Fungi in Watercolor: Painting Culinary Mushrooms
Friday, May 30, 2025
10 a.m.–4 p.m.
Fee: $145 members/$175 non-members
Prerequisites: Botanical Drawing I and II; Watercolor I
Beautiful fungi are as close as your local farmer’s market these days! Blue oysters, yellow chanterelles, ivory lion’s mane, and brown shiitake are desirable subjects to draw and paint. With Margaret Saylor, you will learn the basic mushroom structure and growth habits and how to illustrate the unique form and texture of the subjects.
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Margaret Saylor is a working studio artist painting fungi and forest plants from her native Berks County, PA. She works primarily in graphite and watercolor as well as egg tempera. Since 2013, Margaret has been the editor/designer of the American Society of Botanical Artist’s quarterly journal, The Botanical Artist.
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