Hello members of simplymaya!

I am a just-beginning user in Maya, but I try to become better in it and 3D in general because I aspire to become a 3D artist

Now, I have a question...I want to make a dust/powder heap in maya. I thought of just making a cone but it won't have all those tiny shadows I want...
I'd like it to be like this https://www.dreamstime.com/chili-powd...mb18431393.jpg, I'll be using the render in an assignment...

Any tutorial or step by step would be very awesome!

Thanks in advance!