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 [...]
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 [...]
Orchids have always been a bit of a mystery to me, so when [...]
Cannock Chase Berry Vaccinium x intermedium is a really tricky subject to illustrate, [...]
Birch trees: The Silver and the Downy Birch There are two main [...]
Introduction Beech trees are common across Britain, favouring chalky soils. The oldest Beech [...]
Botanical illustrations of yellow flowers can be really challenging. As you try to [...]
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” [...]
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 [...]
Cannock Chase Museum: Botany Cannock Chase museum was our destination on a recent [...]
I recently completed a blueberry illustration for a packaging job, and thought it’d [...]
Trees: Rowan is another blog inspired by my illustrations for “The Tree Forager” [...]
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 [...]
Periwinkle species feature on the list of a recent job of invasive plants [...]
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. [...]
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 [...]
Illustrating butterflies is wonderful, but has its challenges. I recently taught a two [...]
Flora Margarine Repackaged Flora in Sweden have recently re-designed their packaging. And [...]
An Introduction to Brassicaceae Actually, before I start this blog I need [...]
What are Neutral Tints? Neutral tints (or colours) are grey hues which [...]
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 [...]
Invasive and Japanese knotweeds are incredibly successful plants. Originally from Japan, China and [...]