Day 288, of my 2016 sketch a day challenge
Smooth Hawk’s Beard sketch Smooth Hawk’s-beard – Crepis capillaris flowers all the way through until November great as flowers to sketch have become a little limited now.
Day 284, of my 2016 sketch a day challenge
Black Bryony (Tamus communis) I find this a strange name as the plant is defined by it’s startling red shiny berries as it climbs and twists away from the hedgerow. A highly poisonous plant and a member of the Yam … Continued
Day 194, of my 2016 sketch a day challenge
Musk Mallow Yet again drawing on the flowers of Hen Reedbeds (Suffolk Wildlife Trust) with this sketch of Musk mallow (Malva moschata). Growing by the car park as this is a perennial that prefers drier soil and not the wet … Continued
Day 171, of my 2016 sketch a day challenge
Thank you to my Open Studio visitors this morning who told me about these Bee Orchids. Growing in some short rough grass these ones are very short and were quite hard to find.
Day 169, of my 2016 sketch a day challenge
So far in my sketch a year challenge I have drawn Honesty flower seedheads which were dried and transparent from over the winter. Then in Spring I drew some Honesty flowers which have now gone full circle and are once … Continued