An ending to the mushrooms I was working on yesterday. After struggling for hours with “natural” tones of the mushrooms, in white, brown, and gray, I rebelled and made them rainbow-colored.
![The line art from yesterday's session. Note the color being applied, it is a warm beige; it was sampled from an actual mushroom image.](http://penneyknightly.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/Mushroom-coloration011-644x362.png)
![More coloration, using a warmer color as a base. A lot like with painting -- using burnt sienna as an underlayer.](http://penneyknightly.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/Mushroom-coloration-red-coloration-644x362.png)
![Nearing the end of my rebellion with color, here is the rainbow theme.](http://penneyknightly.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/Mushroom-coloration-rainbow-beginnings-644x362.png)
![Zoomed-in color detail for the final mushrooms colors.](http://penneyknightly.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/Mushroom-coloration-rainbow3-cropped1-zoomcrop-644x424.png)
![The final coloring, with Photoshop modifications for extra Wow.](http://penneyknightly.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/Mushroom-coloration-rainbow3-cropped1-toned-644x390.png)
This was a fun exercise, and I learned a lot, especially about the inner workings of Sketchbook Pro. I got more familiar with the behaviors of the brushes, and how to merge and separate layers to make the coloring process more forward-moving and less tripping over myself. The splatter-dot brush was entertaining and gave me a lot of texture in this image that I wouldn’t have had otherwise. I look forward to learning even more!