Category: Drawings

Drawing of a pale pink gerbera flower in glass vase. The flower is facing downwards.

Fading flower – in progress

As my beautiful Mother’s Day Flowers began to fade, the underside of this flopping flower’s petals caught my eye. A square composition took hold, and

Portrait of a Wee One

My first portrait in a very long time! This pencil portrait was for a friend, this is her gorgeous grand-daughter!

Archeaology Drawing - 2 - Bronze age burial site - broken urn and burnt bones on brown paper

Drawn Response to Unearthing a Bronze Age Cremation Urn

This drawing followed on from the first sketch from the archaeological dig in the Scottish Borders. I chose brown paper this time to represent

Drawing on grey paper of Archaeology drawing - colour - Bronze age burial sites with broken pot pieces

Archaeology Dig Drawing 1 – Response to Unearthing Bronze Age Burial Sites

Following a fortnight helping Malcolm volunteering on an Archaeology dig, excavating two trenches in the Scottish Borders, and writing a diary of each day, I

A selection of cropped images from my Witch Hazel ink sketches (of witch hazel leaves)

Witch Hazel Leaf Ink Sketches

I cooked up a small batch of ink from my lovely autumnal witch hazel leaves. At this time of year, they are turning all shades

Drawing of Hamamelis in colour, witch hazel illustration mixed media drawing on white background

Hamamelis – Witch Hazel drawings

I unashamedly and absolutely love my Hamamelis/ Witch Hazel! It has grown from a ‘special’ birthday present twiglet around 20 years ago into a wonderful

An illustration showing a colourful cactus with pins for spikes in a cheerful breakfast bowl

Pinny Cactus

An illustration of a cactus with pins for spikes growing in a breakfast cereal bowl. A fun, cheery drawing taken from three separate prompts –

Drawing of Fly Agaric mushroom with a red and white top on a monochrome back ground painted in shaggy ink cap ink

Amanita muscaria Drawing

This Fly Agaric (Amanita muscaria) was one of a patch we’ve visited for a few years now in a local wood – a magical place!

Pencil drawing of my dad when he was in sixth year at school in the 1950s

Reflections – Dad

It’s my dad’s 80th birthday tomorrow. This is taken from a photo of him in sixth year at school – he was the dux of

Twelve snowdrop 'plates' in hues of green and brown

A Dozen Snowdrops

I do find the simple purity of snowdrops tricky to capture, but got into these after the first few. I’m not sure it’s achieved what