A selection of nature journaling, botany, and explorations in art. Visit my Instagram account:

Una selección de mi diario naturalista, de botánica, y exploraciones en el arte. Visita mi cuenta de Instagram:

Santa Cruz, Galapagos November 2024
Sketching a view at Príncipe Pío metro station this evening in Madrid with a Meetup sketcher group. Drawing architectural/industrial scenes is tough! There were several points where I wanted to stop because the subject felt so tedious,
A Saturday mycology course in Gredos! 🇪🇸 Un sábado de curso de micología en Gredos! 🇪🇸
After a marvellous mycology session at the Parador de Gredos I felt inspired to draw mushrooms in the @jeanmackayart style (thanks for the excellent #wildwonderconference presentation, Jean!). This weekend has given me and @andrewcrosson a newfound a
A reluctant (at first) urban sketching session drawing Markt Platz in Mainz, looking across at Mainz Cathedral. @andrewcrosson and I found a cafe balcony that offered a nice view of the square, and sneakily took a timelapse video of me working! 🥰 I
Sketching at El Retiro park in Madrid yesterday. I challenged myself with a new approach—fine pen lines to render a landscape. I worked loosely, methodically “tightening” over time by layering and darkening, constantly fighting the
One more sketchnote from the #wildwonderconference this year… What a privilege to watch and learn from Akshay Mahajan @nature.doodles.by.inkventor this evening—all about moths! 🦋 Akshay, you are one of the most enthusiastic, engaging pr
Sketchnoting Nishant Jain’s @thesneakyartist session, “Sketching Nature in Urban Landscapes” at #wildwonderconference 2024 😍 Such fantastic approaches to drawing—use of line, negative space, minimal materials, etc.—that
Sketch notes from the “Puffin Party” with @johnmuirlaws at the Wild Wonder Nature Journaling conference. So much fun learning how to approach these cute and challenging subjects! 🤩 #wildwonderconference
I enjoyed painting alongside Sofia Gazarian @printyourbird during her talk, “Fast Watercolor Birds,” at the #wildwonderconference today! Birds are so difficult and she made them seem so accessible and approachable 🤩 I loved painting thes
My nature journal example page from “Creative Ways to Begin a Page” at #wildwonderconference 2024! I had so much fun teaching this session and I was so heartened to hear folks learned some new tips and techniques!
Urban sketching at Puente de Toledo in Madrid this week in preparation for the nature journaling #wildwonderconference this month. I specifically approached this sketching session with an open mind, allowing myself to “drift” and feel out
#passifloraexpeditionbolivia The plan this day was to get up early and drive south to Guanay, where we hoped to spend the night. Along the way we would search for the extremely rare P. venosa and P. mapiriensis in their type locality. We found tons
#passifloraexpeditionbolivia Early the next morning we were able to glimpse a P. madidiana bloom in all of its fresh splendor and fragrance. After plenty of photos and a hearty breakfast we took off for the town of Mapiri, the namesake of P. mapiri
#passifloraexpeditionbolivia We settled into an awesome lodging in Apolo, a remote (mining) town in the lowlands near Parque Nacional Madidi, then spent the morning preparing herbariums for the plant material collected the previous day. After breakf
#passifloraexpeditionbolivia We had terrible cell signal the past several days, so I am now playing catch-up on the daily posts. We left Charazani early and headed just down the valley, where we immediately found suitable high-Andes habitat to look
#passifloraexpeditionbolivia After finally getting the car up and running again we woke up early this morning and left La Paz for Charazani. Along the way we passed by Lake Titicaca, which was quite impressive even if we only caught a glimpse of it.
#passifloraexpeditionbolivia We had some mechanical issues with one of our vehicles last the day after getting into La Paz, so decided to take it to the mechanic. It turns out there was more work to be done than expected, so we ended up staying two
#passifloraexpeditionbolivia After the Ruta de la Muerte we went to a site to find a specific, high-elevation Passiflora, P. buchtienii, and saw a totally different, cooler ecosystem rich with flowers. Photos: 1 - A spectacular pink Mutisia sp. (As