#Cirsiumarvense #CreepingThistle #naturalhistoryillustration in watercolour of this #wildflower for Field studies council. #sciart #Illustration #🐡

This is Creeping #thistle #Cirsium arvense, for #artadventcalendar day 21.

I am not into the concept of weeds, and would rather do a #botanicalllustration of a thistle than a peony or rose. "Weeds" are some of the most resilient & beautiful of plants, & I prefer them to blousier species.