Sketchbook studies

Hawthorn Crataegus monogyna sketchbook study, with a focus on the berries or haws

Dougals fir Pseudotsuga menziesii sketchbook study with detail of new needles and pine cones

Juniper Juniperus communis sketchbook study with details of dried and fresh berries

Japanese Knotweed Fallopia japonica Sketchbook study

Chokeberry Aronia melanocarpa sketchbook study with detail of autumn leaf and berries.

Chicory Cichorium intybus sketchbook study with a focus of the bright sky blue flower

Chamomile Matricaria chamomilla sketchbook study showing the daisy-like heads

Chameleon plant Houttunyia cordata sketchbook study with a focus on the variegated leaves and red stem

Sketchbook study of a red Bee balm, or Wild bergamot; focusing on the flowers.

Borage borago officianalis sketchbook study with a focus on one leaf and the blue flower

Sketchbook study of the Beeck, with details of leaf and beech nut

Sketchbook study of the blackberry, focusing on the ripe and un ripe berries

Ash Fraxinus excelsior sketchbook study focusing on leaves, habit, and ash keys

Sketchbook study of the Cornflower Centaura cyanus showing its rich blue colour and details of individual florets as well as of the thin leaves and flowering head, some details in colour and some in tonal pencil

Sketchbook study of the Exploding cucumber Cylantha explodens with lots of details of the fruit exploding and curling back on itself, and details of the knobbly brown seeds along with a detailed colour study of a few fruit with dark green leaves behind. Lots of details of the curling tendrils and some simple watercolour wash […]

Forget me not Myosotis sketchbook study concentrating on the blue flowers and details of how these are carried in relation to the seed pods, an accompanying sprig is shown in detailed pencil

Giant hogweed Heracleum mantegazzianum study giving an impression of the enormous size of this tall umbellifer plant with its thick stems and froth of white flowers; details of individual flowers and seeds in colour, and one leaf illustrated in full colour

Sketchbook illustration of Japanese Knotweed Fallopia japonica with a few leaves shown in full colour detail along with a detailed colour study of the roots and lower stem, individual studies of lone flowers ara accompanied with tonal pecnil studies of the racemes of white fkowers and leaves showing venation pattern

Lichen fruiting bodies study examining the different means of reproduction visible under the microscope shown by different species of lichens

Pencil line drawing of the Nettle Urtica dioica with one leaf and one leaf underside in full colour, and a few details of the flower and purplish stem in colour, and an accompnying pencil line drawing of a different plant

Oxeye daisy Leucanthemum vulgare study with enlarged detail of one flower showing the golden centre and slightly damaged white petals, a whole plant is drawn to the left of this with one leaf in detailed pencil tone and another in full colour, along with a section of the stem

Study of the Polygala fruticosa sweet pea shrub with full colour detail of two flowers from various angles and the simple leaves growing up the stem, pencil line drawing shows the rest of the plant shape and growth habit

English Oak Quercus robur sketchbook page with focus on the different colours of the leaves in spring and autumn, and detail of green and brown acorns