In February 2024, I enrolled in a Botanical and Natural History Watercolour course for adults, East Surrey College, to rejuvenate my illustration techniques. As beginners, we were taught to relearn basic skills such as pencil drawing, pen and ink, coloured pencil, before working on watercolour painting.

Crab apples from my garden
Windsor and Newton
Watercolour
Work in progress

Bearded Iris
Photograph taken at
Hever Castle
Colour Pencil

Calla Lily
Store bought
Windsor and Newton pen and ink

Tulip from my garden
Colour pencil

Sunflower
Store bought
Pencil

Black cherries
Store bought
Pencil

Portobello mushroom
Store bought
Pencil

Dahlia
Photograph taken at Hever Castle
Watercolour

Pencil drawing practise
From photograph

Pencil drawing practise
From photograph