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How to Draw a Mushroom Cluster
Draw a mushroom cluster in 12 easy steps, about 9 minutes. Free, with a printable worksheet.
Each picture adds one red line. Draw that line, then scroll to the next picture. Rub out any dashed helper lines at the end. First up: the cut end.
Step 1: The cut end
On the left, below the middle, draw a tall egg, hand-tall, for the cut end of a log.
Step 2: The log
From the top of the egg draw a long log to the right, round its end, and stop under it.
Step 3: Rings and bark
Inside the cut end draw 2 smaller eggs for tree rings. Add 2 short bark lines along the log.
Step 4: 2 tall caps
Above the log draw 2 mushroom caps, round humps with flat bottoms. Tuck the taller one just behind the first.
Step 5: 2 shorter caps
To the right draw 2 more caps, each lower and tucked behind the last, so they step down like stairs.
Step 6: Stems on the log
From each cap's bottom draw a short, chubby stem down to the log, curving a little, wider at the foot.
Step 7: Ground and moss
Draw a ground line under the log. Add a moss hump that starts and stops on the log top.
Step 8: A tiny one
Right of the log draw a tiny hump cap, then a short stem from it down to the ground.
Step 9: Grass
Start on the ground and flick 2 short grass blades up on the left and one on the right.
Step 10: Cream stems
Colour every stem cream.
Step 11: Ginger caps
Colour all 5 caps ginger brown.
Step 12: Wood log
Colour the log wood brown and the moss green, around the stems. Your mushroom cluster is done!
Your finished drawing
Follow the steps above and this is where you end up: a mushroom cluster, drawn by you.
Every step in one picture
