Annotated botanical illustration of Yorkshire #Holcus lanatus done #grass in #watercolor, cut to white showing an inflorescence in flower and another still in the grass sheath

Botanical illustration in #watercolour of Carpet grass #Anoxopus compressus showing the plant in flower, the pinkish tiller with roots, and the broad glaucous leaves along with a close up of a seed

Botanical illustration of the False oat grass #Arrhentherium elatius showing tow inflorescence, one still in the grass sheath and the other fully own revealing spikelets with awns. The pink nodes and swollen yellowish root nodes are also shown #botany #naturalscienceillustration #ilovegrass #grassillustration #drawinggrasses

The third of my workshops next year is a day long session drawing and learning about grasses. Click on the link to book:

www.botanic.cam.ac.uk/education-le...

#grasses #botanicalillustration #poaceae #graminaceae #drawinggrass #teaching #botany