

On holiday in the Swiss Alps!
Holidays mean more time for drawing! This is a sketch of the view from my balcony over the past few days, in Lenzerheide, Switzerland.


Animalia Exhibition
I currently have some brand new artworks on display at Embo Cafe, Haddington Place, Edinburgh until 20th October! I had a huge amount of...


Studies of a Chinese Lantern
Studies of a Chinese Lantern, Physalis alkekengi. It took me three attempts to get something that looked half decent! Top left: 1st and...


Special merit award in Light, Space & Time art competition
My Aloe Mawii and Knightia excelsa illustrations just won a special merit award in the Light, Space & Time online competition!


Digital illustrations for a book I both designed and illustrated
This is something a little bit different from my botanical work! These are a series of digital illustrations I drew for a book a while...


Experimenting with larger brush sizes and watercolour washes
I am very much a 'dry brush' kind of girl when it comes to my botanical work. I realised very quickly while working on my RBGE diploma...


Leptospermum scoparium (Manuka)
I've been a bit shy to post pics of my Manuka painting until now. This was the first painting done 'on my own' without the help and...


Demonstration using coloured pencils at Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh
I had a great day today at the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh in the John Hope Gateway drawing seed pods in coloured pencil as part of...


BISCOT (Botanical Images Scotia) exhibition 2017
Who knew that less than a year after completing my diploma in botanical illustration that I could achieve a silver-gilt medal at a BISCOT...