flower art

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

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 […]

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