Art that draws you into nature

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The Swallow is finished! Huzzah. Love those tucked in wings and the lines and curves of this bird. First instinct is to draw the Swallow in flight – it's what they're famous for, with their forked tail – but I find the poise of t
Last year I had the very talented @jessica.hollis.photography drop in and take some photographs of me and the studio to capture some of what I do and the space I work in. Having worked as a photographer for a number of years, it was strange to be in
More memories of summer. My absolute favourite damselfly, the banded demoiselle, Calopteryx splendens. There is also the beautiful demoiselle which is a close second for me. Smoothed in a rich lustre of bronze green metal plate it looks stunning,
This is what happens when you leave King Alfred’s Cakes on the window sill at home… King Alfred's Cakes, Daldinia concentrica, are a fungus that grows typically on dead ash, but will also grow on Elm and Beech apparently. I've only ever
To borrow from a classic meme, a bit of Friday fun! I found a bunch of drawings from when I was a boy in my father’s belongings after he had died. He’d kept them all that time. That is a whole other story, one for another time perhaps, b
Very excited to hear the news that my bird painting watercolour workshop at @lymemuseum next week is fully booked! We’ll be following in the footsteps of the famous 19th Century natural history illustrators who painted lithographs with waterc