Beyond Botanical

Beyond Botanical is not a conventional drawing manual. It’s a guide to drawing plants in nature. It invites you to let plants take a more active role in the process, and let them influence what happens on the page.

You’ll move between outdoor walks and time spent at home among the plants you live with, building from simple exercises to more challenging ones. There’s space to draw and journal throughout the book. You’ll find the tools to develop your own visual language, guided clearly without it becoming technical or intimidating. It’s designed to be used, carried, and returned to over time.

Created over the last two years between Sarabande Foundation, where I had the studio space to work through the ideas, and Xenia Art Retreat, where many of the illustrations were made. This book is for those who feel there’s more to plants than what we usually notice.

Out 14 may 2026
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