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Found this lovely Norway Maple in Ardgillan Castle this morning... -

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2020-06-18

And here is the finished Sumac leaf from garden.

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2020-05-30

Ginkgo biloba commonly known as the ginkgo, is also called the maidenhair tree. Fossils of this remarkable tree date back 270 million years. Unique, fan-shaped leaves turn a stunning yellow color in the autumn. Delicious!

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2020-05-07

Your is the American sycamore Platanus occidentalis. It sounds like an accidental tree but it is one of the oldest trees and has been around for over 100 million years.

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2020-04-29

The lovely native Aspen, has one of the most wind-sensitive leaves. Its botanical Latin is 'tremula'. In Irish, the Aspen is known as 'an crann crathach'- the vibrating tree :)

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2020-04-28

Are you as tough as a mighty gnarled hornbeam leaf? Smaller and more deeply furrowed than beech leaves they have finely toothed edges that become golden yellow in autumn & stay on through the winter.

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2020-04-27

My Ficus carica is an Asian species of flowering plant in the mulberry family, known as the common fig. I love figs, I hope you do too!

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2020-04-14

And hooray for from . Today’s was Liquidambar, my fave autumn species

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2019-10-09

Daily Leaf 363: OMG, only two more to go. Getting impatient...

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2018-12-30

Daily Leaf 339: Ok fine, I’ll admit coldpress paper helped to showcase the granulation in paints.

The feeling of my brush catching on bumpy paper still makes my skin crawl, though

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2018-12-06

Daily Leaf 336: A curled leaf reminded me of origami pillow boxes

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2018-12-03

Daily Leaf 332 ( and 330 and 331) Loose little leaves from my neighbour’s hedge

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2018-11-29

Daily Leaf 330: I fell asleep on the couch while this wet-in-(extremely)wet leaf sketch dried. Back to (real) bed with me!

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2018-11-27

Daily Leaf 328: I haven’t overworked a illustration this much in a long while.

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2018-11-25

Applying OVER water soluble carbon worked...surprisingly well.

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2018-11-20

Daily Leaf 318: So many in one small

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2018-11-15

Daily Leaf 305: Fragaria Virginiana (wild strawberry) wild sketch

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2018-11-02

Daily Leaf 283: Curled maple leaves make some mega weird shapes in side view

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2018-10-11