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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

Periwinkle Vinca major flower sketch concentrating on the blues of the petals.

Sea holly Eryngium maritimum with single bract and seed

Virginia spiderwort Tradescantia virginiana sketchbook study

Spiked speedwell Veronica spicata botanical illustration of this rare pyramid shaped blue wild flower

Plum Prunus domestica line drawing with detail of half fruit and plum blossom

Ground ivy Glechoma hederacea pen and ink line drawing with detail of oen flower

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

Keeled skimmer Orthetrum coerulescens male resting on vegetation cut to white

Southern damselfly Coenagrion mercuriale male cut to white

Southern Hawker Aeshna cyanea male cut to white

Hairy dragonfly Brachytron pratense male cut to white

Blue tailed damselfly Ischnura elegans male cut to white showing mostly black body

Broad bodied chaser Libellula depressa male resting on a reed leaf with a pond view and suggestion of landscape behind

Broad bodied chaser Libellula depressa male cut to white

Blue bottle fly Calliphora vomitoria adult cut to whtie

Eupholus bennetti weevil cut to white from the side looking like it’s about to walk off somewhere

Alpine Longhorn beetle Rosalia alpina with blue grey wing cases and long antennae, legs slightly curled below him, dorsal view and cut to white

Eupholus bennetti weevil from above showing amazing powder blue and black markings

American lobster Homarus americanus pair with male with large claw and long red antennae in the foregrouf, female behind, colouration as when alive

Wood forget-me-not Myosotis sylvtica with pink buds and blue flowers, and showing the hairy leaves

Wood speedwell Veronica montana showing red stem

Wild Plum Prunus domestica fruit and blossom