Trees: Small-leaved lime or Linden
Small-leaved lime Tilia cordata and other Lime or Linden trees This is [...]
Common Grass species identification: Some easy shortcuts
As you may have noticed, I’m rather obsessed with grasses, and have blogged [...]
Illustrating Yellow flowers: Five approaches
Botanical illustrations of yellow flowers can be really challenging. As you try to [...]
Sedges, Grasses and Rushes: Telling the families apart
I recently went on another excellent FSC course, this time on identifying grasses [...]
Trees: Yew
Trees: Yew is another blog inspired by my illustrations for The Tree Forager [...]
The Hidden Universe: Pen and Ink Illustrations
The Hidden Universe by Alexandre Antonelli is a short and powerful book. I [...]
Trees: Elder
Trees: Elder is another blog inspired by my illustrations for “The Tree Forager” [...]
The Treeline – Book Illustrations
The Treeline: The last forest and the future of life on earth by [...]
Heath Star Moss Sketchbook study
Heath star moss is one of three invasive species I’ve just illustrated for [...]
Habit sketch of Cow parsley: step by step
Habit sketches are an important aspect of doing botanical illustrations. They need to [...]
Cow Parsley: All about an Umbellifer
Cow parsley Anthriscus sylvestris was on the list of plants I recently illustrated [...]
Blueberry: step by step Pen and Ink illustration
I recently completed a blueberry illustration for a packaging job, and thought it’d [...]
Trees: Ash
Trees: Ash This is the third in my series on common trees, and [...]
Trees: Sycamore
Trees: Sycamore Acer pseudoplatanus is a maple, and is Europe’s largest maple species. [...]
Trees: English Oak
I’ve been working on illustrations for “The Tree Forager” by Adele Nozedar, due [...]
Comparing Periwinkle Species
Periwinkle species feature on the list of a recent job of invasive plants [...]
Garden Lupin Sketchbook study
The Garden Lupin, Lupinus polyphyllus, is one of the invasive plants I was [...]
Sketchbook illustrations of Invasive Plants
I’ve recently completed work on a series of sketchbook illustrations of invasive plants. [...]