# It won’t take up mushroom- it’s small. GSL 12/3 **URL:** \ **Category:** Uncategorized\ **Created:** [December 4, 2025, 1:48am UTC](https://community.thevirtualinstructor.com/t/it-won-t-take-up-mushroom-it-s-small-gsl-12-3/4642 "2025-12-04T01:48:32Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![HarleysMom](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/community.thevirtualinstructor.com/harleysmom/32/6478_2.png) [@HarleysMom](https://community.thevirtualinstructor.com/u/HarleysMom)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2025, 1:48am UTC](https://community.thevirtualinstructor.com/t/it-won-t-take-up-mushroom-it-s-small-gsl-12-3/4642/1 "2025-12-04T01:48:32Z")
![IMG_0475](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/uploads/thevirtualinstructor/original/2X/4/4a50588fbc0305846ee5162fbf44557c809b9130.jpeg) My watercolor pencils consist of 8 CRAYOLA colors I must have purchased 2 years ago. The colors were very, um, CRAYOLA. I did the best with what I had- and this is in a sketchbook so the paper isn’t great either. That being said, I got attached to this little drawing and had great fun(gi.) I took some extra time and did add the gouache highlights on the remnants. I’d never call this realistic but it’s definitely a mushroom! ---
**Author:** ![robichon](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/community.thevirtualinstructor.com/robichon/32/4993_2.png) [@robichon](https://community.thevirtualinstructor.com/u/robichon)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2025, 9:29pm UTC](https://community.thevirtualinstructor.com/t/it-won-t-take-up-mushroom-it-s-small-gsl-12-3/4642/2 "2025-12-07T21:29:53Z")
Hi Lisa @HarleysMom Love your mushroom and your sense of humor. Thanks for posting. Terri ---
**Author:** ![HarleysMom](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/community.thevirtualinstructor.com/harleysmom/32/6478_2.png) [@HarleysMom](https://community.thevirtualinstructor.com/u/HarleysMom)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2025, 5:28am UTC](https://community.thevirtualinstructor.com/t/it-won-t-take-up-mushroom-it-s-small-gsl-12-3/4642/3 "2025-12-08T05:28:12Z")
Thank you, Terri! I seem to be in my own thread, the rest of the shrooms went elsewhere. In a happy coincidence tonight, I found a deal on Faber Castell watercolor pencils, so I picked up a set. What a difference! I swatched them out and they are so much fun. Can’t wait to take them for a spin with a drawing, maybe some onions to go with that mushroom. ---
**Author:** ![robichon](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/community.thevirtualinstructor.com/robichon/32/4993_2.png) [@robichon](https://community.thevirtualinstructor.com/u/robichon)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2025, 11:32am UTC](https://community.thevirtualinstructor.com/t/it-won-t-take-up-mushroom-it-s-small-gsl-12-3/4642/4 "2025-12-08T11:32:39Z")
Hi Lisa @HarleysMom New art supplies are so much fun. Be sure to post whatever you decide to draw with them. Terri ---
**Author:** ![Meme5](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/community.thevirtualinstructor.com/meme5/32/6555_2.png) [@Meme5](https://community.thevirtualinstructor.com/u/Meme5)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2025, 9:24pm UTC](https://community.thevirtualinstructor.com/t/it-won-t-take-up-mushroom-it-s-small-gsl-12-3/4642/5 "2025-12-08T21:24:09Z")
@HarleysMom That is a very good looking mushroom! Very impressive work with crayola, I would’ve never known! Sonia ---
**Author:** ![HarleysMom](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/community.thevirtualinstructor.com/harleysmom/32/6478_2.png) [@HarleysMom](https://community.thevirtualinstructor.com/u/HarleysMom)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2026, 8:19pm UTC](https://community.thevirtualinstructor.com/t/it-won-t-take-up-mushroom-it-s-small-gsl-12-3/4642/6 "2026-01-02T20:19:20Z")
![IMG_0748](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/uploads/thevirtualinstructor/original/2X/7/794d5595e40f9ceff608f7460c7dbcc684a1aba9.jpeg) I had a whole day to myself and chose to watch GS from this season and do 4 pieces in graphite to focus on values. Here’s my mushroom and remnants. I used Mars Lumograph on this one- and only this one. I often forget about these pencils. I Iike them but don’t love them. ---
**Author:** ![robichon](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/community.thevirtualinstructor.com/robichon/32/4993_2.png) [@robichon](https://community.thevirtualinstructor.com/u/robichon)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2026, 1:40am UTC](https://community.thevirtualinstructor.com/t/it-won-t-take-up-mushroom-it-s-small-gsl-12-3/4642/7 "2026-01-03T01:40:19Z")
Hi Lisa @HarleysMom The values on this one are good. I really like the shadows on the stem. Terri ---
**Author:** ![HarleysMom](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/community.thevirtualinstructor.com/harleysmom/32/6478_2.png) [@HarleysMom](https://community.thevirtualinstructor.com/u/HarleysMom)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2026, 1:59am UTC](https://community.thevirtualinstructor.com/t/it-won-t-take-up-mushroom-it-s-small-gsl-12-3/4642/8 "2026-01-03T01:59:36Z")
Thanks, Terri @robichon I was happy with this one. I kept to the 45 minutes, which surprised me as I think graphite is a slower medium. Lisa ---
**Author:** ![bonniebartoarnold](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/53a042/32.png) [@bonniebartoarnold](https://community.thevirtualinstructor.com/u/bonniebartoarnold)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2026, 4:30pm UTC](https://community.thevirtualinstructor.com/t/it-won-t-take-up-mushroom-it-s-small-gsl-12-3/4642/9 "2026-01-12T16:30:39Z")
Could be called abstract perhaps!