natural history illustration

Pied wagtail Montacilla alba with grass and stone

Pied wagtail Montacilla alba cut to white showing monochrome colours

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

Nursery web spider Pisaura mirabilis showing mother carrying egg sac

Froglet Rana temporaria diagram showing small frog with residual tadpole tail jumping

Frog life cycle of Common Frog Rana temporaria showing stages from frogspawn, through tadpole and froglet, to adult.

Dwarf Echium Pride of Madeira Echium candicans sketch

Coastal Hay Meadow in Devon (Bentham).  Illustration shows idealised grassland scene with insects, birds, and wild flowers one would hope to see in a well managed coastal hay meadow.

Clouded leopard Neofelis nubulosa at rest on a tree branch pencil sketch

Birds foot trefoil Lotus corniculatus with seed pod and individual flower and calyx

Astilbe chinensis sketchbook study with habit sketch and detail of pink and white form

Harvestman Opiliones species showing distinctive rounded undivided body and spindly legs

Strawberry tree Arbutus unedo sketchbook study with detail of fruit and half fruit

Staghorn Sumac Rhus glabra sketchbook study with detail of individual flowers

Sedum Ice plant Stonecrop Hylotelephium spectabile sketchbook study

Oregon Grape Mahonia aquifolium sketchbook study showing yellow flowers and spreading habit of the branches, with holly-like leaves

Hibiscus Chinese Rose or Shoe flower Hibiscus rosa-sinensis Sketchbook study

Grape vine Vitis vinifera sketchbook study showing ripe grapes, tendrils and detail of leaf

Jackdaw Corvus monedula on post with licehn and barbed wire

Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs male showing slate blue head and pink chest

Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs in flight showing pinkish chest and blue grey head.

Japanese knotweed Fallopia japonica stand in winter showing bamboo-like canes

Giant Hogweed Heracelum mantegazianum sketchbook studies showing detail of leaves, stem, and seeds.

Canadian Goldenrod Solidago canadensis sketchbook study page with comparisons to Solidago gigantea