Wild flowers in the city. In the city there are empty lots where people have scattered wildflower seeds and they erupt from the earth like this. Most of the empty lots eventually get built on. Sometimes the city takes them over … Continue reading Wild Flowers, Weeds & other Urban Scruff
During the early months of Covid I didn’t go anywhere; I was listless and uninspired. We have the Sea Wall nearby but it was always packed with people. After seeing a video showing how much plague could be spread by … Continue reading Catching an Impression of Yellow Flag Irises
A pencil sketch of a Screw Pine that was just outside of our hotel’s restaurant patio in Mexico, done while sitting at the restaurant. I took a couple of reference shots of the Screw Pine for later. I have run … Continue reading Artworks and Photos of a Screw Pine (Pandanus)
In April and May 2020, during the worst of the Coronavirus, I stayed inside and started painting irises from photos, not the way I usually like to work. These photos of yellow and white Flag Irises were taken in 2017 … Continue reading Close Examination: Artworks and Photos of Flag Irises
The yuccas are in bloom this month in Vancouver. Watercolour painting in my sketchbook of a yucca that has grown tall enough to turn itself into a tree. This was inspired by a yucca ‘tree’ growing besides Las Margaritas in … Continue reading Yuccas in Bloom, July’s Plant of the Month
The rocks on the beach at Botany Bay are an intriguing compound rock consisting of striations of a black-slate like rock butting up against worn grey and white stone with undulating formations. A pencil sketch of the rocks at Botany … Continue reading Inspiration from the Striated Rocks at Botany Bay on Vancouver Island
These two images of rocks from Ireland are from two different places; the first is from Galley Head which had a mass of rocks I want to paint and the second is fractured shale from the Cliffs of Moher, another … Continue reading Textures of Rocks on the Cliffs of Moher in Ireland
These illustrations are from the Soleado Spanish Course that I’m working on. I did the original illustrations in colour but they will be printed in black and white. This set takes place in Mercado San Miguel in Madrid, a gourmet … Continue reading Illustrating ‘Mercados’ for a Spanish Course
Whiffen Spit on Vancouver Island is more of a mood than a place making it hard to describe it. The spit is near Sooke on Vancouver Island on the West Coast of Canada. Some watercolour sketches I did of it … Continue reading Whiffen Spit Inspiration
In September plants often produce small miracles in the form of seed pods and seeds. There’s something about these winged seeds that made me want to grab my sketch book and draw.Seeds from the Crocosmia Lucifer in my garden. I had … Continue reading The Seeds and Seed Pods of September
