Flora Study

Sketch · 2024

A sketchbook full of leaves.

Flora Study is a sketchbook kept for a year, drawing plants from flower markets, friends’ gardens and second-hand botanical guides.

Flora Study sketchbook pages (placeholder image)

Challenge

Keeping a daily habit going through busy commission periods.

Approach

Fifteen minutes a day, one plant per page, with a limited palette of four colours.

Result

The sketchbook became the source of the Grow Wild print and a new pattern library for packaging work.


Project details

  • Client — Self-initiated
  • Year — 2024
  • Discipline — Sketch
  • Location — London and Lisbon

Credits

  • Illustration — Maya Rosa