Victoriana

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

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

Japanese Knotweed Fallopia japonica Sketchbook study

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

Butterfly bouquest invented mix of flowers and butterfly cut to white

Wood forget-me-not Myosotis sylvtica with pink buds and blue flowers, and showing the hairy leaves

Wildflower border roughly following seasonal growth with hellebore, anenome, bluebell and daffodil showing spring; winter aconite, witch hazel, and snowdrops for winter; scabious, foxglove, dog rose, knapweed, poppy, terasel, fringed waterlily and a painted butterfly for summer; mistletoe, Ivy with a spider, violets, holly, primrose, and a hoverfly also make an appearance

Lily of the valley Convallaria majalis raceme of flowers growing against wide green leaf

Lily of the valley Convallaria majalis leaves and flowers

Forget me not Myosotis flowers with leaves

Forget me not Myosotis plant

Forget me not Myosotis sketchbook study concentrating on the blue flowers and details of how these are carried in relation to the seed pods, an accompanying sprig is shown in detailed pencil

Giant hogweed Heracleum mantegazzianum study giving an impression of the enormous size of this tall umbellifer plant with its thick stems and froth of white flowers; details of individual flowers and seeds in colour, and one leaf illustrated in full colour

Himalayan balsam Impatiens glandulifera study page with colour details of the red flushed stem, orchid like purple flowers, details of different colour forms, close up of the seed pod, wash on one green leaf, graphite or pencil tonal studies of another leaf, and details of the little red growths below where a leaf adheres to […]

Sketchbook page of studies of the Ivy Hedera helix with one leaf in full colour detail, a berry, a flowering leaf, a seedhead, and some stem examinations in full colour. Lots of line drawings and tonal pencil studies of other parts of the plant such as the seeds and flowers, line drawings and habit sketches […]

Sketchbook illustration of Japanese Knotweed Fallopia japonica with a few leaves shown in full colour detail along with a detailed colour study of the roots and lower stem, individual studies of lone flowers ara accompanied with tonal pecnil studies of the racemes of white fkowers and leaves showing venation pattern