Day 113 - 119
Another seven days worth of drawings. A bit of a mixed bag this week. I found the 'Hawaiian shirt' illustration very therapeutic to...
Day 015-021
Another week gone and another seven sketches completed! I mostly focussed on fruit and vegetables this week, with a couple of sketches...
The Edinburgh Society of Botanical Artists (ESBA) annual Christmas Exhibition is on now!
The Edinburgh Society of Botanical Artists annual Christmas Exhibition is on now! These are some of the artworks I have for sale in the...
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...
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...