flower painting

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

Lesser stitchwort Stellaria graminea with detail of square stem

Cross section of a leaf, diagram showing internal leaf structures

Laver Porphyra linearis line drawing showing the plant in water, and grwoing on rocky substrate

Lady’s smock or Cuckoo flower Cardamine pratensis

Knotgrass Polygonum aviculare with detail of flower, showing spreading habit

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

Japanese Knotweed Fallopia japonica Sketchbook study

Japanese knotweed Fallopia japonica root crown with cross section of root and detail of pink growing tips

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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