Trees: Small-leaved lime or Linden
Small-leaved lime Tilia cordata and other Lime or Linden trees This is [...]
Small-leaved lime Tilia cordata and other Lime or Linden trees This is [...]
Potatoes are ubiquitous vegetables, a staple in the west since their introduction from [...]
Introducing patterns One of the things in nature which is worth taking a [...]
What is Variegation? Many of the patterns you see on plant leaves, especially [...]
Sand hill Screwmoss Syntrichia ruraliformis ruraliformis is one of the species completed for [...]
Recently, I’ve illustrated the Great Burnet, Sanguisorba officinalis for an interpretation board, to [...]
As you may have noticed, I’m rather obsessed with grasses, and have blogged [...]
A recent commission involved illustrating 30 species for Braunton Burrows, a very beautiful [...]
This is the fifth and final of my blogs and linked films, looking [...]
Comparing Synthetic Watercolour Brushes – Part 4 is the fourth of my blogs [...]
Orchids have always been a bit of a mystery to me, so when [...]
This is the third of my blogs (and films, the one specific to [...]
Introducing the African Malaria mosquito, Anopheles gambiae The mosquito is one of the [...]
Cannock Chase Berry Vaccinium x intermedium is a really tricky subject to illustrate, [...]
The non eco-garden is a companion blog to my earlier one, explaining and [...]
Illustrating a wildlife garden is always a challenge, but something I embrace. Not [...]
When I was asked to “illustrate the Carbon cycle” for a brochure on [...]
Fungal subjects always make my heart sing, so I was really pleased when [...]
Spotted Flycatchers Muscicapa striata are lovely birds, often overlooked because of their seemingly [...]
Birch trees: The Silver and the Downy Birch There are two main [...]
Bird’s-foot Trefoil: Where to find it? This blog is in praise of [...]
Plant Evolution is complicated, and in this blog I plan on simplifying it [...]
Beatrix Potter is known to people the world over as the creator of [...]
Introduction Beech trees are common across Britain, favouring chalky soils. The oldest Beech [...]
Natural History Illustration and Life-long learning: Field Studies Council Courses is my blog [...]
Montserrat is an island in the Carribbean, part of the Leeward isles and [...]
Botanical illustrations of yellow flowers can be really challenging. As you try to [...]
Having recently written a blog on the anatomy of ants, and been on [...]
Rocky shore ecosystem: a lucky break I recently illustrated The Hidden Universe [...]
The Brecknockshire flora is written by John Crellin and Mike Porter, and is [...]
Monocots and Eudicots are enormous groups, making up over 80% of plants on [...]
I recently went on another excellent FSC course, this time on identifying grasses [...]
I’ve recently gone on a couple of fabulous courses with Field Studies Council [...]
Hay Festival approached me early in the year, to see if I could [...]
Trees: Yew is another blog inspired by my illustrations for The Tree Forager [...]