Paul Reubens Artist level Youlan series Watercolour box: Review
Paul Rubens artist level YouLan series of solid watercolours is a set of [...]
Paul Rubens artist level YouLan series of solid watercolours is a set of [...]
Researching a wildflower involves gathering information on the anatomy, distinguishing characteristics, family, and [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Cannock Chase Berry Vaccinium x intermedium is a really tricky subject to illustrate, [...]
Fungal subjects always make my heart sing, so I was really pleased when [...]
Bird’s-foot Trefoil: Where to find it? This blog is in praise of [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Trees: Yew is another blog inspired by my illustrations for The Tree Forager [...]
The Hidden Universe by Alexandre Antonelli is a short and powerful book. I [...]
This blog is a follow up to one I wrote a while ago [...]
Trees: Elder is another blog inspired by my illustrations for “The Tree Forager” [...]
Nature notebooks seem to have run in my family for a long time. [...]
Heath star moss is one of three invasive species I’ve just illustrated for [...]
Habit sketches are an important aspect of doing botanical illustrations. They need to [...]
Cow parsley Anthriscus sylvestris was on the list of plants I recently illustrated [...]
I recently completed a blueberry illustration for a packaging job, and thought it’d [...]
Illustrating bracken and ferns may seem to be a really difficult job. However, [...]
Trees: Ash This is the third in my series on common trees, and [...]
Trees: Sycamore Acer pseudoplatanus is a maple, and is Europe’s largest maple species. [...]
I’ve been working on illustrations for “The Tree Forager” by Adele Nozedar, due [...]
This blog follows on from my earlier step by step post on drawing [...]
Periwinkle species feature on the list of a recent job of invasive plants [...]
A recent job involved highlighting differences between the Japanese hop Humulus japonicus, and the [...]
Drawing is at the heart of being a botanical illustrator. You need to [...]
Comparing Goldenrod species was one of my tasks in a recent commission for [...]
The Garden Lupin, Lupinus polyphyllus, is one of the invasive plants I was [...]
Illustrating a wild Welsh meadow complete with clouds of butterflies was a wonderful [...]
I’ve recently completed work on a series of sketchbook illustrations of invasive plants. [...]
In my last blog, Botanical illustration of Rose leaves, I discussed the processes [...]
A recent job involved illustrating the Japanese Rose, Rosa rugosa. It’s not the [...]
In February, my series of Coastal Flower postage stamps were published by Jersey [...]
Jersey Post recently brought out their “Coastal Flowers: Post and Go” stamp issue, [...]
Halophytes: Salt Tolerant Plants Halophytes are plants that tolerate or thrive in salty [...]
I’ve recently completed a series of thirty three botanical illustrations of coastal flowers [...]
An Introduction to Brassicaceae Actually, before I start this blog I need [...]
Sweet peas are beautiful flowers, and a joy to paint. This blog is [...]
I’ve always loved periwinkle flowers, Vinca major. The blue is such a delicate [...]
Whenever I paint a plant, I tend to use the same approach. This [...]
Winter jasmine, Jasminum nudiflorum, is one of the only flowers in bloom in [...]