gardens

Banded demoiselle Calyopteryx splendens male perched on a reed

Common or smooth newt Lissotriton vulgaris cut to white

Red-tailed bumblebee Bombus lapidarius worker showing orange abdominal segments

Common frog Rana temporia watercolour illustration cut to white

Cut to white illustration of female common toad showing warty skin and orange eye

Pansy or Viola x wittrockiana sketchbook study of winter garden plant  

Honeysuckle berries Lonicera pericylmenum with leaves and showing these bright, shiny berries.

Close up of the lily flower, face on.  Cut to white.

Lungwort Pulmonaria officianalis showing distinctive spotted leaves

Willow anthracnose Drepanopeziza sphaerioides on Weeping willow foliage Saliz babalonica

Oak spangle galls from wasp Tilia platyphyllos and Silk button galls from wasp Neuroterus numismalis on Oak leaf Quercus robu

China Mark caterpillar Nymphula stagnata on lily leaf, with close up showing the damage from the caterpillar’s burrow

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

Pomegranate Punica granatum fruit and halved fruit with leaf

Pomegranate Punica granatum tree in fruit showing typical growth

Montezuma cypress Taxodium mucronatum cones and leaf sprays

Montezuma cypress Taxodium mucronatum tree showing habit and growth

Cypress tree showing typical growth habit and form

Cypress cones and needles borne on a branch

Rose Rosa pen and ink studies of different roses and details

Rose Rosa rugosa ketchbook study with rosehips and habit sketch

Fat hen Chenopodium album pen and ink illustration with detail of one flower

Coal Tit Periparus ater perched on a branch with several lichen species

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