Spotted fish
Spotted fish is another of my blogs on patterns in nature. You can [...]
Spotted fish is another of my blogs on patterns in nature. You can [...]
Gentian Creek Nature Preserve Art Murals A Whirligig beetle and Bluegill fish beneath [...]
Scots Pine Pinus sylvestris Scots pine is one of a series of [...]
Introducing patterns One of the things in nature which is worth taking a [...]
What is Variegation? Many of the patterns you see on plant leaves, especially [...]
Stripes Stripes are seen across the animal and plant kingdoms. Although the first [...]
As you may have noticed, I’m rather obsessed with grasses, and have blogged [...]
When I was asked to “illustrate the Carbon cycle” for a brochure on [...]
Fungal subjects always make my heart sing, so I was really pleased when [...]
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 [...]
Natural History Illustration and Life-long learning: Field Studies Council Courses is my blog [...]
Botanical illustrations of yellow flowers can be really challenging. As you try to [...]
Having recently written a blog on the anatomy of ants, and been on [...]
Rocky shore ecosystem: a lucky break I recently illustrated The Hidden Universe [...]
I recently went on another excellent FSC course, this time on identifying grasses [...]
I’ve recently gone on a couple of fabulous courses with Field Studies Council [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Step by step blogs can be tricky to write – I often don’t [...]
Cow parsley Anthriscus sylvestris was on the list of plants I recently illustrated [...]
Earlier this year, I had one of the hardest and most wonderful jobs. [...]
Illustrating a wild Welsh meadow complete with clouds of butterflies was a wonderful [...]
This guest blog on how love for nature can make us optimistic is [...]
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 a Hay Meadow: The Commission A recent commission to illustrate a hay [...]
Paper Wasp.Ink and graphite on paper.
Study - Lion Skull. Graphite and pencil on paper.Natural History/Science Illustration.
Featured Image: Lizzie Harper Ornithology is a branch of zoology that concerns the study [...]