Orchid Botanical Illustration Step by step
Orchids have always been a bit of a mystery to me, so when [...]
Mosquito life cycle – illustrating the Anopholes mosquito
Introducing the African Malaria mosquito, Anopheles gambiae The mosquito is one of the [...]
Illustrating the Cannock Chase Berry Vaccinium intermedium
Cannock Chase Berry Vaccinium x intermedium is a really tricky subject to illustrate, [...]
The Bad Garden
The non eco-garden is a companion blog to my earlier one, explaining and [...]
Good Garden: A wildlife Haven
Illustrating a wildlife garden is always a challenge, but something I embrace. Not [...]
Carbon Cycle: A Complicated Illustration
When I was asked to “illustrate the Carbon cycle” for a brochure on [...]
Fungal treats at Cusop Churchyard
Fungal subjects always make my heart sing, so I was really pleased when [...]
Spotted Flycatcher step by step
Spotted Flycatchers Muscicapa striata are lovely birds, often overlooked because of their seemingly [...]
Trees: Birch
Birch trees: The Silver and the Downy Birch There are two main [...]
Bird’s-foot Trefoil: An Excellent Plant
Bird’s-foot Trefoil: Where to find it? This blog is in praise of [...]
Plant Evolution: A brief overview
Plant Evolution is complicated, and in this blog I plan on simplifying it [...]
Beatrix Potter: Illustrator and Inspiration
Beatrix Potter is known to people the world over as the creator of [...]
Trees: Beech
Introduction Beech trees are common across Britain, favouring chalky soils. The oldest Beech [...]
Natural History Illustration and Life Long Learning: The Field Studies Council
Natural History Illustration and Life-long learning: Field Studies Council Courses is my blog [...]
Flowers of Montserrat: Botanical illustration
Montserrat is an island in the Carribbean, part of the Leeward isles and [...]
Illustrating Yellow flowers: Five approaches
Botanical illustrations of yellow flowers can be really challenging. As you try to [...]
Ants in the UK: Four subfamilies
Having recently written a blog on the anatomy of ants, and been on [...]
Rocky shore ecosystem illustration
Rocky shore ecosystem: a lucky break I recently illustrated The Hidden Universe [...]
The Brecknockshire Flora
The Brecknockshire flora is written by John Crellin and Mike Porter, and is [...]
Monocot and Eudicot variety: Illustrations
Monocots and Eudicots are enormous groups, making up over 80% of plants on [...]
Sedges, Grasses and Rushes: Telling the families apart
I recently went on another excellent FSC course, this time on identifying grasses [...]
Ant anatomy for Beginners
I’ve recently gone on a couple of fabulous courses with Field Studies Council [...]
Hay Festival Mug Design
Hay Festival approached me early in the year, to see if I could [...]
Trees: Yew
Trees: Yew is another blog inspired by my illustrations for The Tree Forager [...]
Geraniums, Crane’s-bills and Stork’s-bills
Geraniums, Crane’s-bills and Stork’s-bills is a guest blog from the wonderful Stewart Roberts, a [...]
The Hidden Universe: Pen and Ink Illustrations
The Hidden Universe by Alexandre Antonelli is a short and powerful book. I [...]
Paintbrushes: Exploring synthetics Part 2
This blog is a follow up to one I wrote a while ago [...]
Trees: Elder
Trees: Elder is another blog inspired by my illustrations for “The Tree Forager” [...]
Buzzards, Kites and Kestrels
Buzzards, kites, and kestrels in a guest blog from a naturalist who lives [...]
The Treeline – Book Illustrations
The Treeline: The last forest and the future of life on earth by [...]
Nature Notebook & The Family Tree
Nature notebooks seem to have run in my family for a long time. [...]
Heath Star Moss Sketchbook study
Heath star moss is one of three invasive species I’ve just illustrated for [...]
Step by step illustration of a Robin
Step by step blogs can be tricky to write – I often don’t [...]
