Helenium.

Helenium, a big blousy
beauty of a flower.

Cyclamen

Sunflower

More colour studies of flowers.

Dandelion seed head

Study of a seed head.

Barbaropus

Anybody there?

I've bought myself a new telescope.
They're such lovely engineered objects to sketch.

I don't yet own any octopus-like aliens...
More's the pity.

A true story.