Students see the math in nature
2017-05-22
I was pleased to donate one of my images with a link to my web-page on measuring tree height for the new STEM Garden at Wilson Botanical Gardens in North Carolina.Continue Reading
Sarah Simblet master class in drawing
2014-03-14
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Sarah Simblet recently talked about the making of The New Sylva and gave a Master Class in drawing at Cal Lutheran University in California. One of the attendees has written an interesting blog post about the class. Read more on the Art by Vreeke blogContinue Reading
Final cover design revealed
2014-02-04
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Book designers, Grade Design, have been making the finishing touches to the final cover design for The New Sylva.Continue Reading
Drawing of a small-leaved lime
2013-05-09
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Photograph (low quality) of a completed drawing by Sarah Simblet for The New Sylva: Small-leaved lime (Tilia cordata)Continue Reading
Pollarded willows at Wootton
2013-04-26
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Photograph (low quality) of a completed drawing by Sarah Simblet for The New Sylva: Pollarded willows at WoottonContinue Reading
Field oak with rooks
2013-04-18
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Photograph (low quality) of a completed drawing by Sarah Simblet for The New Sylva: Field Oak (Quercus robur) and rooks.Continue Reading
Time lapse film of a drawing in the making for The New Sylva
2013-04-15
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Time lapse film of artist Sarah Simblet working on a drawing for The New Sylva book. Made from 600 photographs taken over the course of 6 hours. The drawing is of a stand of sugi or Japanese red cedar (Cryptomeria japonica) growing in Brechfa Forest Gardens, Wales.Continue Reading
Visit to a forest of the future
2013-04-13
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There remain many botanical parts of trees to be drawn and a few whole trees to be depicted by Sarah Simblet, yet a forest visited this week by the authors will be one of the last whole treescapes to feature in The New Sylva. The authors visited Brechfa Forest GardensContinue Reading
Drawing a venerable ash
2013-03-16
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The authors visit the ash tree chosen to feature as in The New Sylva. Working in the rain …Continue Reading
Hazel drawing emerges
2013-02-24
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Common hazel (Corylus avellana) is one of the first of our trees to flower in very early Spring. In time with nature, while their pendent ‘lambs tail’ catkins are emerging, so is a drawing of a hazel tree for The New Sylva. Sarah has been working on a drawing onContinue Reading
Hunting for a venerable ash tree – results
2013-02-22
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We’ve been overcome by the number of fantastic ash trees submitted by dozens of people across the country. Thank you to everyone who took part. The chosen tree is …Continue Reading
Hunting for a venerable ash tree – can you help?
2012-12-19
The authors are searching for the finest example of a common ash (Fraxinus excelsior) tree to feature in The New Sylva. We hope that our readers can help by submitting their favourite ash trees – one of which will be selected and appear in the book frontispiece. Following the outbreakContinue Reading
Birch in the Scottish Highlands
2012-12-07
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Day two of our Scottish drawing expedition took us to the southern shore of Loch Rannoch. We were in search of a treescape that would enable us to feature birch and water together. We had a specific place in mind for where the drawing will feature in the book. TheContinue Reading
Scots Pine in the Black Wood of Rannoch
2012-12-06
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Yesterday our Scottish Drawing Expedition for The New Sylva got underway. In search of Scots Pine (Pinus sylvestris) we had travelled to one of the last remaining and best examples of Caledonian Pinewood: the Black Wood of Rannoch, in Central Scotland. High above Loch Rannoch, on an undulating heather-clad ridge,Continue Reading
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