drawing

Fringed waterlily Nymphoides peltata pencil drawing of flowers, buds, and leaves

Cocoa and Melon fruits, both peeled to reveal seeds within

Alternate leaves diagram showing a sprig of ash and a less closely packed example

Dichasial cyme diagram showing the pattern of this flowering form

Disc floret diagram with seed attached and stamens and pistil on show

Cucumber Cucumis sativus pencil drawing showing three types of cucumber along with leaves, flower, and tendrils

Butress root emerging from the forest floow with liana and shading

Canadian waterweed Elodea canadensis pencil drawing with an emergent flower and more of this invasive weed grwoing below the water surface

Cocoa seeds in a pod Theobroma cacao with the pod skin torn away to show the seeds stacked within

Common Alder Alnus glutinosa Cones and catkins pencil study with outline of the leaf behind

Common Alder Alnus glutinosa roots showing their distinctive growth habit

Common Alder Alnus glutinosa tree, pen and ink study of a tree in full leaf

Bluebell Hyacinthoides non-scripta Pencil illustration with three flowers and floppy leaves showing paralell veins

Diagram of a bract with little flower growing from behind the bract

Branched bur reed Sparganium erectum pencil illustation showing fruits

Broccoli Brassica oleracea italica pencil study showing edible head and a few leaves

Brussels sprout Brassica oleracea gemmifera pencil drawing of the plant showing how the sprouts grow up the stem and detail of a couple of sprouts

Bulbil diagram showing how it emerges at the junction of the stem and leaf

Arrowhead Sagittaria sagittifolia pencil image showing plant above and below wtaer and the different leaves in both habitats, in flwoer

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

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

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