habit sketch

Alaskan lupin Lupinus nootkanensis plant showing leaves and blue flowering spikes.

Nootka lupin Lupinus nootkanensis flowering spike in sketch style, watercolour & graphite

Nootka lupin Lupinus nootkanensis sketchbook studies showing details of leaflets, seed pods, seeds, root, habit sketch, and flower cross sections.

Nootka lupin sketch with notes showing details of leaflets, seed pods, seeds, root, habit sketch, and flower cross sections.

Habit sketch of Heath Star-moss Campylopus introflexus growing on limestone boulder.

Heath Star-moss Campylopus introflexus illustrations showing wet moss with white apical hairs.

Heath Star-moss study showing the moss in wet and dry states, and botanical details

Heath Star-moss study with notes showing the moss in dry and wet form and with botanical details

Cow Parsley sketchbook study sheet.  Detail of seed head, flowers, and leaves and roots are shown.

Cow Parsley sketchbook study sheet with written notes.  Detail of seed head, flowers, and leaves and roots are shown.

Habit sketch of Cow parsley Anthriscus sylvatica with hollow stem & leaf attachment detail

Cow parsley Anthriscus sylvaticus Habit sketch showing entire plant.

Spreading Cotoneaster Cotoneaster divaricatus Sketchbook study showing leaf vein patters, underneath of leaves, twigs, branching pattern, and autumn foliage.  Also shown are details of the Spreading cotoneaster berry, flowers, cross section of a flower, and habit sketch.  For more on cotoneaster species, look at my blog.

Tree of Heaven Ailanthus altissima habit drawing showing mature tree in flower

Small Balsam Impatiens parviflora habit drawing of a clump of plants

Persian Hogweed Heracleum persicum in flower showing habit and growth form

Milkweed Asclepias syriaca habit drawing showing two plants in flower

Lupin Lupinus polyphyllus habit drawing showing palmate leaves and flower spikes

Japanese knotweed Fallopia japonica habit drawing showing thicket of the plant

Japanese Hop Humulus japonica habit drawing showing how the plant climbs and spreads

Himalayan balsam Impatiens glandulifera habit drawing showing entire plant

Canadian Goldenrod Solidago canadensis habit drawing showing entire plant

Japanese rose Rosa rugosa habit showing mature bush in flower

Skunk Cabbage Lysichiton maericanus graphite drawing leaf with person to show scale