Sketchbook studies

Sketchbook study of the Potato showing different varieties, flower colours, the fruit, and how to chit potatoes.  With written notes.

Snowberry Symphoricarpos albus sketchbook study sheet, showing details of plant

Lesser Periwinkle Vinca minor compared to Greater Periwinkle Vinca major.  Sketchbook study sheet shows details of flowers, leaves, leaf venation, a habit sketch, and cross sections of the periwinkle flowers.

Common Blue-sow thistle Cicerbita macrophylla sketchbook page compared to Alpine Sow-thistle Cicerbita alpina. Details of leaf venation, habit sketch, individual ray florets, seed information, and associated comparative details of the Alpine Sow-thistle

Canadian Goldenrod Solidago canadensis sketchbook study page with comparisons to Solidago gigantea

Blue bonnet Lupin Lupinus polyphyllus sketchbook study page.  Includes information on  habit, cross section of flower, seed pods, and leaf venation.

Persian Hogweed Heracleum persicum sketchbook study showing rounded curve of flowering head, and convex toothed leaf lobes.

Rose Rosa rugosa ketchbook study with rosehips and habit sketch

Rose Rosa sketchbook study with focus on one central bloom

Raspberry Rubus idaeus sketchbook study witha focus on the berries

Hazel Corylus avellana sketchbook study with pencil and wash leaf as well as details of catkins, nuts and a leaf.

Dogwood Cornus kousa sketchbook study including details of flower and fruit

Dog rose Rosa canina Sketchbook study with details of rosehips and flowers

Cowslip Primula veris with dissections of thrum and pin flowers and flowering raceme and leaf painted in full

Drawing of a broom plant with colour details of individual flowers, leaves, and a seed pod

Illustration of the Columbine Aquilegia vulgaris examing different anatomy and colour forms of the flowers along with the seed pods and soft green lobed leaves

Cow parsley illustration in pencil with details of stem, leaves and flowering head picked out in watercolour, and with a small view of the plant grwing at a distance, close up study of the individual flower and its anatomy

Himalayan balsam Impatiens glandulifera study page with colour details of the red flushed stem, orchid like purple flowers, details of different colour forms, close up of the seed pod, wash on one green leaf, graphite or pencil tonal studies of another leaf, and details of the little red growths below where a leaf adheres to […]

Sketchbook page of studies of the Ivy Hedera helix with one leaf in full colour detail, a berry, a flowering leaf, a seedhead, and some stem examinations in full colour. Lots of line drawings and tonal pencil studies of other parts of the plant such as the seeds and flowers, line drawings and habit sketches […]

Sweet pea Lathyrus odoratus study of the dark purple form of the flower with pale green stem and associated tendrils, there are also some colour swatches and a study of the placement of the flower veins on the blossom

Fox and Cubs Pilosella aurantiaca sketchbook study showing individual ray florests and disc florets, detailed coloured study of leaf and hairy stem, pencil habit sketch, and other details of this compositae orange and gold flower

Sketch of Pear blossom and leaves of Pyrus communis completed in pencil, tonal and line drawing

Pear fruit with leaves shows one pear and sketched leaves behind.  Pencil.

Sketchbook study of this invasive aquatic plant, with botanical details, completed for FOR Sweden