Researching a wildflower
Researching a wildflower involves gathering information on the anatomy, distinguishing characteristics, family, and [...]
Trees: Small-leaved lime or Linden
Small-leaved lime Tilia cordata and other Lime or Linden trees This is [...]
Trees: Birch
Birch trees: The Silver and the Downy Birch There are two main [...]
Trees: Beech
Introduction Beech trees are common across Britain, favouring chalky soils. The oldest Beech [...]
Trees: Elder
Trees: Elder is another blog inspired by my illustrations for “The Tree Forager” [...]
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 [...]
Trees: Rowan
Trees: Rowan is another blog inspired by my illustrations for “The Tree Forager” [...]
Invasive & Japanese Knotweeds: Telling species apart
Invasive and Japanese knotweeds are incredibly successful plants. Originally from Japan, China and [...]