It is so fascinating to study and draw plants – each species has its unique way of expressing itself: what the buds look like, how the leaves are nerved and dented, how they attach to the stem, how the sepals and petals cooperate in the flower…
Drawing makes intellectual knowledge your own.
Graphite with dashes of watercolour. Most are approx. 20 cm (8″) and all on acidfree 200gsm paper. Some are also for sale – contact me if you are interested. Click an image to see it larger!
Digitalis, purpurea, foxglove
Hypericum perforatum, St John’s-wort
Helianthus annuus, sunflower
Helianthus annuus, sunflower backside
study of a red rose
study of a red rose
study of a white rose
Trifolium medium, zigzag clover
Laburnum anagyroides, laburnum
Calendula arvensis, wild calendula
Inula helenium, elecampane
Campanula rotundifolia, harebell
Plantago intermedia, ribwort plantain
Dipsacus sylvestris, teasel
Knautia arvensis, field scabious
Allium schoenoprasum, chives
Hylocomium splendens, glittering woodmoss
Vaccinium vitis-idaea, lingonberry twig
Calluna vulgaris, heather
a withered spruce cone
Lonicera periclymenum, honeysuckle
Iris study, flowering and dry
study of rucola flowers
Pimpinella saxatilis, burnet saxifrage
Cirsium arvensis, creeping thistle, male
study of various rose hips
Viburnum opulus, berries
Rosa rugosa, rose hip
Bromus sterilis, barren brome
common wheat
barley
oats
study of a beech twig in autumn
study of beech fruits
study of crabapple flowers
Gypsophila elegans
a heirloom tomato
Japanese lantern
Tussilago farfara, colt’s-foot leaf
Crataegus monogyna, hawthorn
Epilobium hirsutum, great willowherb
Trifolium arvense, hare’s-foot clover
Melampurym pratense, common cow-wheat
Syringia vulgaris, lilac