After checkout you receive an email with a download link, and the same link is shown on the confirmation page. Everything is a PDF made to print on ordinary A4 or Letter paper.

Is there merch?

Yes: tees, mugs, totes, prints and stickers with my own designs. Each is printed to order and shipped by Printful, and the cost and delivery time show at checkout.

Can I use the plates to identify mushrooms?

No. The plates are drawings, not a field guide. Never eat a mushroom unless an expert has identified it for you.

What paper and paints do I need?

Any smooth paper, a soft pencil and a small set of watercolours. The sketching guide lists exactly what I use.