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Blunt-fruited water-starwort Callitriche obtusangula showing emergent rosette and submerged leaves.  Detail of intermediate leaves leaf tip and fruit.

Juniper Juniperus communis with detail of male and female flowers

Shepherd’s needle or Venus’s comb Scandix pecten-veneris showing distinctive elongated seed pods and details of flower

Stream water-crowfoot Ranunculus penicillatus subsp. pseudofluitans

Prickly poppy Papaver argemone with detail of prickly seed head, stamen, and seed

Sharp rush Juncus acutus with leaf tip and nutlet detail

Sand pansy Viola tricolor ssp curtisi showing insubstantial foliage and yellow and white flowers

Oxeye daisy Leucanthemum vulgare & buff-tailed bumblebee Bombus terrestris

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

Cornflowers Centaurea cyanus in a meadow with Red-tailed Bumblebee Bombus lapidarius

Sketch of Pear blossom and leaves of Pyrus communis completed in pencil, tonal and line drawing

Sheet of Perry Pear sketches Pyrus communis completed in pencil

Pencil drawing of Pear and leaves Pyrus communis showing two fruit and a few leaves

Pear leaf Pyrus communis, tonal study in graphite pencil

Pear fruit Pyrus communis leaves tonal study showing typical growth pattern

Drawing of Pear blossom Pyrus communis.  Pencil line drawing.

‌Line drawing of Pear blossom Pyrus communis showing tip of branch, blossom and leaves

Blossom of Pear Pyrus communis tonal study.  Graphite sketch.

Tonal study of pear blossom showing flowers and leaves, sketchbook piece.

Three pear blossom flowers. Pencil botanical illustration.