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    Botanical Illustration step by step

    Botanical illustration can be broken done into steps.  These step by step illustrated blogs explain the processes as the botanical illustration evolves.  They also act as online tutorials.  My approach tends to be similar no matter what the botanical subject, so it’s not too tricky to follow what I’m doing!

    Step by step: Blackberry

    Posted on in Botanical Illustration step by step
    I love doing botanical illustrations of blackberries.   So I was thrilled when Jersey Post commissioned an illustration of the Jersey Bramble Rubus caesarius as one of the postage stamps on their “Fruits and Berries” issue.  I thought I’d break down the steps involved in painting a ripe juicy blackberry in watercolour, and  write a step by step blog. All illustrations […] Read more

    Step by step Great Willowherb

    Posted on in Botanical Illustration step by step
    One of the botanical illustrations I was recently commissioned to complete for the Field Studies Council is the Great willowherb, Epilobium hirstutum. This will feature in an upcoming leaflet on Wayside wild flowers. Here is an explanation of the steps involved in creating a botanically accurate illustration which is also visually appealing.  It needs to allow a novice to identify […] Read more
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    Botanical Illustration of Red Clover- step by step

    Posted on in Botanical Illustration step by step
    This botanical illustration of Red clover Trifolium pratense was completed recently for the Field Studies Council who are producing a leaflet on identifying plants and wild flowers of the wayside and hedgerows.  You’ll see the same basic approach is taken with all my step by step blogs; it’s only the details and colours that very. Gathering reference […] Read more
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    Botanical Illustration: Step by step painting of leaves

    Posted on in Botanical Illustration step by step, Illustration techniques
    I recently taught a workshop of botanical illustration of leaves.  I broke down the process of painting a leaf into incremental steps.  these were shown on a demonstration painting of a blackberry leaf. Demonstration illustration showing different steps involved in painting a blackberry leaf.  There’s also a breakdown of the colours used to mix the greens […] Read more

    Step by step illustration of a Wild Strawberry

    Posted on in Botanical Illustration step by step
    One of the botanical illustrations I’ve been asked to paint as a natural history illustrator, is the Wild Strawberry .  This will be one of the plants featured on a fold-out identification chart of Edible British Plants produced by the Field Studies Council.  There’s also a 2 minute Youtube film of this illustration being completed online, in time […] Read more
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    Botanical Illustration: Step by step Hazel

    Posted on in Botanical Illustration step by step
    I’ve recently started painting up some botanical illustrations for FSC Publications, including the Hazel Corylus avellena.  I worked for FSC before, on the Caring For Gods Acre illustrations). One that I knew would take some time, but was seasonally appropriate, was the Hazel Corylus avellana.  I drew the leaves and nuts from reference gleaned from a local hedge, and […] Read more
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    Botanical illustration of a Himalayan Balsam Flower

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    Overview of Himalayan balsam   One of the invasive plants I was asked to paint by Summersault Communications is the Himalayan balsam Impateins galndulifera, which is growing out of control along many of Britain’s water courses, out-competing native plants and clogging up drainage channels. Although a truly problematic invasive species here in the UK, it is also […] Read more
    Japanese knotweed, Fallopia japonica, invasives, step by step

    Japanese knotweed sketchbook study

    Posted on in Biological terminology: Definitions, Botanical Illustration step by step, Illustration techniques
    Japanese Knotweed job   I’ve been working on a series of three scientific illustrations of invasive plants this week, for Summersault Communications.  This blog is about doing a Japanese knotweed sketchbook study. The article accompanying my illustrations will explain how to identify the plants and why they pose a threat.  I am fortunate in that the […] Read more
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