The Bad Garden
The non eco-garden is a companion blog to my earlier one, explaining and [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Trees: Rowan is another blog inspired by my illustrations for “The Tree Forager” [...]
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 [...]
I’ve recently completed work on a series of sketchbook illustrations of invasive plants. [...]
Sycamore trees can have distinctive shapes, and be well loved by those who [...]
Invasive and Japanese knotweeds are incredibly successful plants. Originally from Japan, China and [...]
Virginia creeper Parthenocissus quinquefolia and False Virginia creeper Parthenocissus inserta are common and [...]
Whenever I paint a plant, I tend to use the same approach. This [...]