Botanical illustration

Himalayan Blackberry Rubus armeniacus.  Sketchbook illustration shows flower, flower cross section, leaf shape and underside, stem, seed, early fruit and seed detail

Oak apple galls formed by Cynips quercusfollii gall wasps on twigs of the English Pendunculate or Common Oak Quercus robur

Knopper gall Andricus quercuscalicis on English Pendunculate or Common Oak Quercus robur.   Illustrations shows  mature gall, formed from acorn embryonic tissue thanks to the gall wasp

Knopper gall Andricus quercuscalicis and Oak apple gall Cynips quercusfollii on English Pendunculate or Common Oak Quercus robur

Medlar Mepsilus germanica with edible fruit, and detail of one blossom

Bay tree Laurus nobilis in terracotta pot, trimmed into a sphere.

Bay Laurus nobilis sprig showing small white flowers and aromatic evergreen leaves

Christmas tree Nordmann Fir Abies nordmanniana fully decorated with a big pile of gifts underneath

Branched Bur-reed Sparganium erectum showing rhizomes, and plant with flowers and fruit.  Illustration also shows details of an individual fruit, and of a female and male flower.  

Broad-leaved Pondweed Potamogeton natans with detail of fruiting spike, one seed, and one flower.

Frog’s-bit Hydrocharis morsus-ranae showing plant with female flowers on the left, and one with male flowers on the right.  Illustration shows rhizomes as well as floating orbicular leaves and flowers.

Water horsetail showing two sterile stems and two fertile stems, one with leaves and one without.  Also showing cross section of the stem, and the rhizome.

Parrots Feather Myriophyllum aquaticum showing rosettes of leaves below water.  Also showing detail of the tiny flowers, and a vegetative and flowering spike.

Flowering rush Butomus umbellatus with details of individual flower, leaf cross section, stamen before and after dehiscence, and seedhead

Water plantain Alisma plantago-aquatica with details of fruit individual seed and one flower

Field maple Acer campestre pen and ink illustration with watercolour wash.  Illustration shows winged seeds flushed with red, and spread at species specific wide angle.

Common Fig Ficus carica pen and ink illustration with watercolour wash, showing fig and half fig

Sweet chestnut Castanea sativa pen and ink illustration with watercolour wash.  Illustration shows detail of blossom, an opened spiny seed case, and a and lone chestnut.

Lime or Linden Tilia cordata pen and ink illustration with watercolour wash. Illustration shows detail of individual fruit and of individual flower.

Blackthorn Sloe Prunus spinosa pen and ink illustration showing fruit and blossom on a spiny branch with watercolour wash

Sycamore leaf sketchbook study of autumn Sycamore leaf showing yellow colour and tar spots.  

Hares-foot clover Trifolium arvense with detail of one flower and calyx

Ground elder Aegopodium podagraria showing individual seed and flower as well as spreading roots